Rebuilt title s6 avant

[I-Reef]

Okay so a member of panjo posted a 2003 c5 s6 avant with a rebuilt title on here,asking for 5500 I only took a quick glance at the car but it seems clean except for the body dings and dents. I pulled the car fax and the car was totaled in 2006 and had another minor accident in 2013. Car has 93k miles was wondering if it would be even worth trying to pursue the vehicle. I have plans to arrange a time to take it to a shop to look over it. I don't have reservations on selling the car and if I do is part it out if ithe parts are worth anything.

[rollerton]

If you have any reservations I wouldn't bother. nobody can say what kind of car it is with a rebuilt title until you go through it, odds are it's totally fine. But then again, it had some decent residual value in 06' when it was totaled- so it may have been in a decent accident. Why it was totaled and at what value depends on the insurance and state laws I believe. Where I am the cost of repair must exceed something like 60-70% of the cars value before insurance can be required to total it; and in many cases they don't give the owner a choice.
And in just as many the car only has superficial damage and insurance it total it.
The price is good and the S6 is an awesome car, that one has relatively low miles by today's standards so probably an awesome daily driver. But poor choice for resale. Another thing to consider; how much of your own auto work do you do?
Because you mention taking it to a shop to get checked. For frame/ body work it's a good idea. But if you can't do a huge majority of maintenance yourself you're going to have a bad time with any 10 year old Audi. Especially an S6, they ARE reliable, but any single small repair can be financially devastating at the wrong shop.
For instance, the dealer price on replacing the ABS module in the S6 is around $3000.
Gets crazy when you find out Labor is about an hour and you can have it rebuild for about $80.

[I-Reef]

I was planning on doing most of the work myself and if it's a task I can't undertake I'd consider finding a good Indy to fix it. I have another car so this wouldn't be a daily for the most part until I get rid of my current car and start looking for something else. I'm thinking once I'm done this would be a daily until the fires fall off only because of the title. I think I may arrange a time to take it to a body shop to look over the frame. Thanks for your input

[Scotty@Advanced]

Good be a find or a fiend. Make sure you inspect, inspect and inspect the car.. And don't forget to do a very thorough inspection in case I forget to mention performing an inspection.

[mithril]

Good be a find or a fiend. Make sure you inspect, inspect and inspect the car.. And don't forget to do a very thorough inspection in case I forget to mention performing an inspection.

Great advice, but you forgot to mention he should get an inspection.....

[Scottie2LO]

I might sell my S6 after I fix it up for 5500 CAD