Vehicle Mystery Reports
Over two years ago, I posted the article shown in italics below, to emphasize the unreliability of Vehicle History Reports. Well I’m sorry to say that not much has changed since then. Inconsistencies in these widely used overrated reports are just as prevalent today as they were at that time. I’d rather refer to them as Vehicle Mystery Reports, a more befitting description of their dubious content. The negative implications from many of these reports are costing consumers a pretty penny, even when the reality is that their vehicles are fine. Case in point, I recently helped clients who wanted to replace their two year old compact SUV with only 11,000 miles on it. Unfortunately, it was involved in two separate parking lot mishaps, each one involving only minor damage to a bumper. As a result police reports indicating accidents appeared twice on this vehicle’s history report. Dealers appraised it’s trade-in value at over..