Is a Salvage or Rebuilt Car a SMART Decision For Your First Car?

35 thoughts on “Is a Salvage or Rebuilt Car a SMART Decision For Your First Car?”

1. One of my first cars i bought was a 2013 impala salvaged because it had severe hail damage busted lights dents absolutely everywhere busted moonroof scraped paint. Bought it for a little over 3k. 1k for repairs i did myself i was glad i knew how to paint cars and i kno about autorock! Lol

2. As soon as people know a vehicle was totalled, they want NOTHING todo with it. Rightly so in many ways. The steering wheel gave it away on that car. Even after alignment, the garage can say ,sorry, the A- Arm supports are bent or damaged. As you also stated, driving along and too late lights go on. I looked at a car, looked ok, until I noticed the bent up floor pan just behind the wheel under the drivers door. Then I noticed 4 sets of tire tracks where the vehicle was sitting in the dirt. I crawled under the car and noticed that something was really off. Turns out the frame was bent The front wheel had been jambed under the drivers door, thats why I saw the damage. The whole drivers side was damaged. I could also see the front fender paint didnt match. The one thing I learned. On any repair on a car, unless the whole thing was repainted, you will see the mismatched paint if you look at the car and compair one or more body panels in different angles to the sun. I owned 1 salvage car. It was a Yugo. Because the cost of them was so cheap brand new, ANY accident they were in was a reason to total them. The Yugo had minor damage, but was still damaged. The guy I bought it from was honest and up front. He got it at an Insurance sale and it cost him less than $200 to fix. He sold it to me for $300. I drove it for 2 years,so I got my moneys worth out of it.

3. Which car is better for a first car? honda accord/civic or toyota corolla/camry??

4. i purchase 2017 chevy cruze rebuilt title with 5000 miles for 8k do you think is a good deal?

5. Wow very decent👌

6. Could you make a video on how to get a salvage car a rebuilt title?

7. Hi how re you
   I really like your videos thanks for lot information btw
   How much you gonna sale the Jetta ?

8. I just bought a 2017 mustang with a salvage history title. Damage was hail damage. The car was repaired and issued a clean title. Would I still have factory warranty or can I still take it in for any recalls? Not sure how this would work. Any help would be appreciated

9. You’re talking about your experience. I have a rebuilt car for 5 years. And its still runs perfectly fine.

10. you don't have a proper vw if it doesn't have a check engine light.

11. Can somebody give me the engine details for this car?

12. I have a 06 mercades benz c-280 salvage for $600

13. Really enjoy your videos, please continue doing what you are doing. Every time I watch your videos I feel like I am learning something new, instead of just wasting my time on YouTube

14. Wow, it runs….decent. Can be yours for 24,999, just don't check carfax.

15. I got a 350z as my first car Feb 2016 going smooth haven't had any responsibility or reliability problems so far thankfully. Loving it I take it to lots of car shows and do my hooning off the streets

16. What if it is a combination of two? I want a nice first car, but i also want something fairly cheap, but I wanna work on it and fix the issues?

17. Hey, Sam
    nice channel, my question is What's UNDERCARRIAGE damage?

18. People think they can get a good, fairly new fast car for little money, so they ignore the mileage. Then the car will break and they will pay a shit ton of money trying to rebuild it

19. I have a salvaged Honda civic it's not a bad thing depending on why that vehicle was deemed salvaged. Mine was rear ended apparently.

20. watching this video same day as i got an 02 accord v6 as my first car lmao

21. This might seem like a dumb question or a joke but I just wanna understand more. If I bought a car from say copart and fixed it up, what's next? How can I get that car registered and legal on the road?

22. Nice and honest 🙂

23. Salvage cars are ok as long as the frame isn't bend, suspension hasn't been damage.. or electrical corrupted.. i buy salvage alot and i have saved $$$

24. Hell yeah I went rebuilt. My dream first car was a 2005-2008 Acura RL. A typical one would be upwards of $10K but I managed to find one rebuilt with just 97K miles for $7K and I was able to talk the dude down to $4700. The car has no mechanical issues and runs fine, the only problem was a dent on the left side which I fixed for $800. As if that wasn't good enough I was able to renew the warranty with Acura for a mere $200! Now literally ANY issue with the car I can get fixed up until five years or another 100K miles.

25. My first car was salvage title 98 accord coupe had it for 9 yrs and then saved up for a 350z brand new in 07.

26. ur parents got you your first car i had to save up and buy my own

27. 6:30 do you have a damn airport in your backyard?

28. I'm saving up for an Acura integra which is a Honda or a eg hatch.

29. I bought a 2008 Mini as my first car. It was in a Cat D (UK) crash. Cost me £300 to fix it and I only paid £1.4k for the car.

30. Always go with a clean title reliable car with good resale for your first car. Better to save up your money and buy a nice car later on.

31. buy a $1000 dollar car for your first car you will probably end up smashing it up, gain the experience first before splashing out….

32. No, it isn''t.

33. I always have a salvage car as my user and fix them myself, remember salvage cars are usually better as the previous owner did not want to lose it 9 times out of 10

34. A Salvage/rebuilt car can absolutely be a reliable main mode of transportation. If you don't know much about cars and your thinking about buying a salvage car, you should take it to a good mechanic to do a pre-purchase inspection. There is nothing wrong with salvage cars if they were fixed correctly, if a car is fixed correctly it should be very hard to spot that it was in an accident. Additionally if you want to buy a car from the auction you need to first understand different types of accidents and what type of damage they can cause, after that you need to find shops that have fair labor rates. I've had ridiculous shops quote 3000$ to pull a frame, and i've gotten quotes as low as $500 for the same frame work. So it defiantly matters on who you know. Additionally people who have the mindset that salvage cars are absolute garbage and are not worth anything have NO idea what their talking about. So please avoid those types of people. I buy my cars from auctions, because its so much cheaper. My favorite buy from the auction was about 4 years ago, a fully loaded 2007 Audi B7 Quattro, S-Line. I bought the car for $2000 from the auction after fees. All it needed was a front, and rear bumpers cover, and 1 intercooler. I bought paint matched bumpers. The car cost (after registration), $3000. Comparable clean titles were going for 10k at that time. Additionally, clean title means nothing, a car could've been in an accident and it could have not been reported to insurance, and fixed privately.

35. Hey samcrac, just wondering, do you have an auto broker license? If not how do you purchase salvage title cars from auctions?

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