pls help with this

[XicemanX]

ok so here we go.
i have a friend that just bought this nissan altima like 1 month ago from a private party.

when he bought it the seller didnt say anything about the car having a salvage title. i'm looking at the title and it says under other jurisdiction brands it says
GA rebuilt and below that it says ga salvage.

my friend is wondering if he goes to court if he will get his money back since the seller didnt say nothing about the car having that kind of title.

he bought the car here in atl ga but the title is from florida.

thx guys

[TraPStaR]

i would have him talk to a lawyer, just a quick meeting and see what the pro thinks... this is something more serious and harder to think about on non law pros... or msg Demoncrat2024 he might know something more.

[XicemanX]

i would have him talk to a lawyer, just a quick meeting and see what the pro thinks... this is something more serious and harder to think about on non law pros... or msg Demoncrat2024 he might know something more.
thx dude

[Furyous]

Buyer beware... I bet this won't hold up in a court. Before you buy a car you should always check certain things. One of which is the title. My guess is you could take it to court, but your chances of winning this one are going to be slim to none, unless it was bought on e-bay or something like that and the owner specifically stated that it had a clean, clear title...

Just my two cents

[XicemanX]

Buyer beware... I bet this won't hold up in a court. Before you buy a car you should always check certain things. One of which is the title. My guess is you could take it to court, but your chances of winning this one are going to be slim to none, unless it was bought on e-bay or something like that and the owner specifically stated that it had a clean, clear title...

Just my two cents

so the seller is not supposed to tell the buyer if the car has a salvage title??

[Furyous]

I'm not sure about that, but how are you going to prove in a court of law that the seller did not inform the buyer of the salvage title? The other thing that probably would have prevented this from taking place is a simple vehicle history report. www.carfax.com ... The information is available, I'm just stating that in a court of law, I think this is a losing case...

Did he get a bitchin' price on the car??? If he bought the car at below market value, that should have been another red light... All things that would come up in court.

Salvage Title — A Salvage Title is issued on a vehicle damaged to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle exceeds ~ 75% of its pre-damage value. This damage threshold may vary by state. Some states treat Junk titles the same as Salvage but the majority use this title to indicate that a vehicle is not road worthy and cannot be titled again in that state. The following eleven states also use Salvage titles to identify stolen vehicles - AZ, FL, GA, IL, MD, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OK and OR. ( http://www.carfax.com/Definitions/Glossary.cfm )

[Furyous]

I'm looking a little deeper into this issue right now... Tell me a few things. Where did the transaction for the vehicle take place? In Florida or in Georgia? Was it bought online? Was the seller a private seller or a dealership?

[XicemanX]

I'm looking a little deeper into this issue right now... Tell me a few things. Where did the transaction for the vehicle take place? In Florida or in Georgia? Was it bought online? Was the seller a private seller or a dealership?
he bought it in Georgia. not online and it is a private seller. he paid 9500 for it

[Canadiana]

Sorry man but Canadian law about this is different.

He rushed buying the car without asking crucial questions and getting crucial facts and as furyous said.. Buyer beware. I don't think he'll win but he will waste a lot of money trying if he does take it to court

[pinzNneedlz]

i bought a used car from a dealership last year in september. i took it for a test drive, and checked out the car on carfax. no real problems. the price was right, so i bought it after a week or two of looking around. (it wasn't an impulse buy) the day after i bought it, the water pump went out and the engine siezed up. i paid with a cashier's check. when you buy a car from a dealer or a private party, BUYER BEWARE. the dealer wouldn't help me one bit even though i had the car less than 24 hours. friends found out, and did some favors for me. i ended up putting a new motor in for around 1400.00. is the car your friend bought running, and mechanically sound? if so the salvaged title is a blemish, but if it's running and isn't a rustbucket, he should be ok.

[XicemanX]

Sorry man but Canadian law about this is different.

He rushed buying the car without asking crucial questions and getting crucial facts and as furyous said.. Buyer beware. I don't think he'll win but he will waste a lot of money trying if he does take it to court
thats what i told him. lol

i bought a used car from a dealership last year in september. i took it for a test drive, and checked out the car on carfax. no real problems. the price was right, so i bought it after a week or two of looking around. (it wasn't an impulse buy) the day after i bought it, the water pump went out and the engine siezed up. i paid with a cashier's check. when you buy a car from a dealer or a private party, BUYER BEWARE. the dealer wouldn't help me one bit even though i had the car less than 24 hours. friends found out, and did some favors for me. i ended up putting a new motor in for around 1400.00. is the car your friend bought running, and mechanically sound? if so the salvaged title is a blemish, but if it's running and isn't a rustbucket, he should be ok.
the car looks ok and runs nice. the only big problem with it is the water getting into the trunk when it rains :hehe:

[Furyous]

Well, I did some serious research last night (a couple hours online...) and found out that there is little protection for buyers in Georgia. That is, if you buy used from a private person. If they are a dealership things change a bit... A dealer is also classified as anyone who moves more than 3 ( or 5, can't remember off the top of my head) cars in any given month. If it was new it would be protected under "lemon laws", but the state of Georgia really offers no protection for private sales. The only thing I didn't look into was Florida, but as the car was bought in GA, I'd say he's probably stuck with the car. Drive the wheels off it and sell it when it's not worth anything anyway. In two to three more years I'd bet the resale value will be the same with or without the salvage title.

Also, in the state of GA, a salvage title is required for any vehicle that was deemed a total loss by insurance, OR was stolen and later recovered, so it may not have been wrecked. It may have been stolen... The state of GA requires the car to be registered with the DMV and records are kept for all salvaged vehicles. You can request a report from the GA DMV if you really are interested in why this car is registered as a salvage...

I found the NY and NJ seem to have the best salvage vehicle protection, for what it's worth. In both NY and NJ, the seller must notify the buyer that the car was salvaged and why it has the salvage title IN WRITING, or can be held liable...