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Salvage title miata questions
My eldest daughter is on a search for an NA Miata. She's looking at one from a dealer in New Hampshire. I don't know that she has the full story, but it has an engine that was replaced with a 60K mile engine and driven 10K miles since then. She was told the car had a salvage title because it sat so long needing a replacement engine. Does that story make any sense? I'll get some more details when I get home.
She's making calls about insuring it. Leeland West said no; she is checking with Hagerty. As far as Maryland, does anyone have experience regarding inspections/tilte/tags for a salvage titled historic car? Any other considerations? Thanks.
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John Clay 2011 Cayman 1986 944 "Traffic Cone" 2013 Scion FR-S |
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No Boxsters for her. My experience is $6K is a down payment on a Porsche.
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John Clay 2011 Cayman 1986 944 "Traffic Cone" 2013 Scion FR-S |
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I did get clarification that the salvage was due to a wreck - the shop she's talking to fixes and sells them.
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John Clay 2011 Cayman 1986 944 "Traffic Cone" 2013 Scion FR-S |
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I would recommend looking at at picture of the title, rebuilt in Maryland is a rubber stamp and the big farm insurance company all access the states doesn’t have an issue with rebuilt titles per my experience. The bigger issue that I would have is putting my child in a car that was crashed and repaired without direct knowledge of how the car was fixed. Salvage and/or rebuilt for theft flood and/or paint, I am much more comfortable with but that is just me. I believe cars 20 years old (na Miata) or older can be registered as historic in Maryland and do not require an inspection. A few years ago Maryland updated the use restrictions on historic tags and I believe that you can be stopped and questioned without probable cause simply for having historic tags. Please do your research.
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Karl Lucky owner of a couple of 911’s and another Porsche Last edited by Patrick3000; 05-15-2023 at 06:06 PM. |
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Karl Lucky owner of a couple of 911’s and another Porsche |
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Clearly there is safety concerns putting anyone in a 30 year-old car; especially a 2200lbs convertible. Then add the repairs concern. I tried to tell her NA's are so expensive now that she should just get a current generation ND for a little more $. But she's not interested in anything without popup headlights. Here is the information from the shop's purchase: https://stat.vin/cars/JM1NA3515N0328396
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John Clay 2011 Cayman 1986 944 "Traffic Cone" 2013 Scion FR-S |
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I’d pass (on the right hand side if necessary) at speed if necessary! Price isn’t that good!
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This one will be gone by tomorrow.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...a-51bf4847382e Looking for local ones is tough because so many have rust.
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John Clay 2011 Cayman 1986 944 "Traffic Cone" 2013 Scion FR-S |
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Please do your homework before purchase! FYI, my limited understanding is that Maine doesn’t require residency for tags on trailers. I have no idea if that applies to old cars too. Good luck
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Karl Lucky owner of a couple of 911’s and another Porsche |
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