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blackky23 (m)
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A car that is involve in an accidents doesnt really mean that the car is bad deal, some accident are very minor while some are very major, but your dealer should be able to tell you the truth about the history of the car, for you to know how much the car is worth, most accident cars shouldnt be expensive, because the car has been devalued, you should be able to bargain and buy it cheaper than a car with clean history.
This assembly men should make a law, that its a CRIME[i][/i] to sell salvage cars to you a buyer without informing the buyer, the assembly men are not doing their jobs, am sure if someone bring this up in the house this bill will be dead on arrival because the car delearship will bribe the assembly men to kill this bill, but at the end of the day who suffers, ofcourse the citizens.
My advice, if you identify that a car was wreck or the milage was turn down and you still like the car and your mechanic certifies that the car is good and road worthy, you may go ahead and get the car, but you will bargain with your delear to sell it to you cheap because of the bad history.
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Ivvie
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Yes, accidented cars have lost its integrity. To explain this is really complex. Planer impact mechanics, restitution, deformation, sag and other disciplines will explain this. When you buy a car, you aren't buying the seats, frame, tyres or the physical structure you see but the time and research put into it as well as the engineering governing it. A simple example is Mercedes with the self-directing self-centering engineering that comes with it (before Daimler Chrylser). This is what outstood Benzes from any other car that existed. There is no where on earth any man can engineer that unless you worked for Daimler AG with the other team of engineers. This is why Mercedes Benzes had a high MSRP along with Carl Benz's "The Best or Nothing" slogan. When the vehicle gets compromised, all that becomes void. The same is applied to Porshe's (older models). Collision shops don't have the plant to restore as blue printed. When you purchase salvage vehicles, you are paying for the workmanship of the tech that put the car back together. I don't see where the bargain is as oppose to OEM manufacturing without it in an altered state. You get ripped of really - you get primitive welds were fusion processes were used and other like issues. When all is done, the car is painted. I am not aware of a car today that comes from the factory painted.
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Siena (m)
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Not necessarilly.
A well repared accident-damaged car can sometimes be a better buy than a non-damaged one.
As long as details of the damage / repair are not concealed from prospective buyers, there's nothing wrong in purchasing.
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Ivvie
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The truth Siena is that you are never told. I've been a victim to this as well. It was really a bag of beans and everything was falling apart. I did not know of car fax and the vehicle had been in 9 accidents in a 6 year period. It was a good friend of mne that was nigerian that sold this to me. The only thing it never went through was a rollover and a flood. Disclosing to a buyer its accidented history voids the sale for its intended price (which is usually high).
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ziontrain
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I don't see much wrong in buying accidented car provided there is FULL disclosure. This is the key. Personally, I will not buy it because ascertaining FULL disclosure is always an issue particularly with we Nigerians. I always try to play for safety so my advice is stay away from accidented car.
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Ivvie
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The disclosure is the missing ingredient. In the US., no one is going to buy it if you intend trading or selling it to a private individual except they are completely ignorant of vehicle history. The market isn't just there for it that is why most of them get exported besides failing inspection or not being roadworth.
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