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Originally Posted by THAWA
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Originally Posted by ScottyS
This sounds like the discussions between my wife & I every time we go near the DMV, less the expletives.
You have to drive it through the dirt, then put rusty steelies on it w/o hubcaps, smack the windshield with a big rock, and swap a couple body panels from PickNPull to get the appraisal down to $2100. Then you go get a brand new windshield and keep the panels as spares with the money you saved....
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I dunno about htat, svx windshields aren't common. And finding one in a yard, well i've never seen one, but you've got the right idea. 
That sucks sperry, though he could've appraised it for 5000-6000. I totally agree though you can't judge a car just by how it looks. |
I think the price is primarily determined by the DMV's equivalent of a Blue Book, with a mileage modifier. Then, if the car looks beat to hell, it's the inspector's discression to lower it further. What's shady, is that the DMV doesn't seem to have their base values published. I've heard that it's the MSRP - 15% for the 1st year, and -5% for each additional year, but that's just hearsay. Also, I don't know how much they take off for mileage.
The DMV needs to publish all that info, have it available at the inspection station, and they should post that things like repair quotes and estimates are usful in getting the vehicle appraised correctly. Not having that information public basically makes the DMV look like they're intentionally bumping the appraisal value of cars in order to collect additional taxes... which is pretty much what I'm sure they're doing.
