i have owned several rebuilt cars. none have ever been an issue. fenders, bumpers, lights etc can all be replaced fairly easily...if youre dealing with serious frame damage etc. it s a bit more tough. i wouldnt hesitate to buy another, especially if there are pics before the repair to give you an idea of what was wrong.
I'm not really seeing much of a discount on the salvage Siennas. They seem to have premium pricing just like standard Siennas.
Motion & Bird, LLC should be releasing a statement soon that they will be the country's premier resource for financing salvage title vehicles, featuring 84-96 month payment plans, for model years 1995-2020.
I have a group of friends that buy salvage vehicles and repair to sell. It is a profitable business for them but I can tell you that after seeing what they do you will not see me driving one. When they get one that is beyond repair, and often they do not realize this until they have started reassembly as they are strictly bolt on repair people, no frame machine etc. they just get it as close as they can. If it doesn't sell on the roadside or craigslist after a few weeks they send it to a different auction than where they bought it. Not my idea of proper repair and I know a few people that do the same thing. They tried selling me a trailer last year as they had what I was looking for. It was a 24' flatbed and it was off 5 inches when measuring corner to corner. They said they repaired it by replacing the axle.
I'm in Illinois and just went through the mechanic lein proceedure to aquire a title for an 2011 WRX that i got from the local tow company. It was abandon in an apartment complex with zero issues other than a dead battery. The mechanic lein proceedure required obtaining a salvage certificate then, after a state inspection, a rebuilt title is issued.