Timeline for Did my insurance company scam me when they paid less for my car than I saw it selling for at a used car dealership later?
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| Aug 13, 2021 at 3:49 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | At least in times past (I haven't kept up on it) I have heard that it was possible to make the salvage notation disappear by transferring the car through a few states, exploiting differences in how the laws work between the states. | |
| Aug 11, 2021 at 22:27 | comment | added | jwh20 | That's assuming there is a lien holder. I see no mention of that in the OP. | |
| Aug 11, 2021 at 20:44 | comment | added | Brian Borchers | It's unlikely that a lien holder (the company that financed your car loan) would agree to letting you keep the car and do the repairs on your own in this situation. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 23:33 | comment | added | Orange Coast- reinstate Monica | An artful Google search will help you consider your options, next time. I just searched "totaled value too low" and got a number of helpful articles on the first page of Google results. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 18:05 | comment | added | user760783 | I agree, I messed up on many aspects, wasn't thinking clearly. Now I'm airing out my frustration because of my own stupidity. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 17:41 | history | edited | jwh20 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 17:37 | comment | added | jwh20 | Agreed, that assumes that the car is road-worthy as it is. A broken windshield is almost universally unacceptable. We really don't know how bad it was beyond the OP description. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 17:36 | comment | added | mhoran_psprep | "drive it like it is" assumes that it would pass inspection. The rules of inspection differ by location. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 17:16 | history | answered | jwh20 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |