Brigitte J. wrote:
know they should take their discussion to alt.geo.ex-rental

Great, in theory. What about accidents that haven't been reported? Case in
point, my 94 SL2 that I bought from a local Police Chief (now you would
think that a cop would be an honesty guy, lol) I should have been leary
about how adamant he was about showing me his Carfax report showing that the
car had never been in any accidents. As far as I could tell that day, the
car looked in near perfect condition.

Later that week, I had noticed that the front air dam was missing. Closer
inspection and some headlight dissasembly revealed that the front end had
indeed been in an accident and repainted, which my Saturn mechanic also
noted upon replacement of the missing air dam.Althought the damage was not
structural, only cosmetic, if one looks closely, my hood and headlights are
misaligned as a result of an obvious minor accident.

So much for Carfax knowing everything and so much for policemen and thier
wives being honest. Carfax is a good idea nonetheless, it will show any
"reported" accidents. Your absolute best bet is to ask the owner to allow
you to have the car physically inspected by a qualified mechanic before you
purchase it. Any reason that the owner declines this should give you
reasonable doubt, and that was MY mistake.
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marx404

That is what I was pointing out. My Blazer has a (new) Engine that has
half the mileage of the car and (new)transmission that as a 1/4 of the
mileage. It does not show up on car fax. But, I do have the paper work
that proves it.

Paul



"mjh404" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) net> wrote

mjh404 wrote:
Note that in many states there is no requirement to report damage an
accident to the police unless the accident is on public roads AND it
involves personal injury or damage over some significant limit ($500
or so).

--
Dan Hicks
I have had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
--Groucho Marx

Nor do many states require police chiefs to be honest, lol.

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marx404

Brigitte J. wrote:

know they should take their discussion to alt.geo.ex-rental