Hi I'm looking at buying a particular g35. What's the best method of checking the history of the vehicle carfax or autocheck?

Thanks!

 

i read an article on this and supposedly autocheck is better but u really never will know. if the person took their car to get it repaired at a buddies shop it may never have a paper trail. i usually take my cars to an independent shop of my choosing and get a 100point check or something similar

 

Good point!

Any idea how much autochecks go for?

 

no idea i had already paid for my carfax haha then i took it to the dealership and they did the multi point check..

 

i am a prime example of how carfax, autocheck, etc. is not always accurate or up-to-date, seeing that i am currently dealing with a situation where frame damage was reported on my 05 6MT DG Coupe 3 years ago, and it just showed up on carfax two weeks ago. I have had the car for about 16 months now, and was trying to recently trade it in for something bigger. To find this out and the dealership taking half of the trade in value off. When i purchased the vehicle, all records were clean. So, now I am trying to find out how to deal with the situation.

 

ouch gl with that man

 

wow sorry to hear that. doesn't carfax have some kind of guarantee?

 

I am currently working with carfax, but their gurantee is only for a year (i'm at 16 months) and you have to individually register your car for it. Even if the dealerships or whosoever gives you a carfax report, you have to go register your vehicle for the buy back guarantee and if im not mistaking you have to purchase your own carfax report. For my situation, supposedly the business, auction, or body shop that reported it, just started reporting to carfax a few weeks ago. So, they actually go back and look at their vehicle inventory history and update their vehicle database based off that information as well.

 

NEBUR & WOLFPACK...PM me the VIN and your email address and I will run an autocheck.

 

PM'd

 

thats cool that you would offer to do that

 

PM'd thanks!

 

buy both, and bring it to a shop to get it looked at.

 

WOLFPACK...yours is showing frame damage on autocheck since 05/08...NEBUR yours is clean title and email sent to both.

AGAIN I HATE LURKERS AND IF YOU DO NOT PARTICIPATE ON THE FORUM DON'T EXPECT HELP FROM ME


01/12/2005 VA
Independent Source VEHICLE MANUFACTURED AND SHIPPED TO DEALER
07/14/2005 NJ
956
Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:GD200519500000705)(Leased Vehicle)
05/05/2008 SOUTHEASTERN REGION
25,195
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION
05/07/2008 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL

05/15/2008 SOUTHEASTERN REGION
Auto Auction AUCTION ANNOUNCED AS FRAME DAMAGE

05/29/2008 SOUTHEASTERN REGION
25,195
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION AS MANUFACTURER VEHICLE
06/30/2008 NJ
Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL
06/30/2008 MOORESVILLE, NC
25,215
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION
07/29/2008 WILMINGTON, NC 25,220 Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:770271082117077)(Lien Reported)REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL

11/24/2008 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:776059083292040)(Lien Reported)

05/04/2009 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL

07/06/2009 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
41,068
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION

11/18/2009 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL

02/08/2010 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
49,203
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION

03/18/2010 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
49,269
Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE (Title #:776312100776040)(Lien Reported)

10/30/2010 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
61,245
Independent Emission Source PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION

10/31/2010 MOREHEAD CITY, NC
Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL

 

the carfax report states the same thing, it shows it in order of events, but it states that this information just started getting reported a few weeks ago.....and i talked to 2nd owner and he said all the records were clear before he even purchased the car, and if im not mistaking that was carfax, autocheck, and ncib....