Wow. I thought the price point was low. Didn't know we had any Fabrique en Chine cars other than certain Volvos being sold stateside.
FORGET THIS BUICK TRASH CAN THEN!
- not Kidding, Ken
As you type this post on something made in China
Wow. I thought the price point was low. Didn't know we had any Fabrique en Chine cars other than certain Volvos being sold stateside.
FORGET THIS BUICK TRASH CAN THEN!
- not Kidding, Ken
Your are going to equate automobile manufacturing to a throw away seven dollar commodity, a keyboard?As you type this post on something made in China
Even if he's a very competent mechanic he probably isn't an expert auto body guy that can spot prior bodywork fixes,repainted panels etc. Need another expert for that.Or hire a mechanic to do a ‘bumper to bumper’ fine tooth comb inspection.
I don't think dealer service reporting was as widespread in 2014 as it is today.So not only were the services not reported or recorded by carfax, but what they did was not reported.
A carfax is never going to tell the whole story. I've seen that with the many ex-rentals I've purchased over the years. My recently purchased repaired salvage vehicle says nothing about that on the carfax.
I do like the carfax app for keeping my own personal maintenance records. It's wonderful for that.
This isn't Carfax's fault. Unfortunately only 2/3 of dealerships about from what I've been told actually report issues or services. When I sold vehicles for a VW we had a potential customer come in to look at Trading his BMW 3 series. I and another sales associate took it for a spin. It drove perfectly. Come to find out he said that he had hit a deer at a nice clip. There was zero damage and everything lined up perfectly.I recently acquired a 14 Mercedes E350 Cab. Of course I looked at the Carfax report but so many things made no sense. The ID plate on the car stated it was manufactured in Jan 2014. Carfax stated it was sold in early Feb. 2014 in Virginia. No way that car gets from Germany to Va in less than a month. I ran the vin and it was released in June 14. Carfax shows 2 dealer services where they changed the oil. Other listed services show checking something for the owner like trim etc. The car has 71k on it and all services were at the selling dealer. I visited a different dealer with the vin. They pulled it up and found that it had been fully serviced per MB schedule every 10k at the dealer. That means everything from Differential to transmission fluid changes. Brake fluid everything by the book. This was a 1 owner car. So not only were the services not reported or recorded by carfax, but what they did was not reported. MB is famous for just reporting 10k service with no details but in reality they check the car over thoroughly. They even lubricate seals. I feel like I have a really good vehicle that looks and runs like new. I even got it for a really good price because it a convertible, it's winter and the car was on the lot for about 3 months.
No thanks to Carfax!
Buick exist as a brand for China GM not the US. They can’t kill it here for reputation there.Wow. I thought the price point was low. Didn't know we had any Fabrique en Chine cars other than certain Volvos being sold stateside.
FORGET THIS BUICK TRASH CAN THEN!
- not Kidding, Ken