| Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59550] |
Fri, 09 October 2009 17:06  |
hertfordnc
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Usually you can put a vin into google and get a carfax entry - then you have to pay for the actual data.
Carfax does not recognize my GMC vin.
Is there something else I can do?
Mileage history on this might be nice to know.
thanks
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59561 is a reply to message #59550] |
Fri, 09 October 2009 18:45  |
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mike miller
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| hertfordnc wrote on Fri, 09 October 2009 15:06 |
Carfax does not recognize my GMC vin.
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Some time in the last 25 years, Vehicle serial numbers where standardized. CarFax does not track the older serial numbers.
While I do not know the years the change happened, I know that our TZE's are too old.
It would have been nice if they did track TZE's. It would be an additional resource for Dave and his registry.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59564 is a reply to message #59550] |
Fri, 09 October 2009 19:06 |
powerjon
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Have you contacted Dave Greensburg????
J.R. Wright
On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:06 PM, dave silva wrote:
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> Usually you can put a vin into google and get a carfax entry - then
> you have to pay for the actual data.
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> Carfax does not recognize my GMC vin.
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> Is there something else I can do?
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> Mileage history on this might be nice to know.
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> thanks
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| Re: Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59577 is a reply to message #59550] |
Fri, 09 October 2009 20:22 |
klassic kampers
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CARFAX will only recognize 1980 and later vehicles with 17 digit
VIN numbers............it is a big help documenting mileage for selling used parts in my profession........if you have a CONNECTION at the DMV a title search could recall previous title numbers and mileage when each new title was issued......
...Dave G. might have info on your GMC..
mike stewart, greer,s.c.
Mike Stewart
1973 GMC 26' Canyonlands /
1973 B.S.A. B50 street tracker-----
Greer,S.C/Ellijay,Ga
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| Re: [GMCnet] Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59626 is a reply to message #59624] |
Sat, 10 October 2009 14:24 |
Tin Gerbil
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Mike;
Funny you should mention CARFAX today. I checked on a 1995 Lumina last
night and the report does not pick up a registered lean on it that the
owner declared.
Kingsley Coach wrote:
> Here in Canada I recently saw a documentary where 60% of Carfax reports
> were incorrect...for what it's worth.
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> Mike in NS
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> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:22 PM, mike stewart <klassickampers@hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> CARFAX will only recognize 1980 and later vehicles with 17 digit
>> VIN numbers............it is a big help documenting mileage for selling
>> used parts in my profession........if you have a CONNECTION at the DMV a
>> title search could recall previous title numbers and mileage when each new
>> title was issued....
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>> ...Dave G. might have info on your GMC..
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>> mike stewart, greer,s.c.
>> --
>> 1973 GMC 26' Canyonlands &
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>> 1965 Chris Craft 18' V-8 powered Super Sport wooden fun boat
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| Re: [GMCnet] Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59837 is a reply to message #59626] |
Mon, 12 October 2009 05:20 |
Kingsley Coach
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Gordon
I hope it looks better than the '96 Ford Aerostar I just bought for a
'beater'...looks like a truck and rides like... worse <BG>
Mike in NS
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Gordon <wizwing@telus.net> wrote:
> Mike;
> Funny you should mention CARFAX today. I checked on a 1995 Lumina last
> night and the report does not pick up a registered lean on it that the
> owner declared.
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> Kingsley Coach wrote:
> > Here in Canada I recently saw a documentary where 60% of Carfax reports
> > were incorrect...for what it's worth.
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> > Mike in NS
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> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:22 PM, mike stewart <
> klassickampers@hotmail.com>wrote:
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> >> CARFAX will only recognize 1980 and later vehicles with 17 digit
> >> VIN numbers............it is a big help documenting mileage for selling
> >> used parts in my profession........if you have a CONNECTION at the DMV
> a
> >> title search could recall previous title numbers and mileage when each
> new
> >> title was issued....
> >>
> >> ...Dave G. might have info on your GMC..
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> >> mike stewart, greer,s.c.
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> >> 1973 GMC 26' Canyonlands &
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> >> 1965 Chris Craft 18' V-8 powered Super Sport wooden fun boat
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| Re: Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59839 is a reply to message #59550] |
Mon, 12 October 2009 06:34 |
JimGunther
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Have to feel CarFax would be of limited value on a GMC, no?
If the clock shows 65,000 - does it really matter if it's really 265,000? Heck there are many nice (well maintained) GMCs with high mielage versus awful ones in need of TLC 'cause they've been sitting unused too long.
Fot that matter a properly repaired so-called "Total Loss" (given how ACV insurance works) could be perfectly OK.
Jim Gunther
www.LotusV6.com
now former owner - ;(
73 GMC-II 2600
by Explorer
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| Re: [GMCnet] Does CARFAX have GMC data? [message #59862 is a reply to message #59839] |
Mon, 12 October 2009 10:38 |
Rick Denney
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Jim Gunther writes...
> If the clock shows 65,000 - does it really matter if it's really
> 265,000? Heck there are many nice (well maintained) GMCs with high
> mielage versus awful ones in need of TLC 'cause they've been sitting unused too long.
In a variation on Harrison Ford's line in Raiders of the Lost Ark: "It
ain't the mileage, honey, it's the years."
> Fot that matter a properly repaired so-called "Total Loss" (given
> how ACV insurance works) could be perfectly OK.
Many GMCs have been fully ressurected from junk yards, so it is
completely possible to do. Each coach should be evaluated on its own
merits, difficult as it may be to determine all those even with a good
inspection.
But the best assumption is that any coach that has not been very
recently fully renewed (which is a small and expensive subset) will
have a finit list of things that will need repair soon. This is true
for all used vehicles. So, the safest approach is to build that into
the expectations, and check the coach for really expensive faults,
such as rusted frame components or an engine at the end of its life.
The point of Carfax is to avoid buying a car that was squashed and
pulled straight. But there are several factors that make this less
than useful for GMCs:
1. New cars are unibody designs that lose a lot of their fundamental
integrity when pulled straight, while the GMC is a body-on-frame
design.
2. The GMC is mighty difficult to pull straight after being squashed.
The front and rear body shells often shatter in a crash and mostly
have to be replaced when badly damaged. This is actually not ruinously
difficult to do (ask me how I know). The aluminum body frame and
aluminum skin on the upper sides and roof are basically impossible to
straighten effectively, and when damaged to that extent are usually
just repaired by replacing the whole wall section.
3. Thus, if a GMC looks good and has a frame that is straight and free
of dangerous rust (this is not difficult to check), then it should
present little or none of the risk associated with buying a
squashed-but-straightened unibody sedan.
4. Most all GMCs are priced based on their current condition, and
resale value is unlikely to hinge on such hidden damage as Carfax
might reveal. Carfax won't tell you if the frame is perforated with
rust.
Rick "whose coach was brought back from the dead" Denney
'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia
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