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Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO
If you think Carfax prevents you from getting screwed... 
Can't lie. You falling that hard for blatantly misleading marketing after all of this really makes me laugh. |
carfax is only as good as items that were reported, it is VERY COMMON on many, if not most, carfaxes that MANY things went unreported.
For instance, your neighbor's body shop fixes your front-end collision, you tell him not to put it on carfax, he agrees as no one else will know.
Another, you take your bent frame pickup truck to vladimar's suspension shop after your wife goes airborne for 50 feet off a speed bump.
vlad advises he can get it back to 90% factory spec, gives you a price, gives you another price, a little higher, so that he will report the damage and inadequate repair, you agree to the higher price as you want to sell it once repair it done. vlad agrees but only if you pay him upfront AND give him a jug handle of smirnoff's, you agree, all is good, the sucka who buys your truck will never know.
carfax IS NOT golden!!