[s-cars] Was Vin check Link, Now Carfax article

[Lee Levitt]

We ran into something similar...my wife's car ('96 A6 avant) 
seemed to be in dealer inventory for 4 or 5 months. It was a 3 
year old car at the time, which was weird...most dealers wouldn't 
keep a used car that long. They'd wholesale it off the lot.

That was 125,000 miles ago. It's been a good car for us, even 
thought the pearl metallic finish seems to be a magnet for other 
vehicles. My wife was just sideswiped earlier this week in heavy 
slow rush hour traffic on Route 95 in Boston. I'm hoping they 
don't total the car...the damage is light enough that it's 
*almost* not worth fixing, except that the car is a creampuff.

Both driver side doors are very lightly creased and the rear wheel 
arch is scraped. My body shop gave us an estimate of $2K to R&R 
everything and blend in the pearl paint. The other guy's insurance 
should cover it...but that's probably half the value of the car!

This is a trusted, quality body shop by the way. Anchor Auto Body 
in Woburn. One of the principals, Billy, is a favorite of the 
local Audi crowd...he's done work for me three times before, only 
once paid for by insurance.

Lee


On Wed Apr 08 09:05:15 CDT 2009, JC <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:

> only thing that appeared and I didn't realize was the huge 
> warning flag, was
> a 'dealer fleet' record (which usually is supposed to mean 'demo 
> car')