Carfax Too Expensive..Vehicle History Report Question
 

I'm looking to get a vehicle history report on a vehicle using the VIN. Mainly to verify mileage. It is a 1988 truck that only reads up to 99,999.9 miles. It currently reads 28,000 on the odometer, and the owner is say it has 128,000 miles on it. The truck looks nice, but there would be a big difference between a vehicle with 128k and 228k.

I guess my main question is, does anybody have a recommendation for a vehicle history report? CarFax costs $35 now for a single report which seems really unreasonable. I've seen other ones out there, it's just that some of the sites out there look shady.

carfax is expensive because of all the people on forums that would post up ''can you carfax this for me'' and then tons of people would be using one account.


thank all the cheapies that thought 40 bucks for unlimited reports was too expensive.

thats why they no longer have an unlimited option

So i guess noone has experience with anyone other than carfax

Why dont you use some sherlock holmes skills of observation?

Check things like steering wheel wear.

Brake Pedal pad wear

etc.

Theres lots more to look for. My dad always said that if a cars mileage was questionable that things like that could be dead give aways.

Does it have a current inspection?

just pay the 45 bucks for the 5 carfax reports and unlimited safety and reliability reports for 10 bucks more.

give me vin...i can do an autocheck

www.autocheck.com

similar to carfax, works ok.

FYI they sometimes dont have updated records, i look at a 01 dodge ram claiming to have only 80K on it, body was pretty beat up but for 1900$ i be a OK deal, so i checked auto check adn car-fax neither have anything past 2005 on it.....

Not Similar, the same, Pulls from the same exact resources... Auctions use autocheck, consumers use Carfax...

Like I said; send a vin and ill pull one for you.

Thanks for the offer. I checked out the truck without getting a report. It ended up being a waste. The truck, looked OK for its age. It had a "new" transmission in it...just replaced by the previous owner. Turns out "new" to some people means "grinds when shifting 1-2." Also the floor was rotted out and patched up with what looks like 2 gallons of bondo. So in the end, the mileage could have been correct, but it didnt matter too much anyway.

Dunno, I've pulled info on the same vin and autocheck lacked a reported accident where carfax listed the accident(that was over a year ago) so I'd say something is different between them.