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We noticed that it is not completely accurate. When we were looking up a car we were thinking of buying, we looked up our current van just to see what it said. The van had been is an accident 3 years prior but it was not noted on Carfax. The damage was repairable but pretty considerable on the front end. At the time it did not matter, we just thought it was puzzling. Well, we have been since told that unless the repair garage reports the damage to someone(or was it the insurance company) no-one will ever know. The extra time pulling up rugs, looking inside wheel wells, door frames and other places is an extra step you should take. Look everywhere that replacement parts could be added. Little things like clean parts where other parts surrounding it are dirty or oily are dead giveaways. I am a believer in buying used cars but have become much more careful these past few years. Sometimes just smelling the upholstery and rugs can tell you about things like water damage. Lots of Katrina cars being sent to other parts of the country. Also, some older cars have odometers that do not "keep going" with mileage. Our van, which we eventually donated, was in beautiful condition but got terrible mileage so we decided to give it to charity. It also had 247,000 miles on it. Ran like a charm and had no problems but we did not feel we could sell it to anyone. The odometer only went up to 99,999. This was a Chevy Beauville. I'm sure Chevy no longer does that limited reading and that it now continues to count. I hope it was sold for parts. I would feel badly if they sold it as perhaps 147,000 miles. Even at that it was spotless but too old to believe the low number of 47,000.
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