verdelaw
Well-Known Member
Does anyone on here have inside knowledge on Carfax reports? I've been doing some reading.. and I'm wondering if it's even worth my time to go see this car I found online.
Backstory: I'm interested in buying a replacement for my current daily driver as it's fairly boring, and the G37S 6MT caught my eye. I saw this one about 4.5 hours away in Chicago:
http://www.luxcarschicago.com/web/i...initi/All_models/All_body_types/All_vehicles/
I looked up the dealership on Yelp and they only have 3.5 out of a possible 5 stars, with some reviews saying that the vehicle they sold them was a lemon (a no-kidding lemon title even though the carfax was clean).
So I did some reading about Carfaxes and found this very informative article from Oppo:
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/how-carfax-doesnt-protect-you-from-buying-a-used-lemon-1653942445
As you can see from the Carfax for the G37 above... https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=ECL_0&vin=JN1CV6EK8DM900836... this car mentions "sold at auction" (twice) and "listed as a manufacturer vehicle". That second one is the more concerning, as some internet sources say that that means it was a manufacturer buyback vehicle.. i.e. state law forced the manufacturer (Infiniti in this case) to buy back the car after it was proven in court that the car was a lemon under the state lemon law.
I'm not afraid of an auctioned car.. I understand that most used cars that go through dealerships have been auctioned at least once. I am afraid of a lemon law car and/or one that's been passed through three states and two auctions to buff out its title.
Thoughts? Specific knowledge about lemon laws/titling/auctions? I'm all ears. Thanks.
Backstory: I'm interested in buying a replacement for my current daily driver as it's fairly boring, and the G37S 6MT caught my eye. I saw this one about 4.5 hours away in Chicago:
http://www.luxcarschicago.com/web/i...initi/All_models/All_body_types/All_vehicles/
I looked up the dealership on Yelp and they only have 3.5 out of a possible 5 stars, with some reviews saying that the vehicle they sold them was a lemon (a no-kidding lemon title even though the carfax was clean).
So I did some reading about Carfaxes and found this very informative article from Oppo:
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/how-carfax-doesnt-protect-you-from-buying-a-used-lemon-1653942445
As you can see from the Carfax for the G37 above... https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=ECL_0&vin=JN1CV6EK8DM900836... this car mentions "sold at auction" (twice) and "listed as a manufacturer vehicle". That second one is the more concerning, as some internet sources say that that means it was a manufacturer buyback vehicle.. i.e. state law forced the manufacturer (Infiniti in this case) to buy back the car after it was proven in court that the car was a lemon under the state lemon law.
I'm not afraid of an auctioned car.. I understand that most used cars that go through dealerships have been auctioned at least once. I am afraid of a lemon law car and/or one that's been passed through three states and two auctions to buff out its title.
Thoughts? Specific knowledge about lemon laws/titling/auctions? I'm all ears. Thanks.