Salvaged Title On Ebay for Sale... - LotusTalk

MidasHands · 08-20-2008, 07:37 AM

Who's car was this? Does this sellers description of the car sound safe?

eBay Motors: Lotus : Elise (item 320288275304 end time Aug-25-08 07:40:53 PDT)

Sownman · 08-20-2008, 08:02 AM

Sound safe for what ? The only condition under which I would consider a salvage title is at a very cheap price and I intended to make a track car only out of it where there would be significant mods anyway.

Cars don't carry a salvage title for no reason. Insurance companies don't scrap a car because they enjoy it and they are not easy to re-sell.

But as they say it's your money.

Steve

Bavarian Motorist · 08-20-2008, 08:06 AM

Way too expensive, and you'd think the seller would have done his HW on how the car was damaged... Or maybe he just doesn't wanna disclose that.

Darkside · 08-20-2008, 08:06 AM

not cheap enough...

I would buy a salvage for 20,000
At that price it would be hard to loose even if something was bad.

I got my 05 elise for 25,500 it had 30,000miles on it.
So if you look you will find...

SSRL · 08-20-2008, 08:07 AM

Yea Shady sounding, Thanks Mike for asking for me. I sent Mike that link questioning the "safe factor" as in should I even bother

akandok · 08-20-2008, 08:09 AM

I couldnt find anything on that car... Looks ok.. But who knows..

antflies · 08-20-2008, 08:19 AM

A yellow 06 Elise that was a flood car from AZ sold yesterday at auction for $18900. They drove the car in and announced; "no problems with engine." Now that would be a good car to make into a track car.

kestrel74 · 08-20-2008, 10:53 AM

Yikes. Stay Away !!

CertifiedCC · 08-20-2008, 11:16 AM

Yea I've been watching ebay for a long time for a good fix-it project and ALL of them are too expensive. After you repair it AND sell it at a price as if it wasn't salvaged, you wouldn't get more than 3-4K profit. and thats if you do the labor YOURSELF since Lotus labor is VERY expensive. This deal isn't bad compared to others I've seen but it's still xpensive. If someone REALLY cared about saving a couple of K's, this would be it.

speedlotuselise · 09-03-2008, 04:09 PM

track this one! heh

Former member's car for sale - 05 elise project damaged salvage

ivan1 · 09-03-2008, 04:14 PM

"This is a salvage titled vehicle, but that is just a piece of paper, this is a fully functioning Lotus Elise at a fraction of the cost"

True 9/10 is a fraction ......

SweetDaddyD · 09-03-2008, 04:30 PM

How come the advice or general consensus is to make a track only car out of salvaged car? I would think the track would be the most important place to make sure everything is as good as can be where maximum stresses to the frame and all systems can be applied. Seems far more dangerous than just putzing around on the street. Am I missing something? I guess it's just me, but I'd say to make a street only car out of it and get a non wrecked one for the track.

To me, my safety is worth more than a few saved dollars.

plastique999 · 09-03-2008, 04:56 PM

toooo much $$$ for a salvage

...m... · 09-03-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SweetDaddyD

How come the advice or general consensus is to make a track only car out of salvaged car?

...i think because dedicated track cars generally bought with the intention to tear down and rebuild as required anyway...basically, if you're already planning to spend that much money on labor and inspection regardless, the minimal extra parts on a good salvage could turn it into a pretty nice deal...

macdady2424 · 09-03-2008, 05:12 PM

When the lifted the car and inspected if fro beneath, did they bother to remove the bottom panels?

OneFastLotus · 09-03-2008, 09:20 PM

I think someone near me bought that car. Guess, like so many others, he didnt know what he might be getting into. I also dont think the vast majority of these cheap salvages cars are going to people who have the money to go through them and track them. They're going to people with limited budgets who dont know any better. A Lotus is a normal car, right?

