Date:         Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:57:50 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 27,000 orig miles?? / Car-Fax? Worthless.
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Carfax can not detect all cases of fraud. So what? Bulletproof vests
can't prevent all cases of gunshot wounds either but cops still use
them. Sure, a skilled and determined attacker could aim for parts not
covered and reduce the effectiveness.

Carfax has exposed many frauds and errors. A clean report is not a
guarantee but a dirty one is very handy to have beforehand.

How about picking apart the specific case at hand?
A single owner for the life of the vehicle, hard to fake out Carfax on
that one I should think.
Low miles on a Calif reg'd vehicle subject to biannual smog checks, does
Carfax get that data? Don't know.

Mark


George Goff wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/5/03 10:52:49 AM, clark10006@COX.NET writes:
>
> << Wouldn't this be easy to check out with a car-fax check? >>
>
> You can use a Car-Fax report when you go to the bathroom for all of its
> ability to keep someone from doing a number on you.  Anyone bent on fraud has
> little trouble making the necessary adjustments to produce a pristine Car-Fax
> record.
> ...............