A little reality check on total loss/rebuild vehicles.

These vehicles attain total loss status when most competent repair facilities cannot repair damage without exceeding value of vehicle.
These shops have high shop rates, partly due to 100s of thousands of dollars invested in equipment to fix vehicles correctly.

Most vehicles that go from total loss to rebuilt title are done in shops with low overhead, limited equipment, and a STRICT eye on the bottom line. A minimum of new parts, cheap China parts and corner cutting are the norm (a build it back just good enough to look nice and sell mentality).

While there are good "rebuilt" vehicles on the market, they are the exception, not the rule.

I'm sure if you asked the seller to split the cost of a real BMW PPI, he would show you the door.

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'03 X5 4.4 Sport, last of the M62s (8-03 build date)
I believe in deadication to craftmanship in a world of mediocrity!