when you buy a used car

clevohardcore - 11-17-2008 at 10:46 PM

Do you get CARFAX history reports run? I tried and they wanted me to pay of it online. When I put in the vin# it said it had 9 reports. They stated that the reports could be bad or good but I need to buy the report to find out.

Its a 2007 JEEP LIBERTY with 33000miles. Visibly good looking and normally it should be listed around $13,640 per KBB.com in excellent condition. They are down to $12,000. I figured I'd could get them to go $11,000. Maybe lower but who knows. After seeing this issue with KBB/CARFAX I'm not so sure.

bombidol - 11-17-2008 at 11:01 PM

Ive done all that shit with cars before. well worth it man.

defstarsteve - 11-17-2008 at 11:15 PM

do the carfax
if there is something wrong with the car and it's not on the carfax report
carfax will get you a full refund...
just look at it as prepurchase insurance.
and you can use it for up to 3 months on any car you are looking at.
well worth it.

Mickey - 11-17-2008 at 11:50 PM

I would push to have the dealer supply one for the vehicle. They probably have a carfax account, and with the economy the way it is, if there is someone willing to spend money, it's a small cost of doing business. I would also look online for any type of club for the vehicle.....like a Liberty owners group. Lurk the site and see what problems the owners have encountered. It makes for a great bargaining tool. The last thing a dealer wants is someone who's informed and not afraid to speak up. Good luck.

P.s I'm new and hope I didn't ramble much haha

DAK - 11-18-2008 at 01:33 AM

Welcome Mickey.

clevohardcore - 11-18-2008 at 09:25 AM

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Originally posted by Mickey
I would push to have the dealer supply one for the vehicle. They probably have a carfax account, and with the economy the way it is, if there is someone willing to spend money, it's a small cost of doing business. I would also look online for any type of club for the vehicle.....like a Liberty owners group. Lurk the site and see what problems the owners have encountered. It makes for a great bargaining tool. The last thing a dealer wants is someone who's informed and not afraid to speak up. Good luck.

P.s I'm new and hope I didn't ramble much haha

^^^^^^^^^^ Hell Ya bro. Welcome aboard. Not often we get someone new to the board that offers advice and a good post. Thanks again and I'l hunt around today for that Jeep liberty group/info online today.

clevohardcore - 11-18-2008 at 09:27 AM

Plus when I am ready to buy I'll take all your advice and make them do the CARFAX reports on whatever I buy or ask for more of a discount if I have to. I never used that for a car purchase but it makes total snese especially since the past hurricanes, and floods etc we have had in the US. Not to mention normal accidents and issues with cars.

CR83 - 11-18-2008 at 09:44 AM

When I bought my last car from Enterprise, they paid for it. They did tell me that there is no "governing body" for carfax and that people are not required to enter info into the system.

I would for sure get it though and they have a membership as a dealer so I would think they would cover it.

clevohardcore - 11-18-2008 at 10:21 AM

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Originally posted by CR83
When I bought my last car from Enterprise, they paid for it. They did tell me that there is no "governing body" for carfax and that people are not required to enter info into the system.

I would for sure get it though and they have a membership as a dealer so I would think they would cover it.

^^^^^^^^^^ Always a loophole. Thats standard issue for a company in the UNITED STATES. Big Business is like our Constitution. No clear definition of how it actually operates.

Dave - 11-18-2008 at 12:42 PM

what a carfax run like 50$? go for it, worth the piece of mind.