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mikefocke · 02-21-2008, 12:15 PM

see if you can find the repair paperwork that lists the work done and the parts replaced.

My '01 Boxster was hit in the rear by a car at perhaps 10MPH. A picture taken after the accident shows no damage you can detect. The initial repair estimate was 3k$. There was no metal body part damaged or painted, all in the bumper, bumper supports and muffler tail pipes.

Now this might show up the same way the one you are looking at does.

Or it could be like my '99 whose front hit the rear of a truck and they stopped counting the repairs at $26k and totaled it. That car may have gone somewhere to be rebuilt, the title cured and sold and might well have been a fine car for someone. Or it might have been parted out. Who knows.

So if you can find out who did the work or perhaps who owned the car. Otherwise, for $3k, why take the risk.

02-21-2008, 12:15 PM	#16
mikefocke Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sanford NC Posts: 2,537	If you can see if you can find the repair paperwork that lists the work done and the parts replaced. My '01 Boxster was hit in the rear by a car at perhaps 10MPH. A picture taken after the accident shows no damage you can detect. The initial repair estimate was 3k$. There was no metal body part damaged or painted, all in the bumper, bumper supports and muffler tail pipes. Now this might show up the same way the one you are looking at does. Or it could be like my '99 whose front hit the rear of a truck and they stopped counting the repairs at $26k and totaled it. That car may have gone somewhere to be rebuilt, the title cured and sold and might well have been a fine car for someone. Or it might have been parted out. Who knows. So if you can find out who did the work or perhaps who owned the car. Otherwise, for $3k, why take the risk.