Yeah we were in a similar situation with a previous car. It got hit by some serious hail that left a lot of dents in hard-to-repair places, so insurance paid it out as a totaled car but we were able to keep it as a salvage title. We could drive it legally and had insurance (I believe you're right that it was just liability insurance).
It was literally all body damage so it ran fine for years, until an accident totaled it for real. We even got a second (smaller) check out of it, since it was "totaled" twice.
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Reply to comment by BeKindDontBlind in I got license plate and tabs and a title for a car I bought but insurance says it's salvage. by shq13
Yeah we were in a similar situation with a previous car. It got hit by some serious hail that left a lot of dents in hard-to-repair places, so insurance paid it out as a totaled car but we were able to keep it as a salvage title. We could drive it legally and had insurance (I believe you're right that it was just liability insurance).
It was literally all body damage so it ran fine for years, until an accident totaled it for real. We even got a second (smaller) check out of it, since it was "totaled" twice.