Just call AOA 800 number to weed out the non-q's. It's free. Then if it is a Q, do the car fax. HTH, Wolff > The question: is there a way to tell a 4kq from a plain 4k by the VIN? > Or would running the VIN thru Carfax (which I'd want to do b4 bidding > anyway) give me this info? Thank you.