AFAIK autocheck/carfax only have databases for 17digit VINS, i.e. vehicles from around 1981 and newer. Old busses are SOL. If the State of California issued a "clean title" on a stolen vehicle, they must be somewhat at fault.....how come the feds have access to a database of old stolen vehicles but the state DMV does not? Does not make sense at all....this means you can re-title an old stolen vehicle and drive it forever in the US with a clean title....at least until you try to export it. All state DMVs should query the federal database of stolen vehicles whenever transfer of registration occurs...especially without a physical title in hand which must have happened at some point. Buyer should sue the CA DMV, good luck suing them though.... BTW, the bus is up to $27k pre-bidding at copart.com, auction not even started yet.,,
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> Reply-To: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:59:36 -0800 >I guess the buyer should have used a service such as this one. I wonder >if buyers of GoWesty price level Vanagons do so. > >http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/product-features/titleguard/coverage.do > >It is an imperfect world. Sometimes somebody has to lose out. >Governments are imperfect as well. Maybe we should all take up a >collection for the poor disappointed buyer, wherever he is. I'm not serious. > >Mark > |
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