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Which is better, Autocheck or Carfax?


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Since knowbody here has a membership, I'm going to have get the history through one of these. Which one has a more accurate history report. I'm going to buy (maybe) a 1999 OBW with 67,000 miles on it.

I have used CarFax several times in the last few years and have been satisfied with their service.

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Carfax gets my vote.

 

I bought a 30 day unlimited subscription to Carfax late in August. Ran it on a number of cars & always had very current data. When it ran out I discovered that you could only get one 'unlimited' subscription every 6 months. So I picked up a 60 day Autocheck unlimited subscription (for about the same cost). None of the cars I ran had the same level of detail & few contained any data later than 2002. I e-mailed autocheck about it over a week ago & they have yet to respond.

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I've not used autocheck, but I can tell you a little about carfax. Carfax is pretty good for checking the title history / previous owners. However, I ran it on my car once and it showed a transfer of ownership when I moved from one county to another. It's also pretty good with checking the odometer reading. It is not foolproof for accidents, however. I had two vehicles which sustained body damage. Both had sparkling clean carfax records (I did not run autocheck) when both indeed had over $3,000 worth of damage to them. I would advise finding a trustworthy body shop and also a trustworthy mechanic to inspect the vehicle. It may cost you a few bucks for them to preform this service (after all, it does use their time) but I think that would be better than either carfax or autocheck. Good luck.

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It is not foolproof for accidents, however. I had two vehicles which sustained body damage. Both had sparkling clean carfax records (I did not run autocheck) when both indeed had over $3,000 worth of damage to them.

Both are only going to pick up total loss accidents. Or major accidents, I think they only show damage 10k and up.

 

Good point on checking it yourself or someone who knows cars. I can easily spot wrecked-then-fixed cars when I go over them for friends and family.

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