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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Possibly stolen? My buddy bought a branded forester for his wife that was stolen, and a front control arm and fender replaced. I think if it is missing long enough and the owner is paid out it is branded.
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Odd, it would never occur to me that a stolen car would get branded. For that matter a repairable car. If the car was stolen and recovered it would just be a transfer of title to the insurance company and they could resell it, particularly with no damage.
But then again, I'm using common sense and not law there.
Same thing to me would apply to what the vendor I talked to said. If car can be repaired to "like new" for a price that makes it marketable, should it really be a "branded" car? If the original owner repaired it, sure the CARFAX wouldn't be clean but it wouldn't be branded.
Not sure I see the difference.