| testingcheck |
| If a car has a write off status, is i possible to repair it and have it insured? (Repair it completely) |
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| Kyle2K |
| if you get it back and have it pass an inspection i dont see why not. |
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| testingcheck |
| So if I were to fix it up and get inspected then I could? |
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| 2ndgenlude |
depends on if the status is "salvage" or "non-repairable"
salvage is fair game, non-repairable is only for parts and can never be re-insured.
after a vehicle is rebuilt i believe it needs a assigned vin number as well.
(my car is rebuilt) |
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| Trowa |
i doesn't need a new VIN, they just use the old one
Andriy |
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| TrevorK |
quote:
Originally posted by 2ndgenlude
after a vehicle is rebuilt i believe it needs a assigned vin number as well.
(my car is rebuilt)
If you've been "assigned" a new VIN after a rebuild, it means the guy who did the rebuild didn't want to go through the inspections, so he put on the VIN number of another car and you then register it under that VIN. Which is illegal....
And yes - you would need it to pass inspections, which can only be done at certain shops. |
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| mike3 |
| yeah...they keep the same Vin, only way they wouldn't if you bought a theft recovery and the vins were missing, your car was a write off tyler? |
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| 2ndgenlude |
| mine was a theft recovery, and it was completely fixed/repainted and all that. i have a assigned vin on my door. |
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| mike3 |
| your green lude? thats weird it would have a diff. vin, but maybe its different in BC |
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| 2ndgenlude |
| ya, car was stranded and gutted, so the dash vin was missing, door vin was missing, so it was rebuilt and assigned a vin. passed out of province inspection so its all good haha |
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| rexxrally |
In April 2004, the Alberta Government brought in a whole slough of new laws for Alberta Transport, including dramatically increasing the cost of traffic tickets.
Along with that, they changed the rules about salvage vehicles. As someone mentioned above, there is now salvage and non-rebuildable statuses on a vehicle. They stripped all mechanics of the right to certify vehicles, and they had to go through an extensive program to get the right back.
The auditing done on the program by the Government is extensive now as well. No more "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" certifications. These mechanic shops can get in a lot of trouble if they let a re-certification slide through.
So, now these mechanic shops are extremely anal about recertification. For example, if you don't have the right size and colour screws holding the interior together, it will fail. If you don't take pictures of the car during the repair process, so they can see what it looks like inside, then they won't re-certify you. If you don't have ALL the original bits and pieces for your year and model car, they will fail you. ANYTHING that is not an OEM part will fail the car.
I found out all of the above from R&S Autobody on Gateway Blvd. You should talk to them, before you spend a nickel trying to rebuild your car. I figured it wasn't worth the hassle. There's too many other cars out there to just buy and put on the street without hassle.
Before you do anything, check out this website:
http://www.trans.gov.ab.ca/DriversI...Inspections.asp
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| 2ndgenlude |
| must mean mine is in pretty good shape since it passed the re-certification with ease haha. |
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| Shady_Pro |
| haha victim to a chop shop...your car is a complete mystery:dunno: |
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| 2ndgenlude |
| haha, as well as it works :cool: |
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| rexxrally |
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Originally posted by 2ndgenlude
must mean mine is in pretty good shape since it passed the re-certification with ease haha.
You said your car passed an "Out of Province" inspection. That kind of inspection is TOTALLY different (and far less comprehensive) than a salvage recertification inspection. |
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| 2ndgenlude |
it did pass salvage recertification, thats what i was talking about.
if it didn't, it wouldn't be rebuilt right now :)
out of province is nothing compared to that |
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