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there's a story there for sure. Its had a salvage title since March 2023 when it auctioned and sold at 113K miles and was auctioned at multiple salvage sites. The current Copart auction is the second time thins rig is being sold at auction and its either been wrecked again or its the same damage from the previous accident. Who knows what the real story is. The reported mileage could just be wrong. When I run my own vin on my 200 it shows the current salvage title and the correct date (Sept 2023) but the mileage says 71K which was the mileage when I bought it in 2015 not the the current 176K. It also says "no accidents" even though I hit a deer in 2018 and had $25K of repair (all through insurance) and the most recent accident that totalled it. Maybe to show up as an accident a police report must be filed which I didn't do in either case as no one else was involved. The 2015 I bought has a clean carfax (no accidents or major repairs in the history) but after my major part swapping exercise I know its very likely been in a couple fender benders. There has also been repair work done not in the history. The front bumper and radiator had been removed and put back (not replaced). Windshield has been replaced. The rear bumper had been removed for some reason too. Nothing that's any big deal for me but, IMO, Carfax, BeenVerified and all the others are just slightly better than nothing. You can maybe get good info but only if its been reported. Buying a salvage vehicle at auction would certainly have risk of undisclosed or unknown issues which should be obvious, or you shouldn't buy a salvage vehicle. The thing that just puzzles me is the high dollars wrecked 200s go for at auction relative to their pre-accidents value and cost of repair. I have yet to see salvage title 200s (MY 2013-2015, 100K to 180K miles) go for less than $20K and I've been watching since May. A flood or fire might be different but if it is just banged up with or without air bags deployed the $$$ they bring seems nuts. I was told by a friend of a friend who works at Copart, that a lot of salvage is sold to buys out of the US, and particularly LCs. And sure enough, the one sold at Copart last week (a 2013 with the front end pretty crunched) for $22,600 to someone in Afghanistan (doesn't take a lot of imagination to understand why there may be a market there for LC parts there).
This was my rig. Happy to provide info if you want to PM me.
