the NSX looks way better than the 360

holy shit the work done to the nsx was fantastic

I only wish the rebuilders would photograph the damage prior to repair. I would be more prone to purchase if I could see the damage .

Bruh stop tellin errbody the secrets

There was a Ford GT ad before this. They are taunting you Rob

Salvage vehicle only make sense, when you are willing to own it until it dies pretty much.

Always buy salvaged if ur going to use ur car for track or drift use I would recommend it for daily use

I kept looking at that black Supra the whole video.......

It's smart buying a salvaged title when you have money to throw at it and not trying to get rid of it

A totaled car for all intents and purposes is simply a matter of the vehicle's repair exceeds the reasonable value of the car. That being said it does not mean the damage is critical to the safety or handling of the vehicle. I have rebuilt several "totaled" cars in my time and they all were as safe and as good looking as they were before the accident. Now when my 99 Camaro got T-boned it damaged the door, fender some minor damage to the inner sheet metal, and the spindle. I had the body shop I used to work for estimate it and my $4000 car had $5000 in damage mostly in the labor costs. I spent less than $300 in parts, $300 in paint and a good long day getting everything cut in and the metal back to where it belongs. I paid another $500 to have the car painted and blended (just as the body shop would have done if it were repaired there) and for $1100 I had my car fixed. Most of the other $3000 was in the labor for the shop. I did the labor and saved my car from being scrapped.

I once bought a 2004 Mustang GT with a salvage title. I got it from this man that repair cars for living. The reason why I bought that car was because at the time I was a college student and I only had so much money to play with. I bought the car for $7500, half was paid cash, the rest I did on payments with no interest at all. In short I paid around $8k for a car that at the time dealers were selling for anywhere between 15-17k. add registration fees and you are looking at a 17k-19k out the door but realistically you would end up paying around $3500 more on interest which bumps the total cost close to 20k. It doesn't matter if a car is salvage what matters is making a smart purchasing decision if your funds are limmited.

I bought a salvage 1996 Honda Prelude Si back in year 2000 for $7500. The mileage was 76Kmiles, and now 220Kmiles. Still drives like a champ.

This guy sounds just like Steve Buscemi!!! Close your eyes and listen to him!

you couldn't have made this video at a better time rob. I'm looking at a bunch of s2000s and the cleanest & lowest mileage one happens to be a rebuild title. normally I wouldn't even consider purchasing one but the owner can prove it's a rebuild title due to hail damage (smashed front & rear glass, fenders, hood and broken headlights). I'll more than likely purchase that s2k soon!

I want that M3. Even if it's been crashed and/or pee'd in.

my 2000 vette is a rebuild. 6 speed 48k miles and u'd never know it was a rebuild...paid 8k for her, cant beat it

You should check out B is for Build he's rebuilding a salvaged Evora for super cheap

The problem that makes people shy away from the vehicles that have been crashed or had bodywork damage is simple. Because once the game with the insurance company starts, they tend to try and get it done as cheaply as possible. When that happens, the shop that gets the rebuild work tends to cut corners to keep the price down on the vehicle. At the end of the day, these corner cuts means it just has to look the same, what may be happening underneath those panels that are put on you may have pinched and damaged wiring. What you get then may be a car that runs and works fine for a couple of years after the rebuild, but then the electrical gremlins start to show their ugly head. And if you intend to keep the car, you could spend a lot of money in just diagnosis fees to try and track down the problem. I can't say if the repair shops skimp on supercars / exotics, but if you are buying one outside of these cases, this is part of what you are getting into.

I love these new videos where you talk about the car industry. Always interesting to hear someone elses take on the less than desirable cars

Car fax won’t show any damages if it’s paid out of pocket and a lot of people don’t realize that. I’ve seen a car that was on a frame machine but cus it didn’t go through insurance Carfax won’t show it.

Bought a Honda Civic coupe 2008 with 125k miles for $4200 three years ago after driving 20k miles I sold it for $5,000 😂😂😂

I've dealt with quite a few salvage title cars and in my humble opinion, they're not worth the headache unless you plan on driving them till the wheels fall off. There's this stigma attached to them that makes reselling a huge pita because buyers always assume the worst even if you have it well documented. For rare cars like your nsx or the ferrari 458, I can sorta see the point you're trying to make with those.

