TeamPanic Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Since knowbody here has a membership, I'm going to have get the history through one of these. Which one has a more accurate history report. I'm going to buy (maybe) a 1999 OBW with 67,000 miles on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQ93 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Since knowbody here has a membership, I'm going to have get the history through one of these. Which one has a more accurate history report. I'm going to buy (maybe) a 1999 OBW with 67,000 miles on it. I have used CarFax several times in the last few years and have been satisfied with their service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rweddy Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Since knowbody here has a membership, I'm going to have get the history through one of these. Which one has a more accurate history report. I'm going to buy (maybe) a 1999 OBW with 67,000 miles on it. I have heard good about both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeps99 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Carfax gets my vote. I bought a 30 day unlimited subscription to Carfax late in August. Ran it on a number of cars & always had very current data. When it ran out I discovered that you could only get one 'unlimited' subscription every 6 months. So I picked up a 60 day Autocheck unlimited subscription (for about the same cost). None of the cars I ran had the same level of detail & few contained any data later than 2002. I e-mailed autocheck about it over a week ago & they have yet to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtfraker Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I've not used autocheck, but I can tell you a little about carfax. Carfax is pretty good for checking the title history / previous owners. However, I ran it on my car once and it showed a transfer of ownership when I moved from one county to another. It's also pretty good with checking the odometer reading. It is not foolproof for accidents, however. I had two vehicles which sustained body damage. Both had sparkling clean carfax records (I did not run autocheck) when both indeed had over $3,000 worth of damage to them. I would advise finding a trustworthy body shop and also a trustworthy mechanic to inspect the vehicle. It may cost you a few bucks for them to preform this service (after all, it does use their time) but I think that would be better than either carfax or autocheck. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rweddy Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 It is not foolproof for accidents, however. I had two vehicles which sustained body damage. Both had sparkling clean carfax records (I did not run autocheck) when both indeed had over $3,000 worth of damage to them. Both are only going to pick up total loss accidents. Or major accidents, I think they only show damage 10k and up. Good point on checking it yourself or someone who knows cars. I can easily spot wrecked-then-fixed cars when I go over them for friends and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trashman Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Carfax is quirky w/ accident reporting. My roomie's '92 bronco showed a minor fender collision in 1993. My dad's '99 Ford P/u was nearly totalled in '00, 9K in damage, requiring a new frame and rear box - not a mention of it on CarFax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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