We said it first here

jtsanders
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:05:34 +0000
General Discussion

There is an article about how to protect yourself when buying a car in USA Today. It reads like the advice that everyone has been passing on for years here. Anyone care to grade the author on completeness?

USATODAY.COM

How to watch out for previously wrecked used cars

Nearly 20 million cars get in reportable crashes each year. And your vehicle history report may not say if your used car was one of them.

All very sound information, though. I was disappointed that the nmvtis.gov database referenced in the article is only available through the usual list of suspects, and we can’t do it ourselves. Still, at $4.95 the price is not high. It’s interesting to note that the author states that dealers are fooled with respect to prior damage. We’ve had a few posters ask about that recently. What do you think?

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