Rob is the greatest right now, sharing all the "inside secrets" and helping us out. You're the man Rob!

i wish a lot of people would see things more like this, the only downside to owning a salvage car is resale, but most people keep car until they dont run anymore, its a great way to save money

90s Japanese sports cars!!!!😍😍😍

I remember when the new F150's were about to come out. A train load of them derailed near me. Every single one was sent back to ford and destroyed. Didn't matter if it had damage or not :(

bullshit that ferrari was fixed for 5-6K. The airbag alone prob cost like 10K. The wheel is prob 5K. And after its all fixed, you STILL have a salvage title which means the car is worth shit.

You know how many people get in accidents and never call the insurance company. They just repair it on the outside and it then sold as a clean title no accident car. No one knows the difference half the time

If you've got the money and don't care about resale, it can be a good way to go. Just be aware that if a car has a branded title it can be difficult to get financing.

Are the HREs on the supra the ones that came with the NSX?

I bought a 1997 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0l V8, Was fully loaded with leather, power everything, premium sound, alarm...just about everything you would want in an SUV all for $700 bucks, no rust, looked great...but the title was branded...I only wanted it for another project I was building at the time, I just needed the engine, trans, ALL the wiring...For me it was an amazing buy...Unfortunately life got in the way and I never got to do my project I was gearing up for. Sometimes totalled or salvaged cars are GREAT for parts!

I spent $700 on a 2000 Cadillac DHS with a rebuilt title. everyone I know said not to, engine would blow, it would cost thousands to repair.. guess what.. just passed 230,000 miles. still have a smile on my face

Im 20 years ahead of you.

I got a little hot under the collar looking at the NSX and Supra....pure filth. xD

You said it right. If you plan on driving it until the wheels fall off. If you ever need to re-sell it quick, good luck.

Girlfriend had a Nissan minivan. Her mother bought it "new" in 1994. She still had it many years later. I had observed a paint mismatch already as it aged. Sometime around 2008, the paint on driver door and rocker started cracking. Not long after, it became obvious that the door and rocker were filled with bondo. Not just a skim coat, but very very thick. As the bondo started peeling off, it was obvious the van had been hit HARD on the driver door, and instead of replacing the door and rocker, someone had just roughed it up and slapped bondo on it and resprayed it. Lucky I guess that it stuck for 15 years, but it was a terrible job. When it came time to sell the van a couple of years ago, they had all of the original paperwork. Turns out the van had been owned by a dealer in ... Florida ... and then was sold as a demo here in Texas with 400 miles on it. My friend's mother is still convinced she bought it new, that those miles were just test drives... Dealers do that kind of thing all the time. The only way to know for sure is to watch the car come off the truck. Even then, you don't know. Friend did a factory order recently, and his car was "delayed" at the port. After he finally took delivery, all sorts of bodywork problems and rattles started to appear immediately. Most likely the car was dropped or hit.. Nobody will say and the dealer is fighting him on it...

Hey rob I'm about to purchase my first car for around 10-15k any recommendations for a first time car buyer?

Buying a Salvage car is pure gambling. Period.

Good video. I bought my 2015 SRT Challenger fully loaded for $24,900 which was wrecked in a side swipe collision. The entire right side was repaired however there was no frame damage or anything other than sheetmetal and the front wheel assembly was replaced. The car is perfectly true and have never had a problem with it. Other than the title saying "Rebuilt", one would never know...and I paid half of what a new one is with 4200 miles.

Rob you should of mentioned that it's very difficult if not impossible to get a loan on a rebuilt car which make exotics more difficult to sell

So, this is how you can afford all those nice cars?

Hi Rob, just bought a 2013 Lamborghini for about $10k lower than the market price from a Lexus dealer in Texas. The car looks spotless and drives great. You mentioned that it takes a while for records to show up on Carfax. So while I was watching this video I decided to check the Carfax the dealer presented me again. I noticed that the report has been updated since the last time I saw it and there were 3 emission failures in 2 days (around the time I was paying for the car, LOL!) and one of the emission failures has a mileage read that is 10x off (while the rest looks normal and adds up). Then following the 3 failures is 1 passed emission inspection with normal mileage. Other than the very thin possibility of this just being a mixup (since Autocheck also showed the same thing...) what could have possibly happened there? What should I do next?

I'm a used car dealer in MA. Salvage cars are usually a lot cheaper. Especially at auctions and insurance auctions. If you plan on keeping the car forever, salvage is a good idea but if your only going to keep it for a year or two it's going to be VERY difficult to sell it again. Most people are scared of them.

