CA Lemon Car - Good Buy?

[Brucelee]

Lemon law titles are usually "branded" that is, the title either has a big stamp on it or it is actually a different color and has the stamp (CA used to use Yellow for branded titles, not sure if they still do).

I would not buy a branded title car. The brand stays with the car forever, unless you illegally wash it through certain states.

For MOST buyers, a branded title is a deal breaker.

So, you may save a bit of money going in but you lose it going out.

Moreover, with a branded car, you never really know what the return was for. It may have been a minor issue or a major problem.

Most of these lemon law cars end up on EBAY, which ought to tell you something.

Proceed with caution.