I've done this on a couple of old cars, but you'll get a salvage title.
That's only a potential problem when you go to sell the car. Here in WA I
had to go to the state patrol to be inspected (theft checked) before the
state would issue a salvage title.   It's an economically viable idea
though!
Stuart
'85 Westy

Scott Daniel wrote:
They total it, you take the amount, then buy it off them cheap, you fixit
..you come out ahead.

On 9/6/2013 7:36 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> Hopefully they won't try and total the car.