Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
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Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
Hello,
Looking for a second hand car and using Carfax , which is a company that uses a car`s registration number to locate history .
This is particularly useful for checking mileage , accidents , whether vehicle has been a taxi or outstanding debts etc..
Now to my question.
I am using as a source a buy and sell portal called `Milanuncios`.
I found 4 cars i liked , introduced the registrations to Carfax and all came up "unable to locate registration number", and this is before you actually pay for the cars history.
Question, do i take it that if Carfax is unable to find a car`s registration number that :
1 - Car`s history is incomplete
2 - False number plate and/or stolen ?
3 - Stay well clear of any car not found in the Carfax database ?
Would appreciate anybody who has/had similar experience with Carfax.
Many thanks.
Looking for a second hand car and using Carfax , which is a company that uses a car`s registration number to locate history .
This is particularly useful for checking mileage , accidents , whether vehicle has been a taxi or outstanding debts etc..
Now to my question.
I am using as a source a buy and sell portal called `Milanuncios`.
I found 4 cars i liked , introduced the registrations to Carfax and all came up "unable to locate registration number", and this is before you actually pay for the cars history.
Question, do i take it that if Carfax is unable to find a car`s registration number that :
1 - Car`s history is incomplete
2 - False number plate and/or stolen ?
3 - Stay well clear of any car not found in the Carfax database ?
Would appreciate anybody who has/had similar experience with Carfax.
Many thanks.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
Does Carfax not only cover US vehicles?
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
I am using this Carfax :
https://www.carfax.es/?gclid=CL2y6qW9mM0CFWoz0wodIKkGew
Which is The Spanish version.
https://www.carfax.es/?gclid=CL2y6qW9mM0CFWoz0wodIKkGew
Which is The Spanish version.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
Just tried my car on there and it wasn't recognised either.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
Ok, thanks for that.
It could well be Carfax does not have a wide database.
Maybe with a few more registrations we might get a better idea of how well they perform.
I think i will be going to trafico tomorrow and paying the 7 or so euros it costs to check out those registrations.
It could well be Carfax does not have a wide database.
Maybe with a few more registrations we might get a better idea of how well they perform.
I think i will be going to trafico tomorrow and paying the 7 or so euros it costs to check out those registrations.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
It would be interesting to see if anyone had a "hit" with the site though
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Mine is recognised 9.99 please.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
Correction Both mine are recognised.
One is a four year old original Spanish car, the other is an eleven year old re-matriculated UK car.
One is a four year old original Spanish car, the other is an eleven year old re-matriculated UK car.
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mine didn't work either.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
Just seen this post - after having posted a thread - Checking on 2nd hand cars...........I tried carfax with 3 cars including my own which I have had from new - it found none of them. Go to traffico, it's free (well in Alicante yesterday it was)
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
All the clerk could do was ( una transferencia ) , a name change. The car came out as advertised but Trafico said no mileage, crash history or anything to do with the car`s past could be checked by them.
So things in Granada are done slightly differently than in Alicante.
Leaves me no where really.
Might just buy a car from a second hand car dealer , could be safer than buying privately.
Problem here is that it`s very difficult to buy a second hand car for under 4000 euros with :
- DSG
- 5 door hatchback
- Diesel but if petrol below 6L/100 km
- Rear wash wipe
- Electric seats , cloth not leather
- Sat Nav
- Not public transport
I have more or less singled out a Skoda Octavia 2.0 diesel 2009 white , with 229k .
The car does not have electric seats , nor sat nav but it`s the best compromise i have seen. Of course there is the problem with lack of information with the number plates, this is what`s holding me back.
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Re: Carfax - Locate Car Registration Number History.
As a separate issue, I can sympathise with your difficulty in finding a car here which meets specific criteria, I had similar problems.
The one that you have singled out does, in some respects, suggest that it might have been a taxi.
The one that you have singled out does, in some respects, suggest that it might have been a taxi.
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My car does not exist on their database, and I was stopped by the trafico the other month for a spot check, and all OK according to them.
I would not use them. ( carfax or trafico!!!)
I would not use them. ( carfax or trafico!!!)