Quote Originally Posted by Joe Isuzu View Post
happy for you and glad you're not sending the vx to a salvage yard
How did you avoid a salvage title though?
Too easy. The title is never transfered. It remains in my name just like nothing ever happened. It's called an "owner retain".
It's easy to bypass the salvage title issue. The owner keeps the vehicle, they deduct salvage value from the total, pay the owner the difference. The owner then sells the vehicle to the body shop for a couple hundred more than he gave up for salvage. Title transfers directly from owner to next owner after it's repaired and sold. No record that a body shop ever owned it.
Some states do not allow an owner to retain a total loss. Florida is one. I'm sure a lot of the coastal states are like that to keep hurricane damaged vehicles from ending up back on the road.