Re: Alfa Found! (almost)

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

Carfax will not tell you name/address/city of owner(s).  You get dates of
registration, state, tag renewal, accident history (only if a police report
was made), salvage title or no.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Purvis <bradpurvis@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: Alfa Found! (almost)


> Andrew, May I call you Andy?
>
> After a little more digging I found a more recent license plate number for
> my old '84 Spider. I plugged that into the SMOG Check site you posted and
> volia! I now have the VIN and I know where the car received it's smog
check
> the past two years (its due again this month), in the East Bay. Can
someone
> tell me exactly what info is provided by CARFAX? Would it be worth paying
> for one of their VIN checks to try and locate the current owner?
>
> Brad Purvis
>
> <Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 15:14:39 -0400
> <From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
> <Subject: Finding cars in Calif
> <
> <I sent this to Brad who was looking for his old Spider, and decided to
> <forward it to the Digest too for those who may not know about this handy
> <state-provided feature:
> <
> <If you know the VIN or the car's current license plate, you can at least
> <find out legally where and when its most recent smog check done was by
> going
> <to the DMV site at
> <http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/vehtests/pubtstqry.aspx and typing in the VIN
> or
> <license and clicking the appropriate box.  I tried Brad's "alfissi" plate
> <but it didn't come up with anything.   Even if you can find the smog
shop,
> a
> <reputable mechanic should not tell you who owns the car now, but at least
> <you'll be on the trail, if there is one.
> <
> <I've done this with a number of cars I've been thinking about buying, to
> <corroborate (or not) whether they'd been recently smogged. It's also a
good
> <way to cross reference VINs and license plates, if you're interested in
> <that.  I just tried it and it doesn't seem to be working at the moment...
>
> <Andrew Watry
> <Berkeley, CA
>
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