 carfax, yay or nay? |
 Mar 3, 2004 - 7:00 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Mar 3, '04 From Hollywood, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%)  |
ok so while in the market for my car I usually try and run a carfax on it (i dont have an account I just see how many things pop up)
and all of the ones I have found have had 10+ entries in the carfax database what all is considered an entry on the database? its kind of concerning to know a car I might buy has all of these entries. have you had experiences with these VIN checks? if so post them please 
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Mar 3, 2004 - 7:30 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 12, '03 From Portland , Oregon , United States Currently Offline Reputation: -1 (33%) |
well depending alot of things show up.
but when your looking for a car, alot of people will try and mess with you. Like on a RX7 we were buying got the VIN and ran it, and found out it was on a different Chasis, and the VIN had been changed, and we later found out that is was a white car even tho is was painted black. Later found out that it was a chop shop that'd change vins and stuff so will never go there again. Depending on what kinda car your looking at, and depending how much money/time you gonna dump into this car get the chasis code's and the Vins and make sure there the right one for the car. I know my buddy looked at a Skyline and it was just to good of a deal, then had a buddy read us the chasis code and a Skyline body was sitting on a older supra frame. So just becarefull, and oh yeah about the Skyline we just ended up paying 60k and got one direct from Japan ( lucky ba$tards I know ) hehe DTE -------------------- I am a thief.
do not buy anything from me. |
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Mar 3, 2004 - 7:40 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 22, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Does anyone know if there are any other promos for a free carfax report??
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Mar 3, 2004 - 7:43 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Hollywood, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
Maybe we could buy one as a forum or something, from what I know they are unlimited uses.
I wonder how long a lifetime/unlimited account is |
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Mar 4, 2004 - 12:31 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 21, '03 From Endicott NY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
It's not cheap my parents work at a car dealership and they pay a couple hundred dollars a month. |
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Mar 4, 2004 - 12:49 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 21, '03 From Houston, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Carfax is a joke, lets say some one flooded thier car, if they didnt file it on their insurence then it wont be on a carfax report (of course that means they fixed it out of there own pocket.)
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Mar 4, 2004 - 1:05 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 27, '03 From Nor Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
That's true... my AE86 rang up clear on carfax... however... if you see it in person, it's defiantely not 'clean'... although it will be when I'm done with it. -------------------- "It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"
1995 AT200 Celica ST: stocked out daily driver... 1984 AE86 Corolla GT-SR5: silvertop 20V 4AGE project car jacked up with goodies... 1991 SW2x MR2 n/a: bare bones hardtop model soon to be... |
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Mar 4, 2004 - 1:24 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 1, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Carfax doesn't bring up all things..
My first car was a 93 Hyundai Scoope.. It had a cracked frame, was in 4 crashes, new tranny, new moter, and all sorts of problems.. Even had a Rebuilt title.. It had a clean carfax report.. |
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