Buying a car without title...

[MeFryRice]

Don't do it. I know from experience.

Here's my story...

There was a '91 S13 on the side of a road in Newnan, I walked up to the house and asked if he would sell it. He said sure, for $500. He said his daughter had the title but would surely get it for me and bring it to me. I towed the car home (hadn't been driven in a while). A week went by and still had not heard anything from the guy so I went over to his house. He said he still hasn't received it from his daughter. He was an older guy so I didn't feel like anything was wrong. A month goes by and same story, blaming it on the daughter and tells me she can't find it. I go to the DMV to try and apply for a "bonded title". The lady at the counter tells me that the guy that sold me the vehicle does not own it. I was not thrilled. As I start to walk out, she also tells me that there is a lien on it still! WTF?? The car is 15 yrs old at the time and it someone still owes money on this? I go back to the guys house to talk to him about everything, of course, he was never home from this point on. I go to the PD to see what I could do about this situation and luckily the detective was nice and gave me the current owner's address along with the lien holders info. I tried getting in touch with the "current" owners but they apparently moved and the lien holder company went under a few years before. I took the guy to small claims court to only get it thrown out by the judge.

Needless to say, I was not thrilled but I got lucky. I traded it for a B20 motor shortly after. The car is now a "track car".

[XLR8NMR2]

Don't do it. I know from experience.

Here's my story...

There was a '91 S13 on the side of a road in Newnan, I walked up to the house and asked if he would sell it. He said sure, for $500. He said his daughter had the title but would surely get it for me and bring it to me. I towed the car home (hadn't been driven in a while). A week went by and still had not heard anything from the guy so I went over to his house. He said he still hasn't received it from his daughter. He was an older guy so I didn't feel like anything was wrong. A month goes by and same story, blaming it on the daughter and tells me she can't find it. I go to the DMV to try and apply for a "bonded title". The lady at the counter tells me that the guy that sold me the vehicle does not own it. I was not thrilled. As I start to walk out, she also tells me that there is a lien on it still! WTF?? The car is 15 yrs old at the time and it someone still owes money on this? I go back to the guys house to talk to him about everything, of course, he was never home from this point on. I go to the PD to see what I could do about this situation and luckily the detective was nice and gave me the current owner's address along with the lien holders info. I tried getting in touch with the "current" owners but they apparently moved and the lien holder company went under a few years before. I took the guy to small claims court to only get it thrown out by the judge.

Needless to say, I was not thrilled but I got lucky. I traded it for a B20 motor shortly after. The car is now a "track car".

damn that sucks!

[AnthonyF]

Don't do it. I know from experience.

Here's my story...

There was a '91 S13 on the side of a road in Newnan, I walked up to the house and asked if he would sell it. He said sure, for $500. He said his daughter had the title but would surely get it for me and bring it to me. I towed the car home (hadn't been driven in a while). A week went by and still had not heard anything from the guy so I went over to his house. He said he still hasn't received it from his daughter. He was an older guy so I didn't feel like anything was wrong. A month goes by and same story, blaming it on the daughter and tells me she can't find it. I go to the DMV to try and apply for a "bonded title". The lady at the counter tells me that the guy that sold me the vehicle does not own it. I was not thrilled. As I start to walk out, she also tells me that there is a lien on it still! WTF?? The car is 15 yrs old at the time and it someone still owes money on this? I go back to the guys house to talk to him about everything, of course, he was never home from this point on. I go to the PD to see what I could do about this situation and luckily the detective was nice and gave me the current owner's address along with the lien holders info. I tried getting in touch with the "current" owners but they apparently moved and the lien holder company went under a few years before. I took the guy to small claims court to only get it thrown out by the judge.

Needless to say, I was not thrilled but I got lucky. I traded it for a B20 motor shortly after. The car is now a "track car".

That's quite a story. At least it all worked out.

XLR8-figure it out yet?

-Ant

[XLR8NMR2]

That's quite a story. At least it all worked out.

XLR8-figure it out yet?

-Ant

I called the dmv and In order to register the car through the DMV i will have to have the orginal title.If i don't the orginal owner had to apply for one and then i have to go to the dmv and get it transferred under my name. If i don't have his contact info i can do a title bond and that requires a vehicle inspection done by a cop and a bill of sale....

The lady has to call me back to make sure the car doesn't have any liens on it or anything like that. So i'll know for sure hopefully by today.


thanks again everyone.