krava

http://www.aaautogroup.com/inventory...-Carrollton-TX

I have looked and looked and I know about almost everything there is to know. The last 2 times I have bought cars I have bought wrecked cars I don't want to do that ever again. This is in my price range and has what I want except the light color interior. Anyone find a better deal in a 500 mile radius of me let me know. I wanted to buy at a dealership certified but seems they aren't making much of a deal with them. I think I should offer $400 or so less and see if they take that but already a good deal.

XFactor7

This car was in 3 accidents in 2014 according to autocheck.

Mike728

Wow! Really makes Carfax look like a waste of time.

fsportjay

Carfax is a joke. I only use Autocheck. There was a time when I was shopping for a car - Carfax said it was clean, no accidents - pulled the Autocheck and it had a bad front impact accident. It reported airbag deployment, vehicle had to be towed, etc. There were multiple times this happened when I pulled history reports for me or my friends.

Joeb427

iTrader: (1)

Only 3 accidents?

BlueAc215

She's still a pup

shurik74

iTrader: (5)

Car was sold via Manheim dealer auction

bclexus

That car is just 5-6 miles from me. On one road alone nearby that place there are close to a dozen other specialty car dealers. In most every case the newer cars they have were bought at auction because they are usually cars that the dealerships do not want.

By the way, that car (VIN: JTHBE1BL5D5004866) has been for sale in Seattle too - HERE.

shurik74

iTrader: (5)

Agree with 'they don't want them' due to the history of VIN or any other issues, otherwise they put them on lot as used (trade-ins) and make $$$. Dealerships make most money from used cars sale though...

bclexus

Yep!

krava

Thanks for the help, I wont make the same mistake I made before and buy something in an accident.

krava

Bclexus: what about ecareone.com do they sale these cars with bad vins also?

bclexus

I don't know, because I don't keep up with them...but I suspect they all sell less than CPO integrity cars. While thay may not be 'bad VIN' cars, all those types of car sale places have to get their cars from some place, and they are not cars that have been traded-in to them...therefore, those types of places buy from (1) one another, (2) buy from car dealerships cars they don't want, or (3) from auctions. Those types of places are known to have cars for sale that have been wrecked and repaired, and Lemon Law cars. Seldom are the cars what buyers 'think' they are.

THIS PLACE nearby specializes in Lemon Law vehicles and other cars bought at auction. Just looking at what they offer over the Internet, they look pretty nice. But, once you start looking into them you find out they are cars you do not want to buy.

shurik74

iTrader: (5)

KRAVA You should never buy a car with accident history or salvage title, cause you don't know what exactly happened and who repaired car. I've bought dozen cars probably from copart.com & iaai.com already and do most myself with my best friend body repair technician help who is doing amazing job. Never had any problems and hard to say if it's ever been fixed, huge saving...

I'm going through restoration of 2014 GS Fsport now which was rear ended... I'll open separate thread of progress though, now looking for a donor car.

krava

I am not going to, the last 2 cars I got were accident cars. One I bought from a lexus dealership and it had massive repairs done to it at that dealership but they didn't tell me until I got on a bus 13 hours to get there and had to get it or I was stranded. The last one I did a car fax but no autocheck. I am only going to get a certified car from now on. I am really looking at almost a new acura RLX with 1,222 miles for almost $20K off of MSRP but these damn certified lexuses they don't want to budge. I am seeing Mid 40's on a lot. I want to buy one from sewell lexus but the guy I have been talking to said they might move like a $100 or $200 but whatever is on the website is the price they want and almost no negotiation.