Well I Was Able To Get an Autocheck on my old V70R

"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
05/24/2015 at 18:19 • Filed to: vikkie, volvo, v70r, carfax, story time

I figured it was kinda messy... but nowhere near as messy as it actually was. I read this and just laughed from it. I know not all these reports are accurate, but if buying a used car that seems a little to good to be true, spend the money. Let’s dive in!

Two accidents? Ok, they might not be too bad. Oh, major title problems reported? Hmm... let’s keep going.

Louisiana and Florida... they might not be so bad...

Well here comes the fun! Total loss, rebuilt, and auction!

That’s a good sign at least.

Another good sign! Maybe the car is better than I thought!

I’m going to take that back... I had no clue it was stolen until digging much deeper.

Now we are getting into the “Detailed Vehicle History”

Car was shipped to a dealer in Texas and ended up in New Orleans. As I suspected, the first 5 years of life for this car seemed rather good. Then he hit a parked car. Then three years of nothing. That is rather alarming. Now it’s in New York... no mention of how it was fixed. Then back in New Orleans? And then stolen in 09. And stolen again in 2010. Now its been written off. The insurance company bought it out here.

Yes there is even more red! Someone bought it from auction and reconstructed it. It then went back to auction. I’m confused here though because it was titled to the insurance company again. Then it came to North Port, Fl (near me). I’m a bit lost here again. Registered in August.. titled in October, then sold??? and registered again in November?

And then it ended up in Illinois somehow.

Now its back in Florida... oh so we think. It has a duplicate title still in Illinois? Kinda funny, kinda sad is that someone got the car on the 18th and then on the 23rd had an accident! It lasted 5 days! Insurance says moderate damage; something tells me thats kinda bad. Like maybe an airbag or two. I’m not too sure. Some more registration here...

That top one in Venice is when I finally got to the car. With the white bumper. And a host of shoddy repairs. That one service is from Aamco oddly enough when I got an oil change... Then I sold it on 2/27 and oddly enough she still has it; I wonder if its running.

A quick VIN Google pulls up this image from one of the auctions it was part of. This might have been when it stuck a parked car.

Now, keep in mind this doesn’t include any of the problems I had, which led to my sale. This car was such a mess. I guess the lesson is that buying these can be helpful. I felt it was kinda too funny to share at this point.

DISCUSSION (9)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/24/2015 at 18:26

Tell me how amazing you feel. You got that nice shooting-brake-like crisp blue Volvo, and the one-time bane of your auto-existence is in pieces and tainted.

jkm7680 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/24/2015 at 18:43

Jeezus, that is a messy past. So.....Much......Confuse.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/24/2015 at 18:45

Holy moly. That car has had a rough life. The fact that it’s still on the road is shocking.

My dad ran an Autocheck on the M3 recently and surprisingly it came back to show the car had actually been well serviced all its life with no reports of accidents. Perfectly clean report. I still think it’s been rear ended, but I could be wrong.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
05/24/2015 at 18:57

Depending on where it was taken, it’s not all recorded. These reports are usually full of flaws. If he paid a guy cash at some friend’s shop, it will never show up

Funny enough, Dad’s 12 S60 was backed into in a parking lot by a lady. She tapped his car at less than 5MPH. There was a kinda ugly scratch but thats it. The report says it was involved in a rear end collision; which to me makes it sound like it was smacked at a stoplight at 45MPH.

LongbowMkII > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/24/2015 at 19:00

had a malibu that was ‘rebuilt’ by a family friend. the carfax reported 31 accidents and multiple deaths! all in NJ. we assume it was a mob car. It lost a fight with a telephone pole and was traded for a corolla. It shouldn’t be on the road...shouldn’t...

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/24/2015 at 19:10

My last pickup had a clean record and title, but had clearly suffered front end damage, suspect engine rebuild, and was covered in dings and dents (some large enough to be attributed to a claim, in my opinion). But at that time I had only two requirements: 1) Is it legal, and 2) can it drive.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/24/2015 at 19:15

Given the quality of the fender patch, he paid a buddy to fix it poorly. But hey, it was probably a low speed collision so I'm not too concerned.

Your boy, BJR > LongbowMkII
05/24/2015 at 20:56

all in NJ. we assume it was a mob car

Racist.

Echo51 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/25/2015 at 04:48

Don’t feel bad about it. I bought mine with front end damage, fixed it up, then while repainting the rear saw how all the sealant was starting to rust, meaning the entire left rear had been binned at some point too. Pray it isn’t the car, but the driver being the cause for those D: