Looking at buying a C5 convert for 1/2 price buuuuuuut......

[Wizeguy]

Carfax came back as a Canadian car....Has 300km speedo.

1 Problem(s) Reported: Mileage Date Reported
54,886 12/11/2001
34,101 12/12/2001 Possible Odometer Rollback/Rollover

34,209 01/09/2002
47,761 04/16/2003
52,778 10/28/2003

If you convert 54,886 KM to miles you get 34,101 miles....I'm thinking thats what happened

02/17/2009 MI Accident Source LEFT SIDE IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE(Case #:7274465)

Driver door was hit...replaced with a different one.

My question is would this kind of information discourage you from buying a car?

 

[dave89iroc]

it have a US title? if yes, then no, no problems at all

 

[turbo89gt]

That can haapen, I have made that mistake before when i was writing service....Wrote canadian cars as Miles and Not Km.....So it was reported screwed up.

 

[Wizeguy]

it have a US title? if yes, then no, no problems at all

12/10/2001 PORT HURON, MI US Dept. Of Transportation IMPORTED TO THE US / VEHICLE ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED FOR NON US MARKET

Been in the US since 2001
I trying to tell my self to go get the car but for some reason my brain is saying no! :dunno:

 

[MystryGuy]

the only thing that would bother me is finding out it was hit alot harder then it looks. Anyone with body work knowledge can pick it apart especially on a lift.

 

[white out]

How cheap is 1/2 price, $7k?

Nick

 

[DarkoStoj]

let me know the details if you don't buy it. I'll probably pick it up and strip it for parts :lol:

 

[4Gas$]

I too would have a very hard time "pulling the trigger" on this one.

It would have to be so cheap, like Darko said, that you could
part it out & still make money, then I'd buy it...............maybe.

 

[DSG SNAKE]

Sounds like another carfax screw up to me. I would just inspect the repaired area first, if it looks like the repairs are of good quality and the price is right I would go for it. FWIW ive seen cars show accidents on carfax due to damages as small as a broken taillight and scuffed bumper

 

[MentalMisfit]

As long as it was repaired properly it wouldn't stop me from buying it.

 

[DarkoStoj]

a lot of times things get repaired that shouldnt

 

[DRKCYDE]

You shouldn't buy it, but should forward me the number.

 

[BigWheelinBubba]

If you plan on keeping it and driving it and it's half price do it!
If resale value means anything to you then i'd pass. Just depends on what you plan on doing with it.

 

[OnyxSSS]

at 1/2 price how could you not get it, drive it, sell it. I bet you would brake even.

 

[loosenut]

You can get carfax to fix incorrect info on their reports. Its an incredible pain in the ass though.

I have had to do it twice, on 2 separate 2001 Lexus's.

Both times the dealer supplied the wrong mileage info.

It wouldn't discourage me from buying at all.

 

[Birdie2000]

a lot of times things get repaired that shouldnt

Definitely.

If the price is that good, I'd take it to a good body shop and have them thoroughly inspect it and maybe get them to put it on a frame rack with the lasers and such. It's worth it if it prevents you from getting screwed and if the price is really that dirt cheap then $100 or so is a drop in the bucket if everything checks out.

Also see if they can provide you with any paperwork about any repairs/mods that have been done to it.

You can get carfax to fix incorrect info on their reports. Its an incredible pain in the ass though.

Yup, had it happen to me the only time I've ever been in an accident. For some reason the cop wrote on the report that the airbags had deployed, which they had not. I just had to get proof from the dealer that this did not happen and Carfax fixed it right away. Carfax definitely isn't 100% accurate all the time.

 

[Wizeguy]

How cheap is 1/2 price, $7k?

Nick

Yup,.....
I got a buddy with a body shop on 8/Van Dyke...gonna bring it to him. No I'm not passing the number along :lol:

 

[Mclovin]

As long as it was repaired properly it wouldn't stop me from buying it.

exactly.. i bought my 06 sierra with an accident reported.. no problems whatsoever ! this is the best truck ive owned so far !

 

[Golden]

Buy it.

 

[Canadian_Dave]

like you said when the car was imported the probably wrote down miles on the import docs, I import cars all the time they would've converted the km's to miles because they want it to appear correctly on the US title.