The Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey & Irma: Avoiding Flood-Damaged Cars
Purchasing a used car soon? Be aware of “title washing” when sellers wash away damaged vehicle titles. #AAAInsurance pic.twitter.com/jAE5R487c2
— AAA South Dakota (@AAASouthDakota) February 24, 2017
Georgia is a big state, with plenty of cars on the road. Yet according to Cars.com, as many as 1 in 213 of those cars have been title-washed.
What is title-washing? The short explanation is, it's a way sellers alter the title of a vehicle to hide previous damage—often flood damage. You could buy a "clean-titled" used car that was, at one point, declared irreparable.
Many of us…
