Buying Hail-Written off Vehicles

[Stoneman]

Guys/Gals,

Quick question: I see many hail-damaged vehicles going through the
MPIC auctions recently... and was wondering: Can one buy these
vehicles and register them? Or must you actually repair the dimples in
the sheet metal? I've seen a 2009 Yaris written off due to hail - and
looking at the car's photos it actually isn't that bad at all.

Thanks!

[Grampa Wood]

I don't think it's considered a "safety" issue, but if you're planning
to get the dents fixed, this is the best guy in town - maybe even the
province-
http://www.inland-sea-paintless-dent-repair.com/index.html

He does amazing repairs.

[4newsgroups]

This indicates that you don't have to repair it as long as it's road-worthy
(safety) and has been sold as "salvageable."

http://www.mpi.mb.ca/english/claims/write-offs/driveable.html

It also says "damage that only affects its appearance-other than from a
collision-you won't have to do anything special to keep driving it."

The phone #'s at the bottom of the page too.

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[Stoneman]

On Nov 10, 5:32 pm, "4newsgroups" <4newsgro...@mts.net> wrote:
> This indicates that you don't have to repair it as long as it's road-worthy
> (safety) and has been sold as "salvageable."
>
> http://www.mpi.mb.ca/english/claims/write-offs/driveable.html
>
> It also says "damage that only affects its appearance-other than from a
> collision-you won't have to do anything special to keep driving it."
>
> The phone #'s at the bottom of the page too.
>

> "Stoneman" <1chrisst...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>
> news:e82a66ae-5be1-4441...@j19g2000vbi.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Guys/Gals,
>
> > Quick question: I see many hail-damaged vehicles going through the
> > MPIC auctions recently... and was wondering: Can one buy these
> > vehicles and register them? Or must you actually repair the dimples in
> > the sheet metal? I've seen a 2009 Yaris written off due to hail - and
> > looking at the car's photos it actually isn't that bad at all.
>
> > Thanks!

Cool! Thanks for the links.

[Mr Frederick]

Hail damaged vehicles are exempt from the body integrity certificate, and
the hail marks, if not fixed, of course are taken into account in reducing
the value of a future claim, say for an accident or theft write-off.
Other than knowing that, the only other thing you need to know is the
vehicle does still have to pass a safety before registration.

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