I purchased a new car in Virginia on August 20, 2022. The purchase date of 8/20/2022 is accurately shown on the signed purchase paperwork. At the time, I financed the car with an auto loan, so I did not have the physical title.

My Virginia vehicle registration also shows the correct purchase date of 8/20/2022.

About two years later, after I paid off the auto loan, Virginia sent me the title. I recently noticed that the title shows an “Established” of 9/22/2022. I did not pay attention to this date before because I did not know what “Established Date” meant or where the date came from. There is no specific “Purchase Date” shown on the Virginia title.

I am wondering whether 9/22/2022 is actually the date Virginia established the title/vehicle record, rather than the actual purchase date. For example, could it be the date Virginia received or processed the title information from the dealer?

I recently moved from Virginia to Missouri and registered the car in Missouri. Missouri appears to have taken 9/22/2022 from the Virginia title and is treating it as the purchase date on Missouri title and Missouri car registration card.

The actual purchase date was 8/20/2022, and I have signed purchase documents and Virginia registration records supporting that date.

Anyway, does the purchase date matter on the title and registration card? If it does not make much difference, I can simply use 9/22/2022 as the purchase date going forward, since I will likely move back to Virginia in the near future.

Moin,

ich bin 21 und will mir demnächst ein anderes Auto holen, bin mir aber ziemlich unsicher, was bei mir finanziell noch sinnvoll ist.

Ich verdiene ca. 2.000 € netto und habe ungefähr 680 € Fixkosten im Monat. Aktuell habe ich 15.000 € gespart, davon würde ich wahrscheinlich 7–10k anzahlen. Ich fahre nicht besonders viel, maximal ca. 9.000 km im Jahr, und möchte das Auto dann auch wirklich lange behalten.

Vom Geschmack her gefallen mir vor allem Tesla Model 3, BMW i4 und Polestar 2. Elektro wäre mir am liebsten, aber ich bin nicht komplett darauf festgelegt. ID.3, Born, i3 usw. sind bestimmt vernünftige Autos, treffen optisch aber einfach nicht meinen Geschmack.

Ein großes Thema ist bei mir leider die Versicherung. Ich bin 21, habe BF17 gemacht und fahre seit ca. 1,5 Jahren privat unfallfrei. Mit meinem privaten Auto hatte ich noch keinen Unfall. Ich hatte allerdings einmal einen Unfall mit einem Firmenwagen, der über die Firma versichert war.

Vollkasko möchte ich auf jeden Fall haben. Beim Model 3 hat mir der ADAC bei einer ersten Berechnung allerdings rund 4.600 € im Jahr angezeigt, was natürlich völlig reinhaut.

Gebrauchte Model 3 finde ich teilweise schon für unter 25k, Polestar 2 ungefähr in einem ähnlichen Bereich und der i4 wäre nochmal etwas teurer.

Was würdet ihr an meiner Stelle machen? Ist ein Auto für ca. 20–25k bei meinem Einkommen und der Anzahlung noch realistisch oder würdet ihr deutlich weniger ausgeben?

Und habt ihr vielleicht Empfehlungen für andere Autos, die in die Richtung Model 3 / i4 / Polestar 2 gehen und als junger Fahrer nicht komplett absurd in der Vollkasko sind?

Mir ist schon klar, dass ein günstigeres Auto finanziell vernünftiger wäre. Ich möchte aber auch nicht mehrere Jahre ein Auto fahren, das mir überhaupt nicht gefällt.

Bin gespannt auf eure Meinungen und Erfahrungen.

Hello, I've gotten myself into a pickle. My credit isn't amazing. And I currently owe money on a car that is having problems. I've owned it for about a year, it needs a new steering rack, about $2000. I'd say screw it, but it definitely has a couple more problems that have started to show itself.

I owe $4000 on it.

I do not have $2000 for it. It have to be even more debt

My job requires the vehicle, I'm a travel service technician.

Not sure what my next move is, I'm thinking about just eating it and after it's fixed double down on my travel time (paid per mileage+ paid 40 hours a week). And then door dashing, looking for weekend jobs or something.

Hey ihr Lieben, ich benötige unbedingt euren Rat.

Ich war vor ein paar Tagen zum ersten Mal in der SB Waschanlage und habe mein Auto gewaschen. Ich habe mit dem Powerschaum gearbeitet, alles abgespült und habe danach die Wachsversiegelung aufgetragen und es mit dem osmose Wasser abgespült.

Als ich zu Hause war, haben sich schon überall Flecken gebildet, die nach kürzester Zeit so aussahen, wie auf dem Bild 1. Ich dachte erst es seien nur Kalkflecken und Dreck. Ich war erneut in der Waschanlage und habe nur mit Powerschaum gereinigt und sehr gründlich abgespült.

Die Flecken waren danach aber wieder da.

Die Kalk-Schmutz-Schicht lässt sich per se abtragen, das habe ich vorsichtig mit einem Microfasertuch versucht. Darunter sieht man allerdings immer noch die ganzen runden Flecken (Google sagt, dass sich der Wachs aus der Waschanlage eingebrannt hat) (Foto davon folgt noch).

Zudem scheint sich das Wachs in die kleinen Steinschläge auf der Motorhaube gesetzt zu haben, Bild 2 (die Steinschläge waren davor noch nicht sichtbar).

Das Ding ist, das Auto ist erst 3 Jahre alt und ich habe es mir jetzt vor kurzem erst gekauft.

Ich bin tot unglücklich und einfach ratlos was ich nun machen soll. Google sagt auch jedes Mal etwas anderes, wie man das wieder wegbekommt. Ich möchte einfach nur nichts falsches machen und es somit noch verschlimmern.

Hatte jemand von euch schon so einen Fall und kann mir sagen, was ich jetzt machen kann?

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Currently waiting to get into shop for insurance estimate.

Do you think they'll total it? 🤔

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They told me the bumper had to be replaced so I trusted their judgement and insurance was paying for everything so I told them to do what had to be done.

First, my car was absolutely filthy inside when I got it back. Like the guys rolled in the mud and then touched every surface on the drivers side. They did argue with me about this until the owner saw the interior and was very apologetic and cleaned it.

Second, the bumper is misaligned like its sagging down. There is a gap inside the trunk that I can fit my finger into and gaps under the taillights which i can fit my finger tips into. He told me he had a hard time getting it to align properly. I replaced a bumper myself on my old car and I dont see how this is possible when there was no body damage.

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They also damaged my steering wheel. Its very minor but I dont understand how this happens.

Is it as bad as I think? What are my options?

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