My returned RX-8 has not been re-registered
02-12-2004, 03:19 PM
#1
Prodigal Wankler
Thread Starter
My returned RX-8 has not been re-registered
A buddy of mine bought a month's worth of CarFax reports, so just for ***** and grins I had him run the VIN of my RX-8 which I had to return when I was laid off. Amazingly, it appears that it has not been re-registered since I returned it:
That's all she wrote. I thought these returned vehicles were destined to be turned around to MNAO employees, but it would appear that they've been shuffled off into limbo somewhere.
CARFAX searched more than 2.7 billion records from over 5,300 sources and found 5 record(s) for this 2004 MAZDA RX8 (JM1FE17364010xxxx).
Date:
Mileage Reading:
Source:
General Comments:
07/16/2003
n/a
NICB
Vehicle manufactured and shipped to original dealer
07/25/2003
n/a
Dealer Inventory
Texas
Vehicle sold
09/01/2003
n/a
Texas
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Oshkosh, WI
Registered as private lease vehicle
10/09/2003
10
Texas
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Oshkosh, WI
Title #227348378940xxxxx
Title issued
Registration issued
First owner reported
Registered as lease vehicle
02/12/2004
Mazda Motor of America, Inc.
Date:
Mileage Reading:
Source:
General Comments:
07/16/2003
n/a
NICB
Vehicle manufactured and shipped to original dealer
07/25/2003
n/a
Dealer Inventory
Texas
Vehicle sold
09/01/2003
n/a
Texas
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Oshkosh, WI
Registered as private lease vehicle
10/09/2003
10
Texas
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Oshkosh, WI
Title #227348378940xxxxx
Title issued
Registration issued
First owner reported
Registered as lease vehicle
02/12/2004
Mazda Motor of America, Inc.
Last edited by eccles; 02-12-2004 at 03:48 PM.
02-12-2004, 04:58 PM
#3
Goh Mifune
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Green Oaks, IL
Posts: 850
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I seem to recall a thread with someone claiming Mazda was going to destroy the returned cars, but I can't find it. I did find jtimbck2's comments in this thread which says that only Mazda employees would be offered the returned vehicles. Hmmm.
02-12-2004, 07:36 PM
#5
Administrator
they destoyed all of the 30+ that they had for pre-production test drives by the mags and other news people at laguna seca and other places. and those were pricey hand built jobs not production line ones. so it wouldn't be hard for me to believe they would destroy any that were not snapped up by employees.
02-12-2004, 08:12 PM
#6
Hubble has been saved!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 1,221
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
eccles,
Sorry to hear that you had to give up your RX-8. You were the first guy to give me advice on these forums, back in early August.
I'm not sure I understand the CARFAX. I see the car sold the end of July but I don't see you picking up ownership. Did you lease it? If so then I assume:
9/1 entry is from the leasing company finally registering that the vehicle has been leased to you
10/9 is the leasing company taking the car back
2/12 MNAO getting ownership of the vehicle from the leasing company
Does that sound right? If so, I would agree that the car has been sitting somewhere while Mazda negotiated how to get the car back from the leasing company, something that probably wasn't easy.
It would be interesting to see the CARFAX on a buy-back that was originally a straight purchase.
Sorry to hear that you had to give up your RX-8. You were the first guy to give me advice on these forums, back in early August.
I'm not sure I understand the CARFAX. I see the car sold the end of July but I don't see you picking up ownership. Did you lease it? If so then I assume:
9/1 entry is from the leasing company finally registering that the vehicle has been leased to you
10/9 is the leasing company taking the car back
2/12 MNAO getting ownership of the vehicle from the leasing company
Does that sound right? If so, I would agree that the car has been sitting somewhere while Mazda negotiated how to get the car back from the leasing company, something that probably wasn't easy.
It would be interesting to see the CARFAX on a buy-back that was originally a straight purchase.
02-12-2004, 09:51 PM
#7
Mad as a wet hen
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Big Blue State on the LEFT
Posts: 486
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Carfax reports can run several months behind. It's possible the registration just hasn't caught up to it yet, or that the car has simply been registered to Mazda corporate and has been given to an employee as a company car, or is just one of a fleet of cars that gets rotated amongst employees.
02-12-2004, 11:23 PM
#8
Whaaaa?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 623
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Carfax also can get errors in it...
I took my car in for a smog check and gave them an estimated mileage over the phone. That esitmated mileage that I verbally gave the smog station owner subsequently showed up on carfax as a mileage discrepancy because I was off and the number I gave was too low. I was very bummed when a potential buyer asked me about the odometer discrepancy of which I was very surprised...
It's a good idea but definately not the ants-pants when it comes to being factually reliable.
I took my car in for a smog check and gave them an estimated mileage over the phone. That esitmated mileage that I verbally gave the smog station owner subsequently showed up on carfax as a mileage discrepancy because I was off and the number I gave was too low. I was very bummed when a potential buyer asked me about the odometer discrepancy of which I was very surprised...
It's a good idea but definately not the ants-pants when it comes to being factually reliable.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Tsurugi
New Member Forum
0
09-07-2015 08:27 PM