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Originally Posted by PaulC
If the collision was not severe enough to warrant retitling the vehicle with a salvage title, how would CarFax know of the collision?
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I've got a room temperature IQ...was hoping someone here could fill me in. I guess the Carfax people rely on local DMV's...and they in return rely on accidents that have been reported. I have no idea what that entails of course...like if repair shops are required by state laws to report damage over a certain value...or if police reports somehow make their way to the DMV. Would certainly be a red tape/data entry nightmare in either case, especially for a lowly repair shop.
Both the AMGs I looked over clearly had over $3k damage...that S-class probably closer to $12-15k in repairs. Seems to me neither car would go under "the radar"...if damage costs are even part of a DMV criteria/red flag.
edit - I guess the above poster answered most of my rant...if not all of it. Guess I'll never order up a Carfax then.