[monk]

Hi all,
Can someone help me to run a carfax report on a 550i I am going to buy?
WBANW53568CT48336.

Thanks.

[Seminole]

Well, Carfax costs money to do, unless the seller provides it for free, so I doubt anyone will "help you out" in that sense. But it is really easy to do yourself. Just go to http://www.carfax.com/ and enter the VIN into the box where it asks on the main page and click on "search".

[VVA330]

"so I doubt anyone will "help you out" in that sense" < this is not entirely accurate. There are plenty of folks on here that got the hook up and willing to help.

here is an example: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ghlight=carfax

Originally Posted by Seminole

Well, Carfax costs money to do, unless the seller provides it for free, so I doubt anyone will "help you out" in that sense. But it is really easy to do yourself. Just go to http://www.carfax.com/ and enter the VIN into the box where it asks on the main page and click on "search".

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by VVA330

"so I doubt anyone will "help you out" in that sense" < this is not entirely accurate. There are plenty of folks on here that got the hook up and willing to help.

here is an example: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ghlight=carfax

Ah good call. I didn't think about if anyone had unlimited look ups. me.

[Andrew@ET]

ill do it for you if you can wait till thursday when get back to work..

btw car fax and these other car checkers... do not work. only about 20% or less show accidents flood or roll backs.

if you really want to know what the car has wrong take it to a carmax near you and ask for all data

[monk]

for your support.

[jlipton]

Carfax is almost useless, so beware. I had two cars that were each in a major accident, and neither showed up on Carfax (I checked). The bodyshop guys rarely enter the information. With a service like that, if it's not 100% reliable, it's useless. Have the car checked by the dealer or a good mechanic.

[methodtim]

Originally Posted by jlipton

Carfax is almost useless, so beware. I had two cars that were each in a major accident, and neither showed up on Carfax (I checked). The bodyshop guys rarely enter the information. With a service like that, if it's not 100% reliable, it's useless. Have the car checked by the dealer or a good mechanic.

+1 sort of. I wouldn't call the service useless. My Ridgeline was involved in an accident and it shows up as 1 incident in the free, non-detailed report. I definitely would not depend solely on carfax as my basis for determining if a car is clean or not, but it's a good start.