I work at a local car dealer(I'm actually a small part owner of the place).

Someone posted rather negatively here that I am a "used car salesman" which gave me a good chuckle although it is true in a way I suppose. The way we do business is a bit different than a "traditional dealer" in that we price our vehicles as close to wholesale as possible & then do not negotiate AT ALL on the price, so our salesmen have it rather easy compared to the old way of doing things(we rely on volume, we sold over 200 cars in February which is the "slow season".)

Although I do sell an occasional car(mainly to friends/acquaintances), my main gig is IT manager & computer hardware & network support(I wrote some of the code for our website also).

I have access to both Car fax & Autocheck as I use them daily on vehicles we take in trade or buy from the wholesale dealer auctions & I can run a check for free for anyone here who wants/needs this service.

For anyone who wants, post the VIN # here for the vehicle in question & I will run both checks & post the results here. For some reason, Carfax picks up a lot more "incidents" than Autocheck in most cases although neither one is even close the foolproof(I see cars all the time with obvious collision repair that show a completely clean Carfax)

~John

 

Thanks John, that's nice of you to offer. Please check out this one for me:

8F03C122614

 

That is not a complete vin # Brady, there have to be 17 characters for it to be complete.

~John

 

It was complete in 1968! I guess carfax doesn't work for old cars. Thanks though.

 

Thank you John, Can you please check this Vin# for me:

Vin# 1FMCU96H46KA69544

can you email me the results instead on posting them on the forum.
rpeinado@excite.com

Thank you again
--Rico

 

Check your mail, it is on the way.

~John

 

Thanks for this, thinking about getting my son this car.

2HGEJ6349YH100398
If you could e-mail me at LSQuikSilver@gmail.com that would be great. Thank you.

 

On the way, check your email.

~John

 

Thank you John.

I appreciate the help and the quick response!

 

Hi John. How awesome of you to offer this to board members. My wife and I are about to plunge into our first hybrid, its an 06 mercury mariner, so we are doing alot of research.

Local dealer is asking 20,900 for a 2006 with 14K miles on it and all basic options. So no frills really.

I figured this maybe a better deal then leasing an 08 hybrid escape for close to $360 per month. What do you think? I hope the dealer comes down on the price a bit and helps us find financing... In either case, could you please run a car check report for us?

VIN 4M2CU98H96KJ17423

Thanks in advance,

P.S. Please email results to ( and rew@bigtimeworldwide.com ) (remove spaces please).

Thanks a million in advance,

Andy
www.greatlakesforum.com