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Car Fax
Anyone have a subscription to Carfax and willing to run a VIN for ? Looking at a truck in Texas and I'm in Iowa.
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Why waste your money. Car Fax will tell you absolutely nothing as to how the truck was maintained and service and repairs done or mods made to factory components. Better to put that money toward having a good mechanic go over it, including putting it up on a lift - then you can determine is it has been in an accident or needs new brakes or rotors or has a u-joint about to go or failing wheel bearing or muffler in need of replacement, none of which a Car Fax report will do.
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Why waste your money. Car Fax will tell you absolutely nothing as to how the truck was maintained and service and repairs done or mods made to factory components. Better to put that money toward having a good mechanic go over it, including putting it up on a lift - then you can determine is it has been in an accident or needs new brakes or rotors or has a u-joint about to go or failing wheel bearing or muffler in need of replacement, none of which a Car Fax report will do.
For instance, was looking at a car for my daughter. Car Fax showed it was a lemon law buy back, 2 times. So I did not need to leave home to decide I did not want that car.
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Why waste your money. Car Fax will tell you absolutely nothing as to how the truck was maintained and service and repairs done or mods made to factory components. Better to put that money toward having a good mechanic go over it, including putting it up on a lift - then you can determine is it has been in an accident or needs new brakes or rotors or has a u-joint about to go or failing wheel bearing or muffler in need of replacement, none of which a Car Fax report will do.
Its a 10 hour drive to get it. It would suck to drive 10 hours back without it because I found something a Carfax would show.
I’m not sure I’ll spend $40 on my own but I know there are people that keep a subscription and are nice enough to run a quick check.