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 >>

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

Does anyone know if there are any other promos for a free carfax report??

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

-brianforster+Mar 4, 2004 - 12:43 AM

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.)

-Mousetrashdiver+Mar 4, 2004 - 5:49 AM

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.. >>