Excellent video. Buying insurance totaled exotics can be incredibly smart if you have the location connections and facilities to repair it properly. It amazes me, how many stolen cars are eventually found and sold by insurance companies with salvage titles when the damage is minimal. A friend bought his stolen on Christmas Eve BMW convertible, back. After the insurance had generously settled months earlier. The car was recovered 2 months after being stolen in a remote location, wheels gone, catalytic converter gone, but basically only cosmetic damage. He bought it back for a third of the insurance settlement!

this guy sounds just like Steve buscemi

Is that an M3 Lightweight?!?!?!

i see that e36 up there 👀

I've owned several salvage tile vehicles and haven't regretted buying them. One major benefit is that if or when it gets damaged i never feel as bad as if it hadn't been wrecked before. Also these cars are affordable to me as I have more time than money.

I was just staring at the supra

Isn't it hard to insure a salvaged titled car?

Bought a ZL1 totalled.. rebuilt it for half the used going rate and looks brand new. This is my 2nd totalled car. Definitely great advice.

I was a car hauler for years hauling new Audis. I can confirm many cars are damaged before they even hit the dealership. Either at the port or in transport

Hey Rob, didnt you have that airbag light? do you think a sensor was not put back on when the car was rebuilt?

or you could just... not tell your insurance about a $5000 incident on an exotic car that could cause it to be worth $80,000 less. which is worth more? coming $5000 out of pocket now, or losing $80,000 on a car after getting it fixed for nearly free?

Buying salvage is smart. I usually buy salvage cars but I always asked for pictures of the car before the repairs and like he said it, I saved a really good amount of money and nobody knows that the car has been involved in a car accident.

+superspeedersRob You saved the Acura NSX from the car crusher, You saved a car, you should be proud of yourself!

How did you like Washington Rob?

You're intelligence on cars is laughable.

I bought a salvage titled car, shipped it to Alaska, drove it for years trouble free, sold it, and made money on it.

In 2007 I bought a 2001 explorer V8 AWD salvage title car for $1500. I paid $1900 after auction fees, spent $1400 for repairs and now have put 55000 miles on it driving it all over the country and have had no major repairs. Builders are a great value if you are willing to do a little work fixing them and you do your research on the vehicle before you buy it.

Bought a salvage FRS when they just hit the market for 4,000$. Put around 7,000$ into it. Full car value was around 30,000$ around that time. Saved $19,000 on the car. Drove great with no issues. As rob said do your homework and you won't have any issues. Also as he said half the cars out there have been in accidents and you don't even know about it.

My aunt bought an 07 Hyundai Sonata, which the CarFax said no accidents. When we were replacing the lightbulb, we noticed that one of her headlights, had salvage markings, and a few other parts in the area had been replaced, one even still had the Napa tag on it.

I have always had this mentality, I own vehicles that are clean and Salvaged Title car's!

I bought a CLEAN '04 Marauder with a high right front hit. It damaged the front fascia, headlight, fender, core support and hood. It was rolling at idle and tapped a truck bumper. No damage to cooling, A/C, or restraint systems. Missed the frame horn. ALL bolt on body parts. Got the car for a quarter of KBB value. Cost less than $2000 to fix.

Had a vehicle from dealer that was damaged and repaired without letting the owner know. The whole B pillar was rebuilt and filled with an insane amount of filler. Paint started to crack and seals were starting to leak. Once we found the issue it was straight to the dealer for a proper repair and they wrote the vehicle off rather than fixing it.

*i've owned several "salvage" title vehicles and infact still currently own two of them. there is nothing wrong with them provided you aren't buying them to turn around in 6 months and trade it in on something else, when i buy a salvaged vehicle it is to drive it until the wheels fall off and then go get something else affordable (more than likely another salvage provided the price is right) it's totally a win-win*

I have owned a few reconstructed car's. Never gave me much of an issue. And your right people will shy away once you say the car has bin rebuilt.

2 things about buying a pre damaged vehicle......1- you cannot trade it in at any dealer. 2- DMV will charge you an extra $500 or more to process paperwork.

The only thing I would be worried about is what ACTUALLY got damaged as well. When the frame gets damaged, you never know if the engine/tranny got shifted ever so slightly that will cause major repairs in the future, even if they arent right off the bat. But in your case with the Ferrari, if I could actually see the damage that was done before I bought it, that would be a game changer in my overall decision on whether or not I purchased the car. A lot of the times, you don't REALLY know what has happened to the car, it has been repaired prior to you purchasing it which leaves you in the dark.

learned the business now I flip 4 cars a month. I usually buy 2007-2011 cars. Buy them for 3k fix for 2k. Sell for 9k. It's tough when you first start but it's just common sense. Now that being said, you buy expensive cars maybe one-day I can step my game up like you did rob.

