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Old July 19th 17, 12:55 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Bill Vanek[_2_]
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Default Junk/salvage question

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:00:40 -0700 (PDT), Michael
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 5:36:02 PM UTC-5, Bill Vanek wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT), Michael
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >The used car dealer tells me that the 4 junk/salvage notes in the car's records are because it went through an insurance auction.
>> >
>> >Could this be the case, or should I run from this deal as fast as possible?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Mike

>>
>> Unless it's like... free, run.
>>
>> BTW, is this a new car dealer, of some used car lot?

>
>Used car lot. He says he's too small a dealer to get a CarFax. I poked through free CarFax as much as I could and it was last maintained in 2013 by a local Ford dealer up to 77K miles, but 4 years later the car is now advertised as having 75K.
>
>I think it's time to move on.


Absolutely. There's lots of used cars out there. And anyone can get a
carfax.
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