Spacemom
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Tue Apr-22-08 03:04 PM
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Is there a free service to run a vehicle VIN number? |
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How do services like Carfax access this information, but I can't? If they are accessing DMV records, shouldn't that be public?
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Westegg
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Tue Apr-22-08 03:15 PM
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1. TGuy who killed Rebecca Shaeffer tracked her down via the DMV... |
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...that actress who was murdered in the '90s, I think, in L.A. by a crazed stalker? So they changed the laws about public access to info of that kind, at least in California.
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Spacemom
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Tue Apr-22-08 03:20 PM
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2. But you can still pay Carfax to run a report |
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Edited on Tue Apr-22-08 03:23 PM by Spacemom
I just don't have the $30 bucks to do it. I ran a few reports a few years ago when I was last buying a vehicle, and it didn't contain personal information. Just notes of the vehicle changing hands or accidents.
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Tue Apr-22-08 03:27 PM
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3. I thought carfax was free now. |
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you can get a free report through edmunds.com
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Tue Apr-22-08 03:31 PM
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4. The "free" carfax report |
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only tells you how many "records" there are about a vehicle. It doesn't tell you if they are accident reports or anything like that.
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