[supra93]

Like others have said, it depends on the damage and how bad was it. I have brought 5 salvage title cars at auction in the past 3 years. I have a good friend of mines rebuilt them for me.

Also saved a lot of money. My latest examples were a CLK500 convertible with 48k, a double cab F-150 with 42k, and a Camry LE with 55k. The CLK had a tree branch fall on the deck lid, quarter panel, and rear window. All in all the total for that one came to $5k. At the time KBB had a clean title at $17k and for sale ads were around the same price.

The F-150 was rear ended and just needed a new bed and rear bumper. This one was $10k when it was all said and done. KBB had a clean title at $19k and for sale ads were around the $20k mark.

The Camry was hit on the front passenger side. It needed a new hood, front bumper, fender, headlight, and random suspension parts. The total came out to be $6.5k. KBB had a clean title at $10k and for sale ads were around $11k-$12k.

Another pro about salvage cars is that here in Texas we don't have to pay taxes for a rebuilt title car. We only pay a $65 dollar rebuilt fee along with the cost of tags.