Why SO MANY Salvage Titled 2016+ FS?

I like my taco dont love it, but same. Then again, ive never really loved a vehicle, except my old 2002 chevy avalanche. I woulda married it if I could.

 

Well you just answered your own question. Salvage due to hidden damage. It would cost too much to repair or hold too much liability, so the insurance totals it out to keep from having future problems. These people then buy it from auction, put a half ass repair job on it and sell it. You see a good looking truck on the outside, but deep down she has a dirty secret that you will only figure out once you are committed.

 

its almost always frame damage, or it was flooded.

The real clean ones that you cant find anything wrong with are flooded!

 

DID SOMEONE SAY F150

 

real trucks have twin turbos

 

Nahhh, I have driven the ecoboost and don't really like it for a truck. I would drive like an ass all the time if I drove that. I try to save driving like an ass for the cobra. I like pedestrians, curbs and guard rails.


Seriously though, this forum is way better than any of the F150 groups, they are terrible. Tacoma world has to be one of the best, friendliest and most helpful places there is. Plus all the people that put products out there to customize these things, it's phenomenal. The F150s are like....we have color matched mirror caps and badges.

 

drool

 

I'm a new converted F-150 Owner. The 3.5EB is awesome and puts more of a smile on my face than the Manual Taco

 

We should petition to get an F-150 section here, like there is for 4Runners/Tundras/FJ Cruisers

 

They are fun, but I would get in too much trouble

YES!
I still have my Tacoma World coin, just not either of the tacomas lol

 

my brother has the v8 f150 and hes always in trouble, drives like an ass.

 

That's what I have the 5.0, it's pretty snappy but its still just a truck lol.

 

joking aside, yes this community is great. It has the right amount of sarcasm and helpfulness that makes it fun.

 

Resale value, a salvage title Tacoma still brings in good money. A salvage title F150 is less likely to be worth the shops time to repair.

 

A huge of amount of fords and f150s are fleet vehicles. Usually companies and their insurance require you to have a good driving record so less prone to the driver causing an accident opposed to a civilian vehicle

 

Maybe a lot of teenagers (inexperienced drivers) drive them.

My dad always used to say the fastest car on the road was a Ford Ranger.

 

Body shops are riding the crazy Tacoma resale wave, can't blame them for that one. There are plenty of careless uneducated people out there ready to fork over large amounts of cash for overpriced used and salvage Tacoma's.
It's all about the monthly payment for most. At least those are in California, rust belt trucks make even less sense but still sell..

 

Hurricane Harvey wiped out TONS of vehicles and insurance companies are going to be trying to recoup losses from all their payouts. It'd be interesting to see if you could trace VIN's to see where they've been registered. I don't know if that's even a thing but I'd bet a lot are going to be from southern Texas.

That said if it's been properly fixed it shouldn't be an issue, but that can be a BIG if.

 

yes you can.

you can use this website

https://vincheck.info/check/vin-check.php

 

Nice good to know!