Can someone please run a carfax for me?

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THANKS IN ADVANCE! The VIN is 2C1MR5291S6791081.
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why? Can't you do it yourself? AFAIK, a Carfax report isn't free.




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Some people pay for the big Carfax reports that will allow you to run
multiple cars instead of paying for each one you runn... He's just hoping
that someone will give him a freebee...

BTW I dont have carfax so Good luck.
 
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why? Can't you do it yourself? AFAIK, a Carfax report isn't free.
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In the past, people that frequent this NG have been kind enough, while
they have an active subscription, to run VIN's for others.

Ken
 
In the past, people that frequent this NG have been kind enough, while
they have an active subscription, to run VIN's for others.

Ken
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wow. That's really nice of them. Guess I would too. If someone *is*
doing this, in all seriousness, could they ping me off-list? I have
a VIN that needs to be run...actually two...it involves the recent
problems I've had with my (now traded in) 2000 LS2.

tks.


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Would anyone really trust carfax? I know of problems on one of my cars
that would never show up on it. It is only as good as the data that is
put into it.
Paul
 
....it's good if you're concerned about possibly getting a car with a scrap
title that isn't being disclosed. If Blue is reading he may have some other
info - there's a way around the disclosure (I think if the car and bought
and sold in different states... I can't remember the detail)...
 
Paul Dougherty said:
Would anyone really trust carfax? I know of problems on one of my cars
that would never show up on it. It is only as good as the data that is
put into it.
Paul
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With your carfax subscription you get a $5,000 guarantee that their info is
accurate.

All 3 cars I've purchased using the carfax reports to rule out problem
vehicles were, as far as I could tell, accurate.

Have you ever ran a carfax report on your vehicle? For each report run,
there is a place where they ask, "Do you have any information on this
vehicle?". I'm not sure what they do with the information someone would
post there, but surely it could be easily abused.

Brigitte
 
It was nice of you to look that up, Brigitte :) Now the Radney's will
know they should take their discussion to alt.geo.ex-rental
 
With your carfax subscription you get a $5,000 guarantee that their info is
accurate.
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Great, in theory. What about accidents that haven't been reported? Case in
point, my 94 SL2 that I bought from a local Police Chief (now you would
think that a cop would be an honesty guy, lol) I should have been leary
about how adamant he was about showing me his Carfax report showing that the
car had never been in any accidents. As far as I could tell that day, the
car looked in near perfect condition.

Later that week, I had noticed that the front air dam was missing. Closer
inspection and some headlight dissasembly revealed that the front end had
indeed been in an accident and repainted, which my Saturn mechanic also
noted upon replacement of the missing air dam.Althought the damage was not
structural, only cosmetic, if one looks closely, my hood and headlights are
misaligned as a result of an obvious minor accident.

So much for Carfax knowing everything and so much for policemen and thier
wives being honest. Carfax is a good idea nonetheless, it will show any
"reported" accidents. Your absolute best bet is to ask the owner to allow
you to have the car physically inspected by a qualified mechanic before you
purchase it. Any reason that the owner declines this should give you
reasonable doubt, and that was MY mistake.
 
That is what I was pointing out. My Blazer has a (new) Engine that has
half the mileage of the car and (new)transmission that as a 1/4 of the
mileage. It does not show up on car fax. But, I do have the paper work
that proves it.

Paul
 
mjh404 said:
Great, in theory. What about accidents that haven't been reported? Case in
point, my 94 SL2 that I bought from a local Police Chief (now you would
think that a cop would be an honesty guy, lol) I should have been leary
about how adamant he was about showing me his Carfax report showing that the
car had never been in any accidents. As far as I could tell that day, the
car looked in near perfect condition.

Later that week, I had noticed that the front air dam was missing. Closer
inspection and some headlight dissasembly revealed that the front end had
indeed been in an accident and repainted, which my Saturn mechanic also
noted upon replacement of the missing air dam.Althought the damage was not
structural, only cosmetic, if one looks closely, my hood and headlights are
misaligned as a result of an obvious minor accident.

So much for Carfax knowing everything and so much for policemen and thier
wives being honest. Carfax is a good idea nonetheless, it will show any
"reported" accidents. Your absolute best bet is to ask the owner to allow
you to have the car physically inspected by a qualified mechanic before you
purchase it. Any reason that the owner declines this should give you
reasonable doubt, and that was MY mistake.
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Note that in many states there is no requirement to report damage an
accident to the police unless the accident is on public roads AND it
involves personal injury or damage over some significant limit ($500
or so).
 
It was nice of you to look that up, Brigitte :) Now the Radney's will
know they should take their discussion to alt.geo.ex-rental
 
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