[s-cars] Carfax article

[Tom Green]

>
Kudos to this TV station!!
The evening news report on the Atlanta CBS affiliate was pretty lengthy
and really nailed that shyster to the wall.  Turns out he had 45  
vehicles
on his lot that had been flagged by Mannheim for damage history.  And,
they went with a camera crew right into the sales office chasing the
salesman all over the room--hilarious stuff.

The Carfax representative gave a mealy-mouthed response, IMO, really
wasting company money to fly down there to appear on the segment.
The fact that AutoCheck had every one listed didn't help their case  
either.

That sounds like the basis for a due diligence lawsuit--maybe a class
action.  They may have to earn their money in the future.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:57:35 -0400
> From: "Harold McComas" <haroldmccomas at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Was Vin check Link, Now Carfax article
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> My experience on my old  '96 Cashmere car...
> Nothing showed up on carfax when I ran it in  Sept, 2003 before  
> buying it.
> Previous owner disclosed that he slid and hit the rear end into a  
> lightpole:
> trunk, tail light and bumper damage. Saw the repair paperwork,  
> didn't look
> too serious.
>
> In my effort to help the  new buyer ( a Canadian) last year , I came  
> upon
> www.carproof.com  ( very good, BTW). It disclosed that my car was  
> never
> "officially" imported into the US ( no documention of importation).  
> It had
> front bumper damage in '98 or '99 ( I forgot).
>
> Back to carfax,  I used it again while I was looking for a  
> replacement for
> my S6. Just for fun I ran it again ( now 2008) on my S6.  The PO  
> accident
> was now on carfax, BUT the date was wrong: June 2004 instead of June  
> 2003.
> Which made it appear as if the accident occurred while I owned it.

> Harold M
> Manchester, NH
>
>>>> http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/19086976/detail.html
>