cars history hunt down.

[FIREBIRDV6RAGE]

ok guys so the reason for this tread is because i have been thinking about tracking down the past owners of my car (my firebird )and find out what its history been. for example who has owned it, past repairs, any car accidents, documents i can gather from its passed, find out how many owners have had it, what states /cities has it lived in the past 13 years ect.

http://www.pennyvette.com/index.php?...&catid=42%3A..

this website has given an idea what to look for and ask.

have any of yall ever done something like this and have any advice?

i know it will be allot of work maybe take a couple of years but i know it will be worth it.

[ssms5411]

Re: cars history hunt down.

I wouldn't mind doing it but I'm the original owner of mine so no need to check.

[cam98aro]

Re: cars history hunt down.

meh, i had a carfax done on my car because i was curious (i used a friends carfax, i didnt pay for it)

i would only consider it is your ca is something special, a rare car worth a lot of money, not a $2500 v6 car

[ssms5411]

Re: cars history hunt down.

Its good to know the history of your vehicle, my truck I'm the 2nd owner. Its been taken care of pretty well, which I'm glad.

[FIREBIRDV6RAGE]

Re: cars history hunt down.

meh, i had a carfax done on my car because i was curious (i used a friends carfax, i didnt pay for it)

i would only consider it is your ca is something special, a rare car worth a lot of money, not a $2500 v6 car

yea my car is not rare or worth allot of money and is a v6 but look at it from my point of view : its my first car that i worked hard to buy and also took allot of time for me to get it running right. its my only car (for now) that takes me to school and home and any other place i want to go. i get alot of complements from it and stand out , every body knows me for "the bright red firebird" at school(which is a plus and minus at times lol). so to me it is special and valuable.

btw does carfax really work?

[2.8 Bird]

Re: cars history hunt down.

It's best not to know. It might break your heart.

[FIREBIRDV6RAGE]

Re: cars history hunt down.

It's best not to know. It might break your heart.

how?

[pace2006]

Probably best to run a Carfax on it and leave it at that. That will tell you how many owners, primary accidents, where its been, and some of the early maintenance. There isn't really a reason to contact previous owners if there isn't anything out of the ordinary on such a common vehicle.

[LETZRIDE]

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Got to remember that carfax's and stuff arent always accurate. It all depends if the person who did repairs reported it. If the guy drove into a tree and paid for the repairs out of pocket himself, that stuff wont be recorded on there. OR, similarily, if someone hit him and they settled outside of insurance and on a side deal, that won't be included in the report either.

So really, how useful is that info to you? I mean don't get me wrong, when I buy a car I look at the used vehicle package to find out where it's been (You have to legal buy the package anyways), what you really should be worried about is if it was a flooded car, as many of those write-offs have been brought back into the market and sold in other States and in Canada. The other thing is you want to make sure that VIN didn't/wasn't ever a salvage title.

Other than that, consider the rest of the info inaccurate.

[pace2006]

You can also have an insurance agent run an insurance history report- CLUE report, iirc. That will tell you about any reported accidents that may not have been claimed or show up on a Carfax.

Either way, it's not going to change anything about your car. If someone rubbed a tree and and to replace a fender without reporting it to their insurance, how likely are they to remember or tell another owner about it now?

Most salvage or title changes are going to show up on a Carfax.

[LETZRIDE]

Re: cars history hunt down.

Exactly, and no one is going to report to insurance what they did on the side

[ssms5411]

Re: cars history hunt down.

Its worth a carfax if you really want to know. Although theres a couple of accidents on mine I never reported, it happens.

[2.8 Bird]

Re: cars history hunt down.

how?

One man's treasure is another man's junk.

Nobody will treat your car better than you. I've seen what my Fiero looks like after I sold it to this guy and my Mirage and Civic.