notice what state it was in when it was "totalled".
PA is the WORST state when you are dealing with ANYTHING with the DMV......
 the worst!!

in fact, if it had been in another state, it might not have been
"totalled".

(insurance rules differ from state to state and PA is one of the most
stringent)

this is one of the things i hate about PA.. the pennDOT/DMV and its
Bureaucratic red tape.

chris
in pa..obviously :(

In a message dated 1/19/2010 12:37:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wolzphoto@Q.COM writes:

As I  understand it, once a vehicle has had a salvage title issued, you can
only  insure it for liability.  That knocks the value of the vehicle down  a
peg or two.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From:  Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Mike  South
|Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:45 AM
|To:  vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original  miles
|
|I have a pdf of the carfax if anyone is interested (the VIN on  thesamba
has
|the first two letters reversed btw).  The wreck he  mentions was listed as
a
|total loss (which I understand with a vehicle  that old doesn't necessarily
|mean a lot of damage, just over blue book or  whatever).
|
|Brief history:
|Florida 1988,
|Massachusetts  purchase May 2003, 19381 miles,
|passed inspection in MA Jun 2003 at  19,701,
|back in FL 12/2004,
|new owner PA 12/2006,
|New owner PA  2/2007,
|totaled by insurance company with 35,993 miles 5/2009 collision  damage.
|Salvage title New Castle PA 9/2009.
|Rebuilt title  (Philadelphia, PA) issued 11/2009, "dealer took control
while
|in  inventory"
|
|No trace of it being in Virginia in carfax, could be sold  but not titled
|yet
|I suppose...
|
|Anyway, there ya go.  My  carfax sub expires in a couple days, I have a few
|queries left if anyone  needs anything run.