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victor
i know that you have made up your mind to use carfax but, let me throw my 2cents into the mix. my wife works with a lady who bought the 'full' service from them. she offered to run a few cars for me before i bought my 240dl. none of the reports showed anything special about any of the 4 cars i had her ceck. on paper, they were perfect. one in particular was a '90 240dl. the carfax report showed records only up to '92 when it suddenly sold at an auto aution in florida. going by the paper, i decided it was worth my time and took it to my mechanic. this was the BEST thing i could have done. turns out the car had been flooded, destroyed in the front end, wrecked multiple time, etc. after that, i thought i'd do a bit of investigation of my own. i called volvo of america and told him i was interested in knowing background on the vehicle. he said that confidentiality would not allow him to do so but, that he could not agree with certain statements that i would make *hint,hint* please don't waste your money on carfax. get the vin number, tag numer and person who registered the vehicle and call you state and local govt to check the vehicle (just ask them to tell you if there are any signifcant records that would cause concern) and then call the manufacturer to see what there records may show. alos, look in the glove-box for repair records and call that delership/repair facility and ask them about the car. please, beware of carfax and save your money.
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