I bought a 2012 F250 last week, that had a Texas salvage title. It was a good deal on just the kind of truck I like. Single cab. 4wd, roll up windows, manual door locks, rubber mat, manual locking hubs, manual transfer case. Had a bed liner, GN hitch in it, and good electric brake controller. Truck had been hit in the front, and was totaled. Dude who bought it said it was because the adjuster said frame damage due to tow hook bent down. but he got it, and there was no frame damage. He put a cowboy bumper on it, new grill, radiator and head lights. Had 89k miles on it when he bought it, and has 193k now. So, I go to get my tag and title changed, and they tell me I have to get it inspected by a GA state inspector in order to get a tag and tile it. They give me a list of the names of the ones in GA. Only one of them in the Atlanta are. All the rest are in south, middle and east GA. Closest one other than the one in Marietta, is 3 hours away. And they don't make appointments. You have to show up at 7:30 AM ( an hour away) and they take you first come-first serve. They say it make take several hours, and that they have no public restrooms. The list shows 4 that will come to you, but you have to pay them the $125 for the state inspection, plus what they charge you to come out. Closest one was 4 hours away, and they want $400 to come out! I called one in west Ga, about 90 mins away, and he said to come to his shop between 12 and 5, and that it took 30-45 minutes. So yesterday, I hired this gal to come stay with Momma for 4 hours, and here I went. The truck had 3 tiny little pings in the wind shield...way up in the passenger side, up high. He said he couldn't pass it because of that. So I had to come home, and call Safelight to come fix it today. You also have to turn the key on, and the ABS and airbag light have to come on, stay on for 7-13 seconds, then NOT come back on. Well both of mine come on, but the ABS light stays on 4-5 seconds, and the airbag light stays on 6 seconds. He said he would p[ass it, though. I had asked the man when I bought it, why he had never changed the title, and why it still had Texas plates, and he said he just never changed it. He still has a place near Waco, too, and about half his trucks still have Texas plates. Now I know why he never changed the title on this one! 
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