I just got my bmw 325, rear-ended by some one else, back from the autobody
shop. The repair work was done OK, but I am still worried about what
problems may come up after the accident. Therefore, I am eager to get rid
of it.
If I sell it by myself, the potential buyer must ask of the history which
I have to disclose. Therefore, I am just going to create a lot of
hardships for myself. However, if I traded it into a dealer ship, they
are less likely to question the car as long as it looks good. Anything
happens after that (such as the future owner of the vehicle finds out
about the accident) will be out of my hand.
The only thing is I am going to get much less than selling by myself when
I trade it in; afterall, does this sound like an ideal solution????
Comments are welcome.
Jack
MeHoff (ez010…@dale.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: I just got my bmw 325, rear-ended by some one else, back from the autobody
: shop. The repair work was done OK, but I am still worried about what
: problems may come up after the accident. Therefore, I am eager to get rid
: of it.
: If I sell it by myself, the potential buyer must ask of the history which
: I have to disclose. Therefore, I am just going to create a lot of
: hardships for myself. However, if I traded it into a dealer ship, they
: are less likely to question the car as long as it looks good. Anything
: happens after that (such as the future owner of the vehicle finds out
: about the accident) will be out of my hand.
: The only thing is I am going to get much less than selling by myself when
: I trade it in; afterall, does this sound like an ideal solution????
: Comments are welcome.
: Jack
Check to make sure your state doesn’t have some sort of full disclosure
law. I think Ohio has a law that says you MUST disclose any major damage
or repairs to a car, whether you are selling it to an individual or a
dealership. I could be wrong about it being a law in Ohio, but its a
good idea to check on it in any state before you try to sell.
Brian
mad…@oclc.org
In article <Cv11Cv….@ucdavis.edu>, ez010…@dale.ucdavis.edu (MeHoff) writes:
> I just got my bmw 325, rear-ended by some one else, back from the autobody
> shop. The repair work was done OK, but I am still worried about what
> problems may come up after the accident. Therefore, I am eager to get rid
> of it.
> If I sell it by myself, the potential buyer must ask of the history which
> I have to disclose. Therefore, I am just going to create a lot of
> hardships for myself. However, if I traded it into a dealer ship, they
> are less likely to question the car as long as it looks good. Anything
> happens after that (such as the future owner of the vehicle finds out
> about the accident) will be out of my hand.
The dealers are no dummy. They have their own shop and expert.
They will see whatever happened when they raised the car in the
air and look under it.
> The only thing is I am going to get much less than selling by myself when
> I trade it in; afterall, does this sound like an ideal solution????
That’s what the insurance company didn’t pay you. They only pay to fix it
up. But the value of your car dropped dramatically because of the accident.
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> Comments are welcome.
> Jack
From article <Cv11Cv….@ucdavis.edu>, by ez010…@dale.ucdavis.edu (MeHoff):
> I just got my bmw 325, rear-ended by some one else, back from the autobody
> shop. The repair work was done OK, but I am still worried about what
> problems may come up after the accident. Therefore, I am eager to get rid
> of it.
What kind of problems are you worried about? Since you got rear-ended,
you probably got the other driver’s insurance to pay for the repair.
That means they had to give you enough to have a satisfactory job done,
that is, within manufacturer’s original specs. If you had the job done
right by a good shop, there really is no reason to be concerned about
your car. What I mean by a job done right is original, BMW parts used
throughout. Replacement frame components welded in rather than just
"straightened." Alignment checked to be 100% ok. You are entitled to
this type of repair, or the insurance company should have declared your
car a total loss, in which case you would’ve received the value before
the accident and would not be in the boat you are in right now. Even if
future crash performance is your main concern, you are lucky because it
is a rear crash, therefore it does not present the same danger to you as
a front end that won’t properly absorb impact in, say, a head-on collision.
Basically, what I am getting at here is that just because your car was
rear-ended, and (hopefully) properly repaired, doesn’t mean you have to
get nervous. A lot of people shudder at the thought of a car that has
been in an accident, but are they experts? No, they are just reacting to
what everyone else thinks, which is really not a good basis for anything.
BTW, I am currently driving a rebuilt vehicle that was hit in the rear.
I paid 35% less than an equivalent model that wasn’t hit. And mine was a
very light hit and has no alignment problems. I would definately buy a
rebuild again. And I know many others who would too. And your car isn’t
even a rebuild.
Uri.
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In article <1994Aug26.131652.4…@bnr.ca>, Chung Lu <chun…@bnr.ca> wrote:
>In article <Cv11Cv….@ucdavis.edu>, ez010…@dale.ucdavis.edu (MeHoff) writes:
>> I just got my bmw 325, rear-ended by some one else, back from the autobody
>> shop. The repair work was done OK, but I am still worried about what
>> problems may come up after the accident. Therefore, I am eager to get rid
>> of it.
>> If I sell it by myself, the potential buyer must ask of the history which
>> I have to disclose. Therefore, I am just going to create a lot of
>> hardships for myself. However, if I traded it into a dealer ship, they
>> are less likely to question the car as long as it looks good. Anything
>> happens after that (such as the future owner of the vehicle finds out
>> about the accident) will be out of my hand.
>The dealers are no dummy. They have their own shop and expert.
>They will see whatever happened when they raised the car in the
>air and look under it.
Oh, you think so. Apparently, you have much more faith in the
dealers’ shops than I do. If they even noticed that my ’92 Escort
had been in a 40mph rear-ender, they didn’t say anything. They
certainly didn’t take anything off the trade-in value over it.
(Of course, they also didn’t tell me that the car I bought from
them had been wrecked in the passenger-side front. My mechanic
told me that when I saw him after I bought it…)
>> The only thing is I am going to get much less than selling by myself when
>> I trade it in; afterall, does this sound like an ideal solution????
>That’s what the insurance company didn’t pay you. They only pay to fix it
>up. But the value of your car dropped dramatically because of the accident.
Only if it’s noticed. The first rule of sales is that you don’t
tell everything you know. Don’t lie about it, but don’t volunteer
info which is contrary to your objective.
My car was rather severely banged up–the body shop did an
_excellent_ job of fixing it, but I didn’t want to take any
chances. The dealership didn’t ask any questions, and I didn’t
volunteer the info. I got the car I wanted, they got a very good
car to sell, and they made a decent profit.
James
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: BTW, I am currently driving a rebuilt vehicle that was hit in the rear.
: I paid 35% less than an equivalent model that wasn’t hit. And mine was a
: very light hit and has no alignment problems. I would definately buy a
: rebuild again. And I know many others who would too. And your car isn’t
: even a rebuild.
I’ve noticed very many cars that have been in serious accidents and are
rebuilt have problems with leaking. I once had a rebuilt Mustang that was
in the rain overnight, and when I came out the next morning and opened
the trunk there was the RIVER NILE in there.