Can dealers check each other's maintenance records?

[Robbin Carlson]

I'd like to buy a '99 Quatro A6 Avant.  I'd like to know what happened to it
before I got it so I want to see the maintenance record.  It was purchased
at a different dealership than I'm buying it from.

The salesman says that there is no way to get it.  I think the maintenance
records are accessable by computer.  How else does one switch dealerships?

I have to decide by Monday.  I like the car, but I don't want a lemon.  ('99
quatro wagon, fully loaded, 49k miles, $26K).

Thanks,
Robbin