- Used Car Buying Tips
- Budget
- Do Research on car
- Blue Book Prices
- Extended Warranties
- Paperwork for car sale
- Shop Smart
- Get a CarFax Report on the car
Get a CarFax Report on the car
CarFax is your guiding light in the process of buying a used car. EVERY car, since 1965, has a VIN and that VIN identifies the car in CarFax. EVERY TIME the car was brought into a dealer or mechanic for maintenance or repair that visit appears in CarFax.
EVERY major body shop notifies CarFax of all work done on cars. If the car is totaled because of water damage that is indicated too. Every time the car changes hand CarFax knows about it.
I posted an entire series on CarFax and it makes for great reading.
Many car dealers have the CarFax on their cars but you still need to learn how to read the report. If you’re not careful the dealer might “accidentally” leave out a section that deals with the car being in an accident. You know how accidents can happen.
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