FLuXeXigeS · 09-03-2008, 09:23 PM

for being salvaged, the price doesnt seem LOW enough IMO

trappertrevor · 09-03-2008, 10:21 PM

way over priced

esoteric · 09-04-2008, 10:19 PM

When I clicked on the link it said Bidding Ended. How much did it go for since everyone is saying it was too much?

climb4fun · 09-04-2008, 10:46 PM

The bid started at $24,000, and Nobody offer anything: Zero bid.

No bid for this reason: Too expensive.

08-20-2008, 07:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
MidasHands Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glen Ridge, NJ Posts: 853	Salvaged Title On Ebay for Sale... Who's car was this? Does this sellers description of the car sound safe? eBay Motors: Lotus : Elise (item 320288275304 end time Aug-25-08 07:40:53 PDT) __________________ - Mike 2006 KG Elise, Magnolia Interior

08-20-2008, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sownman Above Labeling Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 663	Sound safe for what ? The only condition under which I would consider a salvage title is at a very cheap price and I intended to make a track car only out of it where there would be significant mods anyway. Cars don't carry a salvage title for no reason. Insurance companies don't scrap a car because they enjoy it and they are not easy to re-sell. But as they say it's your money. Steve __________________ Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you. Last edited by RacyTracy : 09-03-2008 at 05:31 PM. Reason: Price commentary removed

08-20-2008, 08:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bavarian Motorist Live to Drive Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rye, NY Posts: 8,387	Way too expensive, and you'd think the seller would have done his HW on how the car was damaged... Or maybe he just doesn't wanna disclose that. __________________ Driving a Lotus Exige with sticky... performance tires on icy roads or in standing water is about as much fun as walking a high wire treated with WD-40 - Car & Driver BWR supercharged... I suppose I "got the power" now??

08-20-2008, 08:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
Darkside Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tampa Posts: 356 Images: 22	not cheap enough... I would buy a salvage for 20,000 At that price it would be hard to loose even if something was bad. I got my 05 elise for 25,500 it had 30,000miles on it. So if you look you will find... __________________ DarksideEngineering.com

08-20-2008, 08:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
akandok 2006 Lotus Elise Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,566	I couldnt find anything on that car... Looks ok.. But who knows.. __________________ “The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts.” Bertrand Russell John 3:16

08-20-2008, 08:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
SSRL Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 78	Yea Shady sounding, Thanks Mike for asking for me. I sent Mike that link questioning the "safe factor" as in should I even bother

08-20-2008, 08:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
antflies Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PA Posts: 41 Images: 5	Salvage A yellow 06 Elise that was a flood car from AZ sold yesterday at auction for $18900. They drove the car in and announced; "no problems with engine." Now that would be a good car to make into a track car.

08-20-2008, 10:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
kestrel74 G-200 Driver Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: North of Detroit; Watkins Glen, NY Posts: 7,310	Yikes. Stay Away !! __________________ 74 Europa Zetec TC Special 3614R Elise #2292 / Chrome Orange !! / Starshield / Sachs suspension / RTDbrace / Uprights machined / Down Low rails / ... "My daily driver does .85 Mach" " I started flying when Sex was safe and Hang Gliding was dangerous " BUY My Europa ! http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f94/...pa-sale-43829/

08-20-2008, 11:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
CertifiedCC BANNED Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Northern VA [The BEST Part of VA.(Sadly)] Posts: 876 Images: 4	Yea I've been watching ebay for a long time for a good fix-it project and ALL of them are too expensive. After you repair it AND sell it at a price as if it wasn't salvaged, you wouldn't get more than 3-4K profit. and thats if you do the labor YOURSELF since Lotus labor is VERY expensive. This deal isn't bad compared to others I've seen but it's still xpensive. If someone REALLY cared about saving a couple of K's, this would be it.

