Carfax
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Oct 31, 2026
AndrewAUDIENCE
Yeah.
AndrewAUDIENCE
I have a question about when you buy a pre-owned car at a dealership, and on the information it says that there was some Carfax issue with it.
AndrewAUDIENCE
And in one case, we were told that there was $7,000 in damage on a car, and then after a while, we were told that Oh, it's nothing to worry about.
AndrewAUDIENCE
It was side door.
AndrewAUDIENCE
Exactly.
AndrewAUDIENCE
Okay.
AndrewAUDIENCE
So I guess I'm just wondering, is that information available? So if you're told, you know, there is a Carfax report, it was $7,000.
AndrewAUDIENCE
Is there a way to find out what that money was spent on?
John DysteHOST
They're not dumb.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
We started joking around, you know, like it's, you know, what can you tell me about the damage report on the Carfax? Oh, I can tell you it happened in New York on August 8th.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
That's when it was reported.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
Well, there is one.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
There is one.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
It's on the Carfax.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
That's what we know.
Justin UnderwoodHOST
Yeah.
Jerry ReynoldsHOST
But the bigger concern for me is that most of them do their own repairs.
Jerry ReynoldsHOST
They do their own body work, and they don't report it to – AutoCheck, or Carfax.
Jerry ReynoldsHOST
And so you really don't know what you're buying.
Jerry ReynoldsHOST
The other thing you've got to be really careful for is when these rent car companies order cars from the factory, and they...
SpearGUEST
They said it was a family car.
SpearGUEST
We had a 30-minute conversation, told me about the engine, cleared up a few things on the Carfax report, and said eventually they told me that, yeah, there were issues with the car, didn't specify, and that David bought it for $1,700.
SpearGUEST
That's what he said.
Yodit TewoldePANELIST
And did they make it clear that David was aware of these problems?
AMDHOST
Bought the car, check engine light comes on.
AMDHOST
She has the Carfax.
AMDHOST
She's looking at all this.
AMDHOST
Now, I forgot to mention one thing.
speaker_3ADVERTISER
Just like that at Lowe's.
AMDHOST
Why would you let the car for testing purposes idle for 15-20 minutes? You can drive it, no misfires, we're good.
AMDHOST
Current owner sees all that in the Carfax.
AMDHOST
It's like,
Samantha FlanaganGUEST
And they've got their own little system on what they think a car is worth.
Samantha FlanaganGUEST
They don't care about Carfax.
Samantha FlanaganGUEST
They don't care about the economy.
Samantha FlanaganGUEST
It's just whatever their system says.
Peter LazearGUEST
And I know you may lose that car, and I know you're hard to set on getting a Dodge Challenger for a third of its value, but that should be a clue.
Peter LazearGUEST
If you're doing the proper research… If you're checking things like Carfax or the NICB VIN check or the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, they have VIN checks.
Peter LazearGUEST
All these things will show up and at least on a public level can tell you whether it was a previous flood vehicle or previous insurance claim.
Peter LazearGUEST
So just, you know, the Internet is a tool for us.
Brad DoengesGUEST
One thing we've noticed, I was talking to Bruce this morning about... what's going on in the used car market.
Brad DoengesGUEST
We're seeing a lot of the third-party valuation systems like Kelley Blue Book, Black Book, NADA, any of the Carvana, Carfax.
Brad DoengesGUEST
They are all in a range, but a lot of times they're underestimating the value of your vehicle.
Brad DoengesGUEST
And, you know, it just depends, of course.
Josh NobleGUEST
And the customer can access this, design custom bathrooms, kitchens, all within their own very easy to use home profile.
Josh NobleGUEST
And I think that this will change the industry in a way where you have like a Carfax for the home, probably make buying and selling the home much easier, have great data for insurance companies and mortgage companies, and have one centralized location that has really great data for the house.
Erik SommerfeldGUEST
Well, a big part of sorry, go ahead, Eric.
Erik SommerfeldGUEST
I was going to say, and I think the from a more practical standpoint, the value of a system like that becomes preventative anticipated maintenance.
Will ClarkHOST
So we started off pretty simply, you know, when you want to know if there's something wrong with a car.
Will ClarkHOST
You check the Carfax, right? So we pulled the Carfax.
Will ClarkHOST
We found our crash here.
Will ClarkHOST
Stationary object hit the fence.
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