Carfax anyone?

"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards) 05/14/2018 at 10:58 • Filed to: None

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Edit: never mind, sketchy odometer readings. Pass!

Im taking a look at a Miata today, maybe to buy. Already got a passing PPI. Could anyone run a Carfax

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Y’all are the best!

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Cash Rewards 05/14/2018 at 11:36

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If you have a valid plate number, that may work better. I believe they changed the way they charge for the Carfax services and plate carfaxes are free, but you only get so many VIN searches.

Monkey B > Cash Rewards 05/14/2018 at 11:41

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invalid vin

Cash Rewards > Monkey B 05/14/2018 at 11:52

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Edited on account of phones and fat fingers

Cash Rewards > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 05/14/2018 at 12:01

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Thanks, added!

daender > Cash Rewards 05/14/2018 at 17:40

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Interesting, that’s an early NB1 build date, #2119 out of the factory.

http://neomiata.com/garage/Miata%20VIN%20Decoder.pdf

You need to keep an eye out for signs of thrust bearing failure if the car has low miles on it, this is an issue with early NB1s. If it’s got over 100k, then it should be fine. If it’s got less than 80k, then keep this issue in mind.

https://www.miata.net/solo/99miatathrustbearingfailure.html

I doubt it’s a California car but if you see this:

Then it’s a California-spec NB1. That have an additional cat before the mid-pipe, just after the header. They’re known to be fragile and it’s quite common to replace them (if you’re not in CA) with the NB2-spec tubular head to gain power and ditch weight off the nose.

Cash Rewards > daender 05/14/2018 at 18:24

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Yeah about that. Checking through the free info I was able to get through Carfax, I found in the service records that it was a high mileage car that miraculously became a low mileage car, then gradually became high mileage once gain. It’s got at least 70k more than advertised on it’s odo now.

daender > Cash Rewards 05/14/2018 at 18:39

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Sounds sketchy but it could’ve been a fuck-up by an oil change shop when they entered in the mileage. 70k more than odo? Should be in the clear for thrust-bearing failure if the odo has more than 10k on it!

Cash Rewards > daender 05/14/2018 at 21:30

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No, there was two records at one shop, a year apart, one at 140xxx and the second at 150xxx. Then a couple years later at 70xxx, then 80xxx and so on to present day. Called the shop with the high readings to verify, and they had records of the car in the system still, so it wasn’t a Carfax screw up, either.

daender > Cash Rewards 05/14/2018 at 21:48

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Hmm, that’s odd, maybe a cluster swap? Does it still have black-faced gauges or does it have later white-faced ones?

Cash Rewards > daender 05/14/2018 at 22:02

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Didn’t bother looking. Could’ve been legitimate, but records lost to time. Or it could be a washed title after a wreck, or a roll back. Who knows. Bottom line was that the car has at least 225000 miles on it, and some questions. I’ll be patient and wait for the next one.