I bought another diesel but I may be leaving this forum. I found out that this forum has stopped allowing requests for carfaxes. I can believe it. I could understand if the reports were worth the money they charge but they're not. Everyone I've gotten that I paid money for had errors. So I won't pay for them anymore.
So this will be my reason for saying goodbye to everyone.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

So you would leave this forum and all it has to offer over that????

Well, what is that saying about a door hitting you....................


Sorry, but what a stupid reason. I seem to remember it as being a legal matter, or a threatened legal matter. This forum's purpose is not to research a specific car.
Man, that logic gets dumber the more I type. I'll go ahead and stop now......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

That's got to be the nuttiest reason for leaving this forum.

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

Your gonna leave because you can't get free carfax reports anymore? That seems kind of trivial.

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"spreading a trail of obnoxious where ever we go"
1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles

http://www.wecrash.com/pics/ddda_banner.gif

I have no problem with you, but you're acting like an IDIOT.

Carfax has sent messages to other websites telling the owners they will be sued if requests are allowed on the forums.

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79 300SD - $50 out of pocket purchase
03 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD
2003 VW Jetta TDI

That does sound pretty weak...I mean, this forum was never created for such purposes, and really it is a naive idea to expect it.

That aside I've never wasted my money on such things as a carfax, without even having seen one I can tell you the report has very limited accuracy, in that it relies on someone actually reporting an incident, such as an insurance company or the like. I have been turning wrenches for years now, and I'll tell you the carfax is useless against people such as myself, whom do all their own repairs, or buy projects and fix them up, that sort of history never gets seen by a carfax. I don't go building burnt or smashed cars and selling them, but you could easily see how such a thing can happen and the carfax would call it a clean car. All it takes is one step, for the PO to decide to sell off the car to someone who intends to repair it, be it totalled, derrilect or whatever, if the insurance was only liability and the PO's fault so not turned in,or PO didn't report it to anyone and just call it a sale, the history simply doesn't exist. I always buy cars based on personal evaluation when I look them over, or because I know even if the car has issues it has enough value in parts or rarity to recover my expenses.

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Chris
64 190D R.I.P.
80 240D W/617 engine -for sale
82 240D -for sale

OK so its a dumb idea and yes I feel like an idiot. Let me sleep on it. I was just peed when I got some of the replies from the members to my c.f. request thread and to my email. I'll never post my email address again.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

We didn't even get a carfax on our cars when we bought them, I got one on mine a long time ago for the heck of it, it was riddled with errors, and huge gaps of time....essentially all it did was allow me to see when it shifted owners (2 times) and sorta verified the mileage, which I know was accurate because of records in the glove box. So essentially it was useless....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Do what you feel is best. In your original thread, you mentioned how inaccurate they are, why bother.

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83 SD

84 CD

CarFax is a complete waste of time and money anyways. They only show whats reported to them by the DMV, emissions stations, and voluntary reporters. That car could be a flood recovery and it won't show it if the car was refurbished by a shady seller.

I agree with everyone else, leaving a forum JUST because it's members are not allowed to give out free carfax reports asinine. Carfax reports are NOT what this forum is for.

Folks, after more than 3,000 posts, something is bothering lietuviai, lets ease off till straightened out. If he or she would like to continue posting, it will come in time. Peace out greashoppers.

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83 SD

84 CD

like mexicans crossing over to america and then ranting about how they dont get the same rights as americans.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

Hey DJ, stay around. I always enjoyed your input, and talking to you once in awhile. Besides, we need all the Lithuanian American diesel drivers we can get.

The knowledge and camaraderie is still here, though there are fights sometimes.

As for the CARFAX thing, just sign up at an obscure forum where the Carfax Nazis haven't caught on yet.

I went to www.crownvic.net several months ago, and the members there gave them to me for nothing with a polite request. They will still do it, it might not hurt to join in a discussion or two first, though. I used to own those cars and still like them.

Those guys are mostly either 16 years old, policemen, wannabe policemen, and ultra far right wing nuts, who like Crown Victorias and Grand Marquis, but they are helpful if you are polite and just stick to the cars, just be sure you don't praise Hillary, hate home schooling or say you want to take their guns away.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Come on,man, that's waaaaaay over the top.

You are comparing a freakin' CARFAX request to THIS???

http://politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/6d44421d-5c02-4276-bed4-81e4b066122e.html

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Looks like you thought you were over in Open Discussion.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John