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Do not believe Car Fax. The reason why is in the details of their commercials.
You have to listen carefully as they say, "When reported" to Car Fax.
Many shops do not participate or upon request on the car owner, will not. Tow trucks take down the mileage no matter what! Mostly for their protection and the tows covered by insurance companies. So who runs and has a reason for a Car Fax company? Regular consumers are just gravy in the dinner bowl.
A non-insurance (self-done) or cash repair buys lots of silence. Quite a few people do not want their insurance company to find when the oil was changed. As it snitches off how many miles, they drive per year. No body repairs claimed covers up those self-inflicted accidents too.
Here is a story or scenario!
In addition, odometers fail, as we know. This is my second one around the 200k mark.
I had just replaced one on my car at 210k about fifteen years ago with one from a Junk Yard that showed 97k. I ran that second odometer up to 160k then the wife had the car on a long trip with her sister. Then the valve covers rear oil seal popped loose. She took it in to a Volvo dealer and had it repaired at a reasonable price I might add. So IF, Car Fax got the odometer reading of 160k it is short about 100k and that was ten years ago!
Now the same second speedometer has quit at 207k so if I take away original 97k then add the original 210k plus two 1,800 trips since then with out a working odometer then were is that Car Fax now?
It might say the car two owners up to ’88 with 30k because I do all the work on my cars. If picking up a ten-year-old report that was behind and is way behind now!
IMHO, if a car is older in twice the number of years you can lease a car for, car faxes are a waste of your money. Blue book starts dropping the cars soon after as they soon lose any real value to dealers and insurance companies whom rig the whole game anyway! Car Fax is their tool, for their “valued use” in reality.
Phil
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