Frame Damage on a vehicle?

I am happy that the frame damage is bothering you and I therefore like to answer your question with a question

If you bought a chair where you knew two legs were damaged but now glue together and declared fit, how safe would you really feel sitting on it, never mind going down the hwy at 70 miles an hour.

Does the title say Salvage ?... Lets face facts, you like the price, but can you live with the risk...I am not trying to be a smartass, but from experience please stay away from frame damage vehicles, the odds are against you.

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It sure does have problems, you don't want this car. It has a bent frame, that is going to make your car travel down the road dog legged. That means the front and rear tires will not be in alignment with each other. Tires will wear quickly, safe, fast braking will be dangerous. If on icy roads, you will not travel straight, therefore you will have limited control. Gears in the differential could have problems as well. Don't buy problems. shop around some more.

You have to wreck a car really hard to bend or twist the frame. This means that the car has not just been in a "fender bender" but in a major collision. You should never buy a car with frame damage, never. It is not worth the time and money to fix and makes the car unstable. There are plenty of cars for sale that don't have strings attached.

If you need a reliable car, I would not recommend a car with frame damage. To damage a frame, the car would have had to have been slammed hard. You may develop other problems from the accident that you cannot forsee. Oftetimes, a car that has frame damage may have a salvage title... meaning it was junked and probably fixed. Once salvaged always salvage. You can buy salvage cars from the junk yard.

It's probably a salvaged vehicle. If you live in Michigan, the salvage title is orange, whereas a clear title is green. If it is salvage, it's probably only worth about 50-70% of a clear title vehicle. Make sure you're not paying full price.

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1631-2890...

http://salvage-vehicles.com/repairable-cars.asp

frame damage is so unpredictable. One minute it could be fine and the next it can tweek just that little more to where the car takes off on you. I would suggest not getting it but thats just me.

not with a 10 ft pole the frame has been weakened it could be fine then in a hard turn or whatever go all to he-- would not buy it

it can be a huge headache down the road, and will have very little value if you ever want to resell.

IMHO, don't buy it.

you might have unusual tire wear on all or some of the tires..pass this car up and look for another...