Dippity Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Greetings folks! I was surfing the web for a nice Caddy and ran into an online auction. I found an 08 CTS, clean title (rare on that site), only has 19K miles which is currently at $11K.. So far that's pretty low, but what's the max you folks would bid on something like that? http://easyexport.us/carfinder/vehicle/CLEAN_TITLE%252FSALVAGE_HISTORY_MINOR_DENTS%252FSCRATCHES_2008_CADILLAC_CTS_13282130/?a_aid=4c054bdec9d5b What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 It has a salvage title, not sure why they're saying it is clean when there is $860 in damage to the car. I would not bid on it unless I had a written estimate of the repairs and could drive the vehicle. Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I think you said it all when you said that a clean title was rare on that site. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Run......RUN FAST.... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Click on the little "x" on the tab for that window. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Hall Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Since it has a salvage title, it most likely means the damage to it was more than the vehicle was worth. With a car this new, you most likely can assume the damage was pretty severe. In this case, I would run away as fast as possible. You don't know what happened to it and all the evidence has been covered up with shiney paint and problems will manifest itself not too long down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike27513 Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 I always buy a CarFax report on a car I'm considering buying, I've even had dealers give me the wrong Carfax for a particular car[wrong VIN #] so I always buy it myself. Since this site and and the cars on it have salvages title that means they were "scrapped out" at some point by an insurance company, fleet, etc. Even a car that looks good could be flood car or theft recovery that has been polished up and fixed up to look good. Buyer beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 The best you could hope for is that this car was cobbled together from more than one car, apparently to sell at auction. Whether it could ever be inspected (i.e., no P codes, no MFL or other warning lights, all safety inspection items OK), registered, and driven legally is at the risk of the buyer. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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