Cellar snowball fight

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 09:52 PM

Carfax only tells you if it's been repaired by an insurance company.

lumberjim · 12-13-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Carfax only tells you if it's been repaired by an insurance company.

or if there's been a police report...or if was a rental car, or has had 5 owners....

but it won't tell you if it has gremlins in the dashboard, or a chronic water leak...

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 10:25 PM

How does the police report work,...computer uses the license plate number on the report to trace the VIN, and enter both the police report & VIN in the state database, for Carfax to pluck?

lumberjim · 12-13-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

How does the police report work,...computer uses the license plate number on the report to trace the VIN, and enter both the police report & VIN in the state database, for Carfax to pluck?

no idea. i just see police report filed on such and such a date.....and a blurb....vehicle involved in collision with a pedestrian, other vehicle, etc.

I imagine carfax has some kind of access to some huge police report database somewhere. probably by VIN, not plate #.

Elspode · 12-14-2009, 12:31 AM

We started with this, and are now discussing Carfax?!! WTF?

In fact, I take back my post title. This isn't thread drift. This is thread complete derailment, in flames, with hundreds of screaming passengers.

12-13-2009, 09:52 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Carfax only tells you if it's been repaired by an insurance company. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-13-2009, 10:25 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How does the police report work,...computer uses the license plate number on the report to trace the VIN, and enter both the police report & VIN in the state database, for Carfax to pluck? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-14-2009, 12:31 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Possible Record for Cellar Thread Drift? We started with this, and are now discussing Carfax?!! WTF? In fact, I take back my post title. This isn't thread drift. This is thread complete derailment, in flames, with hundreds of screaming passengers. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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