Buying a CoPart RV!

When COPART first showed up I was in the fix and sell business. Mostly Mercedes, BMW, etc and sometime bought as many as 10 in a month from Mass, to FL. Then it was all insurance salvage. As time went on they started letting about anyone with a license sell there and it became hard to trust what you were buying so I stopped using them. But I once drove a pusher hit in the front from Chicago to Baltimore with nothing more than my Recycler tag on it. They can be driven and they can be insured most places. Be surprised what you can pick up if you are smart about it.

I saw a fairly new Tiffin Phaeton on that site. A big limb crashed entirely through the the roof and into the floor of the coach. It looked like it must of been a limb maybe 10-12 inches in diameter. A lot of damage. Not sure what it sold for.

Different laws, different states. There was no such law about driving a salvage titled vehicle where we come from. It was legal to drive. After all, a ding in the fender can total an older vehicle because it costs more to fix than the vehicle is worth. That does not make it non-driveable and can possibly serve for many more years.

Ivylog wrote:
He left off a few details like the driveshaft was hopefully out of it when towed in.

He said he drove it home

Just plan on keeping it not to many would go near a salvage title

Looks like a big project. Not that it matters but the close up shots of his face kind of weirded me out, what was so interesting off camera that not once did he look at the lens?

I would pass, and not hesitate. Years back, I totaled out a new vette. it had 1500 miles on it. I was offered the opportunity to buy it back after it was totaled. I refused. Didn't get a chance to even look at it as I was in traction, but I refused. Insurance sold it to a guy who owned a body shop. He rebuilt it and sold it to someone else. less than a thousand miles later, he was driving it and it caught on fire while he was driving it and was totaled a second time. Meanwhile, I was driving around in MY new vette.

He left off a few details like the driveshaft was hopefully out of it when towed in. It’s not legal to drive a vehicle with a salvage title home. Copart charges an additional 5-10% of the purchase price.Getting collision/comp insurance coverage can be difficult. With probably $40K in it repaired for a rig worth more than $100K...he will do well when he sells it.

Having bought 10+ Copart vehicle you need to inspect before buying and getting a salvage title changed to a rebuilt title can be difficult. Not all vehicles will have a salvage title...hail damage being my favorite ones as they were probably in running condition when damaged. A hail damaged PU I bought 6 years ago is still worth more than I paid for it and like a golf ball, the dimples in it makes it more aerodynamic.:B

Strange place for a fire. I wonder if it self extinguished after the plumbing melted. Shouldn't be a difficult or expensive fix unlike an engine or fridge fire that gets caught early before burning into the body or sidewall.

Personally the sale would have to be heavily discounted before I would buy a rig with a salvage title. Just too many potential unknowns that could pop up months or even years later. My current coach was a repo and that was enough risk I was willing to accept for a rolling earth quake.

dodge guy wrote:
Yes you can insure them but it’s a lot of work.
Yes it can be repaired, but the wiring alone would be a pain. Don’t know if I would ever trust it again.
For what he is going to have in it after paying others to repair it he could’ve bought a 100% functioning RV and no issues.

I really doubt that.

repair parts don't look to be much over 2500

That coach will sell for much more than guessed here