Titles
So many scenarios that can happen to make it title washing, however if you purchase from someone which is very common and they disclose the car was in accident in the past this cannot be title washing it was disclosed. No sellers including Jesus himself goes ahead and sells a car, advises accident, give a copy of the estimate, what was fixed, photos before and after etc etc.
This issue of title washing is ridiculous and extremely hard to prove. Simply put if an insurance company or state didnt change the title to salvage so it would have to be rebuilt to be back on the road i really find it hard to believe that a judge would side with vw on this. if more than one state practices non branding of cars with damage is this illegal, if so, i would think vw would have to go after each state for doing this, consumers are not responsible for this process or really checking a cars title prior to purchase, same with selling the car if someone asks you are required to tell them, if they do not ask i dont believe you are required to do so.
The cars bizzle may be referring to and others here have minimal damage do not effect it to run and drive ie hail. Mnny cars can be totalled at lower cost threshold depending on insurance carrier, if parts supply available vs renting a car for 2 months to wait, state circumstances, the insured circumstances ie they prefer to just take repair cost and total the car instead of fix, we could go on and on here.
I have seen cars that look like a banana that still have clear titles on a rare occasion, im sure that would be no problem for vw to prove, but to get photos from a prior accident, accident reports, bill of sales to and from owner to owner, any thing else to prove otherwise seems like a stretch for vw to do on cars that have a clear title and an accident history. The time and resources involved to fight this it may not be worth it, depending on how many owners present cars like this.
Its great to have some discussion here it provokes thought and help into this matter. Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong, many people here were wrong when they said in no way would vw accept rebuilt titles, now they are under their guidelines, happy for us all who actually have cars to turn in under this circumstance.