Date:         Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:13:25 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: CARFAX  was:Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> carfax wont work on every vehicle either.. i tried to use carfax on a 80
> westy and it wouldnt work because VW used a shorter VIN # back then and
> apparently it wolt work with the carfax system.  i guess that makes all '70's
> on down VW's "un-carfaxable" too.

Yeah, it's only good back to '82, I think.  Even then the usefulness is
limited because a lot of states didn't start keeping good records until a
bit later.

The value of a vehicle history is less with a really old car, anyway.
Rolling back the odometer on such a vehicle isn't worth the trouble,
especially since most of them will have had some kind of odometer problem
along the way anyhow. :)



David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si