Re: Price check on aisle 3

From: Gary Hedlin (superdak@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 02 2011 - 12:31:14 EDT


Car fax reports don't mention any fender bender collisions, just when a salvage title is issued.

Plus, there's no law requiring a shop report work on any vehicle, especially not to carfax. The info is solely based on title searches, which can tell you how it got on the lot!

Gary

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On Oct 2, 2011, at 10:10 AM, <.james@sympatico.ca> wrote:

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> My experience from working for the auction & now for a dealer is that the Rental Companys have their own internal collision repair system that Car Proof and Car Fax will not show and they usually don't declare .
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>> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 03:13:49 -0500
>> Subject: Re: DML: Price check on aisle 3
>> From: superdak@gmail.com
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
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>> I hate to say this..... but show me the CarFax!
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>> Odds are if it had anything to do with a rental, probably got used and
>> abused. I'm sure they rented them, most rental outfits take whatever a
>> manufacturer has left over, then lets anyone with insurance do whatever to
>> them. I wouldn't touch it.
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>> Gary
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>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@comcast.net>wrote:
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>>> Michael Maskalans wrote:
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>>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Barry Oliver wrote:
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>>>>> Dealer-ish... It's a rental which means no mods and driven like it was
>>>>> stolen, but pretty close to stock and without alot of the do- dads that turn
>>>>> what should be a $25k truck into a $35k truck. I was hoping I found a hole
>>>>> in a corporate pricing structure, here's the link:
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>>>>> http://www.enterprisepromo.**com/vdetail.aspx?vid=145619>
>>>>> You may need to click once, hit the re-direct, then click the link again
>>>>> to get to the actual truck
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>>>> A Cummins /rental/?
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>>>> that just doesn't compute.
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>>>> front windows are tinted too. rentals don't tint.... Must be a fleet
>>>> thing - which might mean less abuse.
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>>>> I don't like automatics in tow rigs but that's a screaming price. Can't
>>>> believe it's lasted this long already.
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>>>> Mike
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>>>> Well, the other option that I came up with is it might have been a trade
>>> in. I didn't realize it but they take trades as well as sell vehicles. Too
>>> bad they had a guy from STL call me and [surprise surprise] he knew nothing
>>> about the truck, at all, but that he could charge me $675 to bring it to St
>>> Charles so I could look at it... :/
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>> Gary Hedlin
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