[s-cars] Carfax article

[Taka Mizutani]

Thanks to whoever posted this originally- I think I'll be using AutoCheck
from now on.

Now I want to run all of my cars through AutoCheck! :-O


Taka


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

> >
> 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>
> > Message-ID: <001a01c9b86b$1e12f4a0$0300a8c0 at rolanda0alsak2>
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> >       reply-type=original
> >
> > 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
> >
>
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