Caveat Emptor!! Run that Carfax!!
Well I encountered something today for the first time. Background: the man who's basically my father-in-law wants a used Sequoia for grandchild duty and he found a 2005 (SR5, 2wd) with 94,000mi for...
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catfishmontana wrote:Fordlover wrote:
It is one tool that is helpful, out of many that should be used when evaluating a used vehicle.
Not if you are paying for the carfax yourself. I personally will not support a business such as carfax. Seems such a waste of money to get hit or miss info to me.
In this case, the Carfax eliminated a vehicle from consideration. You think that was a mistake???
I wouldn't take a Carfax as gospel, but if it says, hey, this vehicle was found at the bottom of lake pontratrain, I wouldn't discredit the data. I personally don't use Carfax, as I have a few years experience in a body shop, and I can typically spot a problem car in the first 5 minutes. But not everybody has the luxury of hands on experience.
