Should I Buy FRS R-Titled From Hail Damage?
 

There is a black FRS with a Rebuilt Title for sale in my area for $15,000 with only 13,000 miles. The car looks brand new and was salvaged from a severe hail storm. The Shop did paintless dent removal and the car looks great. Would this be a good purchase at this price? I will try and talk the price down. And do you guys think a loan would be possible on this purchase?

-Thanks

So the hail storm is what caused it to be a rebuilt title?

If you are not worried about resale then jump on it!
Not like there would be any structural or mechanical damage.

Not bad at all assuming everything else is in good order.

As others have said....

If you are not worried about resale and just want to drive the car til the wheels fall off AND

the hail damage is the ONLY reason it is titled as a salvage

and the car looks flawless

THEN....BUY IT!

Must have been antarctic hail to have to been the sole cause of a total...

something doesn't add up. how the hell can a car be totalled by insurance for hail damage that could be repaired by paintless dent removal...
did deeper my friend, dig deeper

Did the hail cave in the roof, hood, trunk and glass? Any body work get expensive but hail damage?

Insurance usually doesn't work like that. Usually with estimators if there's a large enough dent, they usually write up the estimate for new part + labor. It's possible that hail damage did total out the car.

Maybe the hail impact set off airbags...lol :eyebulge:

What people often don't think about...
A heavily damaged car, due to an accident, costs a ton in parts, labor and paint work to repair. Therefore it's difficult to ask less than retail for a damaged car, even with a salvage title.

This case seems somewhat different. If the damage was able to be repaired without paint and parts, though seldom the case, the shop repairing it could allow only labor time, and be able to sell the car, much cheaper than retail.

As others have said, do more honest research on this car. If no paint work or if light paint work has been done (typically the sides, or one side of car will have been damaged as well in hail damage), then consider the price a deal. Yet certainly a car to keep forever, and don't expect retail price when you sell it, as others will also be skeptical.

As for insurance estimate for repairs after hail damage...I'd guess, these days, estimates for such damage could easily be upwards of 10,000 dollars. So this car could have been a total as far as insurance company was concerned....damaged above 75% of it's pre damaged value.

And keep in mind, you can probably find a 2013 FRS with low mileage, and a clear title for $18,000 with a little searching and possibly an airplane ride to buy it.
Wow, just looked cars.com. There are one's out there for 15k ...with a little looking around...as I tell others, don't be afraid of an airplane ride, once you've done thorough talking on the phone.

You can take a loan out on anything :3

Goodluck with haggling!

Thanks for all the replys guys. I will definitely be searching deeper into its title. I am looking at a few different FRS so hopefully will be joining you guys on the forums soon.

there was a 2013 (last year) that I was looking at that had also been totaled from hail. Up in the midwest, we see some crazy weather, including golf ball sized hail and larger. I probably should have bought it, because now I'm just a creeper on the forum saving up for a house instead of enjoying the FRS. Sucks growing up.