My Infiniti M35 is a salvage and it's in great condition. One of my dad's best friends owns a used car lot and a mechanic shop so he buys a lot of cars that have been totaled out, fixes them and resells them. I got a great deal on my M35 and my dad got an absolutely ridiculous deal on a 2015 Texas Edition Z71 which was totalled out by the insurance company with only 3,000 miles on it because of a front end collision. Neither of us have had any problems whatsoever with either of our salvaged vehicles. Don't be scared away by salvage titles. If you know what to look for, you know how to spot problems with cars and/or you have a good relationship with a dealer/mechanic, there are some seriously good deals to be found in the world of insurance auctions and salvage titles.

btw did a quick google search for the parts on that ferrari, wheel; $2000 US, bumber; $7235.00 US passenger side airbag; $15000.00 US AND its back ordered with an estimated 8 month wait. strut (probably needs it) $1500, control arm; $900 need i go on? if you only "saved" 70k on that car then after repairs and calculating lost value due to salvaged title you would end up paying MORE than buying a good 458.

Bought a 2015 ram salvaged title. Leveling kit, aftermarket wheels, front and rear bumpers, winch, flares, tints, etc. Body lines are all good and it goes down the road great. 37k miles. Only noticable thing is the whole truck has been repainted silver, even though it was silver. The inner fender support was pulled straight because its has a slight kink but that's is.

That’s the best color for the 2000s NSX

Good info and very true. In my PCA days there were several people that bought "damaged" 911s who were good enough with a wrench that they made them good as new and used them for years without problems. One friend bought two 924s, both running low mileage cars, to build for autocross that had been "totaled." He got both for about what one would have cost.

A million cars on the web, but this guy is good. I like his straight talking

Another thing worth noting is a lot of prior salvage title cars can be found with lower mileage than their clean titled siblings. Reason is, most cars that are in a "totaled" accident they sit while the owner works out the deal with insurance and they obviously aren't getting miles put on them while they're at the shop being repaired. I have owned several prior salvage titled vehicles and they were some of my favorites and I've never had an issue. The main thing is I would only suggest buying one of these if you plan to keep it or get it cheap enough you know you can get most of your money back when you sell. A lot of people are still scared of buying something like this so selling is harder. I have never once had any higher insurance on a prior salvage car. If anything the insurance should be cheaper because they value of the car is lower so the overall value of the insurance plan is lower. That all depends on your state. Some insurance companies won't offer full coverage on a vehicle like this. My current truck is a prior salvage title. It was the exact truck I wanted, had less miles than most I could find, and was about $5k less than other trucks just like it. I absolutely love it and plan to put 200k+ miles on it! The counter side this is there are a lot of clean title cars out there that have been in wrecks that people don't know about. I have a fully restored and built Honda CRX that is clean title but when I was building it, it was obvious it's been in some sort of front end collision. Minor, but enough to make panel aligning take some time.

Your NSX was originally purchased via the auction I work at here in Houston, TX. Great deal and a very nice ride.

If you buy a salvage or rebuilt car keep in mind that most insurance companies wont either cover or do full coverage in some cases. Also keep in mind a branded title takes away 50% of the value of the exact car in fair condition. I see so many selling salvage cars for bluebook and wont go down on the price.

I agree with you that cars get totaled out that shouldn't. The cars that do get totaled out and fixed up again are hard to insure, hard to transfer title, etc.

really good way of explaining that new cars are just like used cars. thanks man !

it's a smart move. I've bought a few muscle cars (70's Camaro, Trans Am) that were salvage and rebuilt. It is exactly as you said. Do your homework, vehicle history, maintenance history, paperwork and as much info from the buyer as you can. just research and you can get away with a beautiful car that you might consider a dream car of yours, or even someone else's.

I've rebuilt a ton of cars! I have a good friend who is a dealer and that's all he does. The only bad part, imo, is that 95% of the time they are not financable. Look at old car restos... all kinds of sheet metal gets replaced. Id rock a rebuilt titled car all day long as long as I know the work was done right

My grandmothers car hood was repainted before it was sold as apparently it was scratched badly by movie cameras mounted on the hood pointed at the driver. The movie in question was Tequila Sunrise Michelle Phieffer drove the car in the movie.

