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Old 08-17-2001, 08:51 PM
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I bought a 97 Max SE about 6 months ago from a man in Houston. Upon purchasing the car from this individual I asked if the car had been wrecked or damaed in any way. Wel he said the door had been dented and he had it fixed. Well being the lazy a$$ that I am i just went to have the title changed to my name and noticed it said RECONDITIONED TITLE-DAMAGE UNKNOWN. I looked it up on CarFax.com and the car was issued a junk title in 2000 and also the reconditioned title in 2000. I am about to take action on this but do any f you guys know what my stand point on this is?(legaly)
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Old 08-17-2001, 09:06 PM
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For any salvage or junk titles, the seller has to let you know about it. I have bought and sold a few salvage vehicles, and I make them sign a paper that says they understand that they are buying a salvage car. So by law he has to tell you.
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Old 08-17-2001, 09:12 PM
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So what does this mean? From my under standings i can ask him to buy the car back or pay the diference in what i paid and what it is really worth. If e refuses to do so i can take him to court where he can have to pay up to three times the value of the car. That is what I was told. Somthing to to with a Texas Fair Dealing law or somthing like that. What do you think?
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Old 08-17-2001, 09:27 PM
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I don't know what the laws are where you bought it or what actions you can take... I don't know what I would do. But I think that what I paid for it would seriously affect my decision... If I paid like it it was a clean title car, I would be ****ed.
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Old 08-17-2001, 10:17 PM
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It could be a flooded title. There are a lot of those i Houston.
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Old 08-18-2001, 08:06 AM
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I paid 12,000 for the car and it had 65K miles on it. I feel like that is ful price. I have already got the ball rolling on legal action. Any tips would be great. Thanks.
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Old 08-18-2001, 03:40 PM
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How can I find out if he has a license? he was an individual. And i called the auto shop that did the work and they said it was a front end collision(after i found out the title was salvage. he told us the door was the only thing dented(unpon purchasind).
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I hope you get this guy good.
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Old 08-19-2001, 08:31 AM
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I paid the taxes myself.
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