I can speak to the "rebuilt" title issue from past experience. This will affect the price somewhat and depending on the car usually reduces the value by about 10 to 20%. A brief word on the "salvage" designation by Insurance Co's. They typically will assign a vehicle to this category when the cost of repair is within their individual parameters. It mostly has nothing to do with the repairability of the vehicle nor for safety. For instance, a car could be "totaled" with even a mechanical repair, rather than an accident repair. I bought a practically new Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited once, that had been totaled and it only needed a new front fender, headlight, bumper and grill. When I contacted the previous owner he told me that he insisted on getting a new vehicle, because in his words' "I'm not going to drive a wrecked car". The other thing I have seen recently is cars branded as "non repairable" with no detectable damage. This usually has to do with brand new cars. I can only guess what's going on there. At this point though we haven't seen any smarts in this category - too bad. One final thought I like accident damaged vehicles because at least I can see the damage and don't have to worry about whether the car is worn out, or plagued with mechanical problems, this has been confirmed with me having owned more than 30 such vehicles.
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