typhoontaz

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/la...418025672.html

Stay away from this car. They are representing it as an accident free car. Autocheck report will say that but Carfax will show front end damage and frame damage in 2010 and rear end damage in 2014. I bought this car from CarMax 2 years ago and found out a month ago what the issues were. CarMax showed me a clean Autocheck report too. CarMax bought the car back from me but it was a long stressful ordeal. Now this used car dealer wants to sell it to you.

danzio56

Are you saying that after you owned the car for almost 2 years you were able to get Carmax to buy the car back?

njk4o5

so is there something wrong with it?

a tiny collision can dent a bumper/chip paint which carfax just reports as a collision and if it needs a new bumper bracket... "frame damage"

FTG

Many dealers are using Autocheck as they are not as picky as Carfax. I have two different trades where the my cars were damaged (under $1000) and Autocheck reported accident free.

KMG5402

Not saying this is what's happening here, but I sold my mother's Miata for her a couple of years ago. She had gotten in an accident in her Lexus and it reported on the Miata Carfax. Asked Carfax to verify the police accident record, and when they came up empty handed on a confirmation they fixed the Carfax. Did you ask Carfax to verify the accident?

typhoontaz

Yes, including all taxes and fees.

typhoontaz

The front end damage was extensive and the rear end damage also involved a side swipe.

typhoontaz

Yes, I contacted Carfax and after a week of investigating, they verified both accidents. That is why I went back to CarMax to demand they buy back this car.

typhoontaz

Correct. Most body shops and insurance companies report to Carfax but not to Autocheck. This is why many used car dealers use Autocheck and not Carfax. I found this out through this whole ordeal.

00719310

Thanks for sharing this info for potential buyers.

On the other hand, you were able to drive a Z06 for 23 months without any sign of previous damage for free! Not a bad deal since they end up buying it back from you.

wagner262

Thanks for the heads up. This was on my radar!

typhoontaz

Yep, they actually rounded the check up to the nearest dollar so they basically paid me 51 cents to drive the Z06 for 2 years and 3 months.