AutoCheck reports - Free

**etlsport** · 04/18/2011, 10:14 AM

Yea unfortunately things dont always show up. The report you ran for me on Allisons civic (thank you!) didn't show 2 different accidents, one of which did 8k of damage

**deermagnet** · 04/22/2011, 03:39 PM

Patrick never got me the VIN. He got back to me twice saying he'd get it for me. He may know there's something in a CarFax that would prevent a sale?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/2335029698.html

Maybe someone else wants to ask him for the VIN. I have a feeling it's a real interesting report.

Knowing Patrick the way we do, how could it not be?

Mark

**VX KAT** · 04/23/2011, 08:52 AM

....I've got about 17 more days to run these for free......

**lasturbo** · 04/23/2011, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by VX KAT

It's available until 5/10 so I'll keep bumping this thread so anybody interested can contact me.

I got what I needed to know out of it....the jerk cabbie that hit me in Las Vegas is there.

Thanks to you Ashley (and your posts about your frame damage problem on the Honda) I've learned more about these reports......just because something's not listed, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.....(negative evidence)

It is only dependent if it is reported by the insurance companies, correct? If you pay out of pocket for minor or major repairs, that for sure is not going to show.

**Mile High VX** · 04/23/2011, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by lasturbo

It is only dependent if it is reported by the insurance companies, correct? If you pay out of pocket for minor or major repairs, that for sure is not going to show.

And sometimes a police report will trigger the alert as well. It basically has to make it into the DMV system for your state or it's not going to show up.

**VX KAT** · 04/24/2011, 04:53 PM

bump ttt

**vt_maverick** · 04/25/2011, 04:07 AM

Originally Posted by lasturbo

It is only dependent if it is reported by the insurance companies, correct? If you pay out of pocket for minor or major repairs, that for sure is not going to show.

Originally Posted by Mile High VX

And sometimes a police report will trigger the alert as well. It basically has to make it into the DMV system for your state or it's not going to show up.

AutoCheck gets its info from the master insurance claim database that all auto carriers use to track accidents, fraud, history of coverage, etc. AC also gets info from each state's DMV on anything that was reported to the police. CarFax gets NO information from that insurance database, and at last check only received info from 30-ish state DMVs. But both do also receive information from dealerships, body shops, emissions testers, etc. The additional insurance database info is what makes AutoCheck a much better bet than CarFax.

That said, lasturbo is correct, if you flip your car over in a field, get Joe Bob to tow it out with his tractor before the police show up, then pay to have it fixed yourself, it likely will never show up on one of these reports unless the guy at the body shop decides to go out of his way to report it.

**etlsport** · 04/26/2011, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by vt_maverick

AutoCheck gets its info from the master insurance claim database that all auto carriers use to track accidents, fraud, history of coverage, etc. AC also gets info from each state's DMV on anything that was reported to the police. CarFax gets NO information from that insurance database, and at last check only received info from 30-ish state DMVs. But both do also receive information from dealerships, body shops, emissions testers, etc. The additional insurance database info is what makes AutoCheck a much better bet than CarFax.

That said, lasturbo is correct, if you flip your car over in a field, get Joe Bob to tow it out with his tractor before the police show up, then pay to have it fixed yourself, it likely will never show up on one of these reports unless the guy at the body shop decides to go out of his way to report it.

not even all insurance claims show up on here. Sue ran a report on my lady's civic which was in an accident and repaired through insurance about 2 years ago. didnt show up on the report though

**vt_maverick** · 04/26/2011, 07:26 AM

Btw you can't really work based on the scores alone either. Remember how extensive superstang's damage was from his accident? It shows up on his AutoCheck as "Impact to Front Fender" and his score is still higher than mine even though I have less miles and no accident history.

**rsteinmetz70112** · 04/29/2011, 09:40 PM

Is anyone going to assemble the results and post the stats?

**VX KAT** · 04/29/2011, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112

Is anyone going to assemble the results and post the stats?

I'd be happy to send you a copy of each report I've run. Would be great if you could put it into some type of database. I've run about 15 VX VINS. Mav plans on doing about 80 that he has.
Or could we just piggyback it onto Mav's database??

**vt_maverick** · 04/30/2011, 06:40 AM

I've run 40 or so already, will try to get to the rest on Monday or Tuesday if I can. I can email you guys the spreadsheet and reports as a .zip file when I'm done.

**VX KAT** · 04/30/2011, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by vt_maverick

I've run 40 or so already, will try to get to the rest on Monday or Tuesday if I can. I can email you guys the spreadsheet and reports as a .zip file when I'm done.

rs.....wanna do something with them?

**rsteinmetz70112** · 05/02/2011, 12:59 PM

Send 'em to me and I'll see what I can make out.

**rsteinmetz70112** · 05/03/2011, 08:55 PM

Bueller, Bueller,

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