From your way of doing things & being in the car buz your Spot On with your Advice, Never trust a Car Fax 100% either, I’ve seen so many missed/incorrect reports, keep it up

I'm in the process of repairing a ford escort sport zx2 cool coupe, it's a pain in the ass but repairing cars is so much more fun because there's memories

I remember when MacNinja posted the rebuild thread on Prime and saw this up close at his shop, in Rancho Cordova. He does fantastic work on these things. This was a great buy.

I've been driving and working with cars from insurance auctions for over 15 years. So many cars come back with rebuilt titles that never should have. Mind you I work with much cheaper cars for the most part. I have done work on a few Porsche's, Audi's, and others. Half of my family drives a car that has at one point been wrecked/totaled but they have all been repaired correctly. Just remember, the next time it gets wrecked, insurance companies dont like cars with rebuilt titles at all.

3 yrs ago (2016) I bought my first ever Salvaged Title car from my car dealer (2012 Chevy Equinox)...It is one of the finest cars I have owned and has not given me a bit of trouble....Still has that New smell interior....I don't know what the original damage was...nor did I care to know...as the car looks super good and no repair work is evident inside or out.......I plan to keep this vehicle a long time....I am fully insured (AFI)....

The problem here is that salvage titles can mean anything from a cheap insurance company that totaled the car to a drowned Hurricane Katrina Malibu. Maybe there should be a separate tier for damage that doesn't lump everything into one group. Still, In a vehicle that could hit 200MPH I'm not going to trust anything that's been damaged so badly that it earned a scrap title at some point in its life. No matter what the reason. You can't fight that perception and the reality is you just don't know especially with unibody cars with hidden micro/stress fractures that don't show up in the average repair process. It's a lot like the old admonition to never buy a car that's been in a flood because you'll never be able to address all the issues like rust inside A-pillars and such.

really appreciate the title that exactly tells whats in the video and the topic is covered well. seems like the norm is clickbait now

i gotta say, after my lease is up, I'm buying a salvaged car to daily. I've had nothing but AMAZING (luck?) with salvage cars. first one was 2001 Acura TL, totaled out MULTIPLE times. Paid $4000 for it, has 70k miles, it was already rebuilt. That got me around for almost 2 years, I sold it with 90k+ miles for $3800...barely took a hit on it. After that I got my first manual car, a 2003 Acura RSX Type S. Purchased with 80k miles on it, for $6200. I had it for a little over a year maybe a year and a half, sold it with just under 100k miles for $6500...yeah I technically made money on it lol. Lastly, I took that $6500, bought a 2009 Subaru Impreza 2.5i base model with a 5 speed manual for $6500, it had...i kid you not, 5001 miles on it. I put about $2000 in parts, labor and paint (it was red) and I drove it from there on the same brakes, same times, did maybe 3 oil changes or so and traded the car into a Toyota dealer for my first clean title financed car. The dealer gave me $6500 for it, it had 38k miles on it, lol, again barely lost any money. EVERY car after that has been dealer financed, I've lost in the course of 7 years...probably close to $50k in depreciation and mods.

this is how i bought my 98 impreza rs coupe. it has been loved and wrecked gently yet i was able to drive it and poke around inside and out and the car was objectively fine. just a new front clip and some PDR and all is good.

As a consumer, how do we find out what type of damage was done to the car to be considered a salvage title? I did a car fax on a salvage car, it didn't give any details on why it was salvage.

It's not a super car but when I wrecked my truck it was totaled and would have been scrapped even though I only ruined my front bumper and my air bags went off. But instead of the wrecker taking it I had my friend help me get it home and over the course of a month I repaired the airbags and cosmetic issues and now it's good as new. No insurance involved no mechanics no bs. Now I can sell it when I'm ready and it won't be a problem for me or anybody else

Really the only thing I think that make people shy away from buying salvage cars is because 1 they just assume the worst as you pointed out and 2 a lot of people treat cars like cell phones where they just trade them in so often way before their reasonable life and most buyers do not want to deal with buying a salvage car

I love my rebuilt 2014 mazda 3 hatchback. Not only did I get a great deal (7.5k with parts, only had 8700 miles), I also got to fix it myself.

The salvage car I owned was one of the best cars I've owned honestly. The only trouble I had was when I sold it. No one wanted to pay but I learned to keep the car. I'm not scared of salvage title like I used to.

That's how I got my Subaru BRZ and at the time it barely came out 2013, I repair it and everything came out around 13k, I think it could of been cheaper but parts have not been made from aftermarket companies like now is making it cheaper. My car is still going strong, just be smart when buying one.

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