It's not an "investment", no car is.
A VGA 99% of the time is a huge waste of money. Even if you fix it for less then a non VGA would cost you will always have a car with no warranty that is hard to sell. Banks won't finance a VGA in most cases. No one wants to buy a VGA.
There is a reason cars get written off.
The exception is some US salvage cars as the insurance companies write cars off more easily in some states.
Getting a car inspected after a VGA is a nightmare as well.
I tend to disagree with most of this.
99% of the time it's a huge waste of money? how do you figure that? No, your car won't have warranty, but we're car guys and mod our cars, voiding warranty anyways.
MASSIVE LOL at people not wanting to buy VGAs. In my experience, people want the cheapest possible, and VGAs being cheaper sell easier.
My current daily was a VGA which I fixed myself. If you have the right connections and know what you're doing, you can save yourself a lot of money. If you don't buy a car that's been flipped and smashed badly, you shouldn't have much of an issue. My car passed inspection first shot and I doubt i'll have much problems selling it.
People are not afraid by the VGA tag they're afraid that it might be some stupid redneck that rebuilds the car with half the pieces lol I do own a VGA car and I must say it's the best car i've ever had! Why? because it's almost brand new parts everywhere lol
Mon père avait un commerce d'achats/ventes de véhicules légèrement accidentés (salvage). Plusieurs véhicules de sa flotte étaient des VGA/Salvage/Volés(retrouvés) des États-Unis et de l'Ontario qu'il faisait réparer. Jamais de problèmes avec ses véhicules après vente. Même que la majorité de ses clients revenaient chez mon père pour leur trouver des VGA réparés à bon prix. Mon premier véhicule était un légèrement accidenté de l'Ontario et il roule encore aujourd'hui et il est toujours propre (1998 Dodge Neon Ex).
Mais le gros point d'interrogation est: De qui tu achètes un VGA reconstruit.