Would you purchase vehicle with clean rebuilt title?

[Kheiron]

A friend of mine is looking into purchasing a rebuilt titled vehicle. Carfax shows 9 records, we are going to investigate what issues came of it. Car has 19000 miles and its a 2007 Chevrolet.

What would you be weary of or would you avoid it all together?

Thank you

[osiris]

He might get lots of new parts or even a new engine out of the deal.

Or he might get a POS with cheap, improperly fitted body panels with warped peeling paint, with improperly installed gaskets and fouled main bearings.

Have a professional auto-man inspect the devil out of it and make sure to get bottom dollar.

[W.A.F.U.]

Nope. Especially flood rebuilds.

[Vinsetta]

What model Chevy?

If you give me the last 8 of the VIN I can check tomorrow on what service work was performed under warranty at the dealer.

[t-rex]

In the months after Katrina it was common to see transporters loaded with flood cars on the expressway headed outta town.

Reman cars should be avoided like blowfish sushi...

[rmodys]

Definitely not... I'm interested to see why it has the rebuilt title though.

[1969CamaroSS350]

My Corolla has a rebuilt title. Back in 2000 it was hit and repaired. I bought the car in the summer of '06 and since I've started driving it about a year and a half ago, I've put over 30K miles on it and the only non-maintenance repairs I've done to the car were a strut and wheel bearing. I think I'd feel comfortable driving a car with a rebuilt title, as long as it was inspected and proven to be repaired right.

[darndot]

Flooded no. Rebuilt wrecked maybe. Just remember that it maybe hard to get rid of if he tries to sell it.

[GMCSonoma]

No way...

[prowlerjc]

Absolutely not.

[osv_alero]

No for the simple fact that selling it will prove to be an issue.