Carfax?

Carfax

A single vehicle report will cost you $19.99 and unlimited usage will cost you $24.99.

It's worth it, I'm just broke as hell and I asked for someones generosity and received it.

FWIW I would *never* buy another used vehicle without running it through carfax first.

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On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:16:20 GMT, "SF_Gizmo" graced this newsgroup with:

It is a US site Darrin, no use for Europeans like me.

Thanks for that, seems to be only an american thing tho.

Or us Kiwi's either.

I ALWAYS pull a report on any used vehicle I am about to purchase and provide one to a prospective buyer of any of my own vehicles.

However - I think Carfax is highly overrated. The biggest problem is that what does and doesn't have to be reported (by insurance/auto repair facilities) varies from one state to another, so here in llinois, I've never found anything on the reports other than title changes and emission test milestones. It's good to track mileage history, but doesn't help you figure out if the car's been in any major accidents or that type of thing.

It's useful when buying a used car, but is only a small piece of the research I would recommend anyone should do before comitting. I think a full inspection by someone familiar with cars (whether it's your best friend, or your local mechanic) is a must - including putting the car on a lift.

Cheers, Nirav