StewC625
09-15-2008, 09:31 PM
So, just discovered how to get free Carfax reports.
Go to a website that features used car listings - my favorite is Cars.com.
Find a car that has a "get a free Carfax report on this vehicle" (there are many).
Click to get that car's Carfax report. Bookmark the link. The last string of characters in the URL is the VIN of the car you're checking.
Then, when you want to run a carfax, just substitute in the VIN of the car you're checking and Voila - free report.
Stickin' to the man!
Ross_Dawg
09-15-2008, 09:33 PM
lol thats awesome... I will have to try this out soon!
alnielsen
09-15-2008, 09:37 PM
I tried that before and it didn't work for me. I must have messed something up.
StewC625
09-15-2008, 09:43 PM
Well, maybe this is a "not so much" here ... it worked twice and now it's not working for me ... wonder if there's a limitation on it or something. Hmmm
alz0rz
09-16-2008, 12:44 AM
lol.. you think it is that easy?..
the reason it worked for you those 2 times is because it just so happens that cars.com sponsors the carfax report for those 2 cars.. that means that the VIN you pasted into the url the second time around is already freely available elsewhere..
DOMINION
09-16-2008, 01:28 AM
^Yes. I got a free car fax when I got my car and I did not even have to ask for it. They did it for me :)
StewC625
09-16-2008, 07:40 AM
lol.. you think it is that easy?..
the reason it worked for you those 2 times is because it just so happens that cars.com sponsors the carfax report for those 2 cars.. that means that the VIN you pasted into the url the second time around is already freely available elsewhere..
Actaually, not the case. I put in my own VIN on my car and got a CARFAX report for it.
04RX8man
09-16-2008, 06:10 PM
I think that it is possible that both vin's were already loaded into carfax to b free
p.s. the advertisement on thsi page is hilarious it's carfax haha...(ok maybe it's just funny in my own world with the help of some beers)
SayNoToPistons
09-22-2008, 08:52 PM
I clicked a "Get a free carfax report on this mazda" on autotrader for an RX8. Gave me nothing but "Search Results: 7 records found in our database". Doesn't even say what those records are.... Useless.
User24
09-23-2008, 11:36 PM
Why do nobody on rx8clubs like to do business with Carfax?
"Please run this vin" and "Please do this and that". Any reason all rotary drivers do not like Carfax?