09-03-2008, 04:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
speedlotuselise Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19	track this one! heh Former member's car for sale - 05 elise project damaged salvage

09-03-2008, 04:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
ivan1 b3NNAd Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bedford, NY Posts: 5,447	"This is a salvage titled vehicle, but that is just a piece of paper, this is a fully functioning Lotus Elise at a fraction of the cost" True 9/10 is a fraction ...... __________________ 2008 Elise SC Ardent Red - Touring, Sport, Starshield Previous car - 2005 Elise Saffron Yellow (totaled in flood- the original underwater elise)

09-03-2008, 04:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
SweetDaddyD Sticker Guy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ATL, GA Posts: 6,157	How come the advice or general consensus is to make a track only car out of salvaged car? I would think the track would be the most important place to make sure everything is as good as can be where maximum stresses to the frame and all systems can be applied. Seems far more dangerous than just putzing around on the street. Am I missing something? I guess it's just me, but I'd say to make a street only car out of it and get a non wrecked one for the track. To me, my safety is worth more than a few saved dollars. __________________ "Starshield" Group Buy: http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51323 ChuforiaGraffix.com Custom decals, magnetics, banners, stripes, racing numbers,etc.SweetDaddyDelicious@hotmail.com

09-03-2008, 04:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
plastique999 Form and Function Join Date: May 2008 Location: Diamond Bar, CA Posts: 1,364	toooo much $$$ for a salvage __________________ www.FaceNBody.com 2005 Lotus Elise: Larini SE exhaust,HID's,turn signals delete,rear fins delete, CFside scoops, CFbinnacle,CFcenter console,Zoom CF mirror,Gut Aero wing,Gut front splitter,CF 5-element diffusor,Exige mesh, Ohlins DA,RAC monolites,Toyo R888's,Pagid RS Blues,CO painted calipers,SS lines,Reverie XC CF seat, Reverie CF steering wheel,V force harness bar,Schroth Profi II 6 pt harness,shifter re-Enforcer, BWR key to BWR S/C! 2007 E63 M6 (many mods...)

09-03-2008, 05:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
macdady2424 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 940	When the lifted the car and inspected if fro beneath, did they bother to remove the bottom panels? __________________ 225 TTQC & 05 Elise

09-03-2008, 09:20 PM	#16 (permalink)
OneFastLotus ad augusta per angusta Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mars Posts: 5,443	I think someone near me bought that car. Guess, like so many others, he didnt know what he might be getting into. I also dont think the vast majority of these cheap salvages cars are going to people who have the money to go through them and track them. They're going to people with limited budgets who dont know any better. A Lotus is a normal car, right? __________________ First Fold Member of the Limited Slip Mafia "L'Ombra" -Saffron Yellow Elise, all options. -Chrome OrangeElise/ Superstock pillager "currently living in the wild" -Black on Black Exige debadged, all options.

09-03-2008, 09:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
FLuXeXigeS ...disappearing posts... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal/AZ/NV Posts: 4,368	for being salvaged, the price doesnt seem LOW enough IMO __________________ -Coi-'07 AR Exige S+Gotham, Von Hep, corner balanced&tuned SACHS, 6k HID, JVC KD-NX5000, Alpine 4ch. amp, JL stealth box, s111 rear towhook and harness bar, Starshield, TG4 1/4 turn fasteners, SS brake lines, bling bling eng bay, painted calipers, TD 1.2 wheels w/ Toyo R888, Safecraft harnesses, DRL delete, s111 CRD mount. add me: www.myspace.com/kandyredcoi & lotuscar.ning.com/profile/KandyRedCoi

09-04-2008, 10:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
esoteric Turns corners & heads EZ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,434	When I clicked on the link it said Bidding Ended. How much did it go for since everyone is saying it was too much? __________________ Daily driven '05 Elise, Seibon CF front clam with custom paint, Stage II exhaust, hardtop, Pioneer ICE, Starshield, stickies on rear I don't believe in shooting stars but I do believe in loot & cars. PhlypSide quote - Tell people you prefer your cars to be like your women: "lightweight, fast, low maintenance, and easy on the eyes."

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09-03-2008, 10:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
trappertrevor Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: long beach Posts: 85	way over priced

09-04-2008, 10:46 PM	#20 (permalink)
climb4fun WTF Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: N.VA Posts: 670	The bid started at $24,000, and Nobody offer anything: Zero bid. No bid for this reason: Too expensive.