Can we expect to see more salvage/rebuilt used cars in the future?

[macarose]

There will be fewer rebuilt vehicles sold in the United States because the costs of rebuilding a modern car has gone up dramatically due to the high cost of replacing safety systems, technological features, and electronics. What you're seeing now are the tail end of the less expensive vehicles to repair and keep roadworthy.

There will also be fewer salvage vehicles sold in the United States as crash avoidance systems improve and become more common.

Finally, I get customers from Kentucky and elsewhere. About 40% of my business is with out of state buyers. If you go on Atlanta's Craigslist and type my name, Steven Lang, you'll see what I have available. I have been a car dealer for over 20 years among other things, and everyone who has bought a vehicle from my dealership has given us a five star rating.

 

[Elkins45]

There will be fewer rebuilt vehicles sold in the United States because the costs of rebuilding a modern car has gone up dramatically due to the high cost of replacing safety systems, technological features, and electronics. What you're seeing now are the tail end of the less expensive vehicles to repair and keep roadworthy.

There will also be fewer salvage vehicles sold in the United States as crash avoidance systems improve and become more common.

Finally, I get customers from Kentucky and elsewhere. About 40% of my business is with out of state buyers. If you go on Atlanta's Craigslist and type my name, Steven Lang, you'll see what I have available. I have been a car dealer for over 20 years among other things, and everyone who has bought a vehicle from my dealership has given us a five star rating.

Are you thinking all of the totaled cars will be exported?

 

[Rmay635703]

Are you thinking all of the totaled cars will be exported?

Or recycled. Since cash for junkers the number of exported used cars has gone up exponentially.

 

[supton]

I wonder if we will start importing cars again. 25 years to for cars that don't meet our safety requirements? Imagine that, ships transporting cars that other countries could flip for a profit here, while buying cars here that we can't repair for a profit and shipping to countries that can.

 

[researcher]

Are you thinking all of the totaled cars will be exported?

That is exactly what happened with a family member's vehicle. It was totaled by insurance, I checked to see what happened at auction.. Buyer bought it online from the auction, put it on a ship, destination? Netherlands!!

 

[macarose]

Are you thinking all of the totaled cars will be exported?

No. Just fewer rebuilt here in the USA.

 

[tblt44]

Watch out for flood damage
I live in Florida and a lot of cars have been totaled after being flooded with Salt Water

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

There will be fewer rebuilt vehicles sold in the United States because the costs of rebuilding a modern car has gone up dramatically due to the high cost of replacing safety systems, technological features, and electronics. What you're seeing now are the tail end of the less expensive vehicles to repair and keep roadworthy.

There will also be fewer salvage vehicles sold in the United States as crash avoidance systems improve and become more common.

Finally, I get customers from Kentucky and elsewhere. About 40% of my business is with out of state buyers. If you go on Atlanta's Craigslist and type my name, Steven Lang, you'll see what I have available. I have been a car dealer for over 20 years among other things, and everyone who has bought a vehicle from my dealership has given us a five star rating.

What's the status of your reliability website? Any plans to update the data?

 

[macarose]

What's the status of your reliability website? Any plans to update the data?

It does get the data updated, although that page sometimes doesn't register it for some strange programming oriented reason. We do have about 5 million vehicles in the database now.