robb wrote:
> "Elle" <honda.lioness@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:373440f4-8ddb-4486-9c00-2be6d7b7879f@r36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...
>> Is there anyone with either carfax.com or autocheck.com service
> right
>> now that could run one check for me? Please email me. I will
> pass your
>> favor along to someone else somehow. Thank you.
>>
>
> I am just a rank amateur car buyer but IMHO I disagree with
> **not** using carfax.
>
> Sure if an experienced con/shyster wants to shyster someone, then
> someone will likely be shystered.
>
> And there are many car's that may not show all their histories
> on carfax but i doubt the number is significant compared to all
> the car's problems that will appear.
>
> I subscribed to carfax a few years ago for the intentional
> purpose of checking/buying a used car. One car that was on a
> large dealer's used lot was less than 1 yr old. When I inquired
> about why such a new car was on the used lot the reason given was
> that the customer/owner traded up.
>
> Well... car fax showed that the car was involved in an extensive
> front end collision about 3 months after it was purchased and it
> had bounced across 5 different *used* dealer lots before ending
> up at this dealer's used lot. That was one car and salesperson i
> needed to avoid. It only took minutes to get that info.
>
> and there are many more stories like that one, than a story like
> this,
> (fake story follows --->) "a friend bought a car and it was in 3
> wrecks and was totaled out as a salvage because it was submerged
> in the great flood of New Orleans and carfax showed the car had
> only one owner and had never been in an accident, carfax sux"
> (<---end of fake story)
>
> I tend to think of carfax as a time saver. Inspection can take
> lots of ones time.
> If someone is trying to shyster you then it might take **more**
> inspection time. carfax can eliminate many (maybe not all) but
> many of those wastes.
>
> my $0.02
> robb
>


CFX is not a credible sole source of positive info,
but is hard to ignore as a potential red flag.