Found a miata, trying to measure value

[POS Racing]

The pro Salvage kids make some good points! But the price on this car should have been lower to compensate for the Salvage title. IMHO

FWIW - State Farm wouldn't insure the Salvage Title RX7 I bought a few years ago.

Salvage Title doesn't earn you any bonus points when you go to sell since most would not even consider buying a salvage titled car.

Mazda has made over 800,000+ of these crappy little cars in various forms. Search on and find a good one!

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvage_title

[OZMDD]

Not saying salvage cars are worthless. In the case of THIS car, the salvage title makes the price much too high IMHO, and the actual damage that totalled the car is unknown. All of the points POS made come into play, and the pro-salvage guys made my other point: if you know what damage was repaired, it can be a great deal, but it is unknown on this car.

No hate for salvage titles here, but they are more of a risk.

[cwisenheimer]

My first Miata *should* have been a salvage twice, once before I bought it and once when I wrecked it. I discovered the damage from the first collision when I started crawling under the car to modify it. If I had known it was damaged, I wouldn't have bought it - and I would have missed out on a great car! It turns out that the damage didn't change the tremendous enjoyment I got from that car. After a few years, I wrecked it too and it should have been totaled but I got lucky and they fixed it. Once again, it was 'damaged' but continued to be a fantastic car. It finally was totaled for real when it got caught in a squeeze at a red light (rear-ended, 7 out of 10 major external panels damaged, front and rear structure damaged).

A salvage title can be a basis for negotiating a better price sometimes but it shouldn't be the sole reason you avoid a purchase.

[Rogue]

For Sale, clean title Miata. (J/K)





Amazing this mostly bolts together, alot less cutting/welding than it looks like.

[Sharpie]

Is that the one you're painting pink? I want to see pics when it's done.