Need help to check vin number :(
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Re: Need help to check vin number :(
"Dano58" <dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have found that carfax's errors tend to be those of omission vs
> having info in there that is untrue. For example, when I was selling my
> '95 Jetta a few years ago, it had been in an accident - wasn't
> totalled, but had 12k worth of damage. That info didn't show up on
> Carfax. (I did tell the eventual buyer, however). Same with another car
> I looked at late last year - owner told me it had been in an accident
> that required fairly significant bodywork, but no mention of it in
> Carfax. So, I tend to believe what is in Carfax but don't believe that
> it is necessarily the entire story. But that's why they have their
> buyback guarantee, I guess.
>
My experience is about 50/50. I am certain my daughter's Accord was never a
fleet car as Carfax reported; the official title made that clear enough.
Mike
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>
> I have found that carfax's errors tend to be those of omission vs
> having info in there that is untrue. For example, when I was selling my
> '95 Jetta a few years ago, it had been in an accident - wasn't
> totalled, but had 12k worth of damage. That info didn't show up on
> Carfax. (I did tell the eventual buyer, however). Same with another car
> I looked at late last year - owner told me it had been in an accident
> that required fairly significant bodywork, but no mention of it in
> Carfax. So, I tend to believe what is in Carfax but don't believe that
> it is necessarily the entire story. But that's why they have their
> buyback guarantee, I guess.
>
My experience is about 50/50. I am certain my daughter's Accord was never a
fleet car as Carfax reported; the official title made that clear enough.
Mike
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Re: Need help to check vin number :(
"Dano58" <dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have found that carfax's errors tend to be those of omission vs
> having info in there that is untrue. For example, when I was selling my
> '95 Jetta a few years ago, it had been in an accident - wasn't
> totalled, but had 12k worth of damage. That info didn't show up on
> Carfax. (I did tell the eventual buyer, however). Same with another car
> I looked at late last year - owner told me it had been in an accident
> that required fairly significant bodywork, but no mention of it in
> Carfax. So, I tend to believe what is in Carfax but don't believe that
> it is necessarily the entire story. But that's why they have their
> buyback guarantee, I guess.
>
My experience is about 50/50. I am certain my daughter's Accord was never a
fleet car as Carfax reported; the official title made that clear enough.
Mike
news:1169042745.687205.116670@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>
> I have found that carfax's errors tend to be those of omission vs
> having info in there that is untrue. For example, when I was selling my
> '95 Jetta a few years ago, it had been in an accident - wasn't
> totalled, but had 12k worth of damage. That info didn't show up on
> Carfax. (I did tell the eventual buyer, however). Same with another car
> I looked at late last year - owner told me it had been in an accident
> that required fairly significant bodywork, but no mention of it in
> Carfax. So, I tend to believe what is in Carfax but don't believe that
> it is necessarily the entire story. But that's why they have their
> buyback guarantee, I guess.
>
My experience is about 50/50. I am certain my daughter's Accord was never a
fleet car as Carfax reported; the official title made that clear enough.
Mike
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Re: Need help to check vin number :(
"Dano58" <dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have found that carfax's errors tend to be those of omission vs
> having info in there that is untrue. For example, when I was selling my
> '95 Jetta a few years ago, it had been in an accident - wasn't
> totalled, but had 12k worth of damage. That info didn't show up on
> Carfax. (I did tell the eventual buyer, however). Same with another car
> I looked at late last year - owner told me it had been in an accident
> that required fairly significant bodywork, but no mention of it in
> Carfax. So, I tend to believe what is in Carfax but don't believe that
> it is necessarily the entire story. But that's why they have their
> buyback guarantee, I guess.
>
My experience is about 50/50. I am certain my daughter's Accord was never a
fleet car as Carfax reported; the official title made that clear enough.
Mike
news:1169042745.687205.116670@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>
> I have found that carfax's errors tend to be those of omission vs
> having info in there that is untrue. For example, when I was selling my
> '95 Jetta a few years ago, it had been in an accident - wasn't
> totalled, but had 12k worth of damage. That info didn't show up on
> Carfax. (I did tell the eventual buyer, however). Same with another car
> I looked at late last year - owner told me it had been in an accident
> that required fairly significant bodywork, but no mention of it in
> Carfax. So, I tend to believe what is in Carfax but don't believe that
> it is necessarily the entire story. But that's why they have their
> buyback guarantee, I guess.
>
My experience is about 50/50. I am certain my daughter's Accord was never a
fleet car as Carfax reported; the official title made that clear enough.
Mike
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