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Re: Almost bought 325, ran VIN # 1st and..(nightma (archive)
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Posted by Bob Duckworth on December 02, 2000 at 18:30:44:

In Reply to: Re: Almost bought 325, ran VIN # 1st and..(nightma posted by LJC on December 02, 2000 at 16:24:22:

This is a very good point. I got into the habit of checking my purchases with CARFAX and have avoided a couple of nightmares. Also, the VIN should help you get a maintenance history from teh BMW service computer thru the dealer if you have good relations with the service writers.

Bob Duckworth


Got a check of the VIN of the '87 325i just purchased, Ad claimed one owner, but there was about 3 previous owners!
I just made it clear to the seller, still purchased the car because in the end everything came out ok. Seller claimed innocence.
But I do think rolling the odometer back is illegal...
LJC

Found an 89 325i with 81k miles on it. Looked perfect! Add was selling it for $6500, but price tag on car said $4995. Well I was a lil skeptical, went o carfax. ocm rana VIN check and it was clear, but then decided to run a clean vehicle history report and found trouble. @ one point the car was reported with 173k miles, and was resold with only 79k miles a year later. Had over 90k miles rolledback on the odometer. Man am I glad I ran that clean vehicle history report!!!!

Has this happened to anyone else?
Should I report this to anyone?



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