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Subject:Re: 27,000 orig miles?? / Car-Fax? Worthless.
From:mark drillock
Date:Wed, 5 Feb 2003 12:35:58 -0800

That is the whole point of the Carfax report. Records are tracked by
VIN#. If a given VIN# has a salvage record or an odometer reading record
then that info follows the VIN#. This has nothing to do with the title.
The title is a piece of paper and as has been pointed out it is
susceptible to hanky panky by various methods. For Vanagons I have found
the VIN# in as many as 5 locations on the same vehicle. They should all
match each other and the paperwork (title).

Mark

David Brodbeck wrote:
>
> As amply demonstrated by all the people on this mailing list who have
> successfully gotten new, "clean" titles for vans they bought without a
> title.  You could easily use the same process to "fix" a vehicle that had
> a salvage title or odometer discrepencies.
>