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03-20-2006, 01:13 PM

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cymfc3s

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carfax will give you some registration info, but the accident history or any body work may never show up. Run the carfax, but inspect the car VERY closely.

03-20-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rowtareh' post='808679' date='Mar 19 2006, 03:01 PM

eh, it'll give me some information though.

it had detailed info on a 84 GSL-SE I ran through, all the way to the first registration back in 85.

i bought a gsl-se wrecked that had a clean carfax....

03-20-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='808830' date='Mar 20 2006, 03:43 PM

i bought a gsl-se wrecked that had a clean carfax....

Hit and run?

03-20-2006, 08:08 PM

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2 of my own cars Carfax report is inacurrate

03-20-2006, 08:18 PM

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we did one on the guys truck i worked with before. Said it had caught on fire in the front right wheel well and spread across. Only reason it actualy showed up was because a fire station was called to put it out. So lots of things dont make it on carfax.

03-21-2006, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by RONIN FC' post='808871' date='Mar 20 2006, 03:48 PM

Hit and run?

nope, it didnt run. car had frame damage

03-21-2006, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='808977' date='Mar 21 2006, 11:27 AM

nope, it didnt run. car had frame damage

carfax will pay you for their mistakes.

kevin.

03-21-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by teknics' post='809013' date='Mar 21 2006, 11:25 AM

carfax will pay you for their mistakes.

kevin.

hmm, car had been in at least 6 accidents, but carfax was clean. too bad i havent owned the car since 2000...

03-21-2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='809044' date='Mar 21 2006, 04:46 PM

hmm, car had been in at least 6 accidents, but carfax was clean. too bad i havent owned the car since 2000...

they guarantee 100% satisfaction or some ****. i think the catch is that they buy the car back from you...so you basically break even without getting a car.

kevin.

03-22-2006, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by teknics' post='809050' date='Mar 21 2006, 03:25 PM

they guarantee 100% satisfaction or some ****. i think the catch is that they buy the car back from you...so you basically break even without getting a car.

kevin.

in hindsight, they could have given me $600, and i would have given them a totalled gsl-se. it was a fun project, and it turned out really nice but i could have just bought a nicer car.

i think my dads got a couple pics of it still, all mine dissapeared.

car was hit in the front, i replaced the core support, fenders, hood, bumper, header panel, etc.