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I'm scoping out the used 530's and noticed that Ebay sellers offer a fee Auto Check report, that touts itself as being more thorough than Car Fax.
The reports I've seen are very thorough, but still, you have to wonder if the facts they have are based on what is "reported", so it is quite possible there were accidents or other repairs not reported, if the car is not being sold by a BMW dealer.
I'm just suspicious that Auto Check can easily leave out some juicy details, that can only be discovered during a prudent mechanical check. I'm more concerned about this gap of information on cars that are not CPO or BMW dealer sold, since an indie dealer could easily pick up a car with no info that the car wasn't hit at some time or had other repair issues that might be problematic.
FWIW, it looks like Auto Check is more complete in reporting than Car Fax, but has limitations.
Anyone else use Auto Check and to what extent would you think it covered the car's well being?
The reports I've seen are very thorough, but still, you have to wonder if the facts they have are based on what is "reported", so it is quite possible there were accidents or other repairs not reported, if the car is not being sold by a BMW dealer.
I'm just suspicious that Auto Check can easily leave out some juicy details, that can only be discovered during a prudent mechanical check. I'm more concerned about this gap of information on cars that are not CPO or BMW dealer sold, since an indie dealer could easily pick up a car with no info that the car wasn't hit at some time or had other repair issues that might be problematic.
FWIW, it looks like Auto Check is more complete in reporting than Car Fax, but has limitations.
Anyone else use Auto Check and to what extent would you think it covered the car's well being?