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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Carfax

Posted by: rdauenhauer Jun 6 2003, 05:36 PM

As the VIN on any teener is only 10 digits long, how do use such a service when attempting to validate its history?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 6 2003, 05:38 PM

ANSWER: you dont

Posted by: rdauenhauer Jun 6 2003, 05:41 PM

Aaron, youve been down this road?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 6 2003, 05:45 PM

i tied doing this on mine....ive heard people saying that you cant do cars that are pre (? year)

Posted by: vortrex Jun 6 2003, 06:13 PM

no possible way to carfax a 914.

Posted by: Gint Jun 6 2003, 06:19 PM

I have yet to find ANY of those VIn search outfits that can accomodate a VIN number less than 17 chars.

Everyone is right. You don't.

Posted by: ! Jun 6 2003, 07:51 PM

81 is the cutoff.....

Posted by: anthony Jun 6 2003, 08:00 PM

If it's a California car one thing you can do is check the smog check history. Of course this only works for '74-76 cars.

http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/vehtests/pubtstqry.aspx

Posted by: GWN7 Jun 7 2003, 08:47 AM

You can do a search usually with the DMV in your state. Some charge for this and others won't let you have the info. If it was reg in more than 1 state you would have to ask for title info in both states.