deskinazi

Greetings!

Anyone know how I can find the current owner of a car I used to have? From CarFax, I know it was purchased in Huntington Beach, CA in July 2008.

Here's why. I sold the car May 2008 to someone pretending to be an individual buyer. Later, I learned it was a car broker. Needless to say, the person didn't care much about the history and personal aspects of the car. They sold it to a classic car company in Newport Beach, CA. I guess the current owner bought it from them.

I would simply like to introduce myself to the new owner and offer to answer any questions about the car's history. I also have quite a few personal records on the car.

Thanks!

HkPlinker

Do you know any cops? Run the VIN, Shazam! Buy the way, you must have sold it cheap for the buyer to flip it to a wholeseller, ouch . . . But, if I were the new owner, I would love to meet you and share stories about the car and aquire any paperwork. PM me, I do some LE work

deskinazi

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I don't know any cops. Other thoughts?

I think I sold the car for a fair price. But, I believe the broker thought it was more in concours condition. That lead to a screaming match (at least on his side) and almost a legal battle. It was a crummy end to the ownership of a terrific car, which started with Rennlist and people like you guiding me on how to find a great car.

I'm like you. If I were buying the car, I would want to talk to prior owners (and I did) :-)

theiceman

buyer beware i guess .. so he bought a car sight unseen ? weird ..

deskinazi

Yes, he saw pictures but never looked at the car; never did a PPI, nothing. Very weird.

My lesson learned and suggestion to all is: do a google search on your buyer. When I did (after the fact) it was clear he was a broker selling cars. Interesting this ties with the tag line at the bottom of your signature, but I wasn't very smart and didn't know how to google :-)

cali4sun

It's pretty difficult to get that info here in Cal. There are privacy laws in place to protect individuals (Stalking, Ex's,etc) in Cal. Unless you are an attorney or have a right to request the info to lien sale a car, it is unlikely...

You might want to check the Cal DMV site for info.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/authority.htm#released

'89 928S4 GP White/Black
'76 912E Silver/Black sunroof

Asquared

Post the VIN here, if they are Porsche enthusiasts, they will eventually find their way here and find you.

If they are not P-enthusiasts, they probably won't value your insights all that much any way.

FWIW, if a previous owner of my car tried to track me down, I'd probably think he was trying to reclaim the stash of illegal substances he'd hidden in the car. I would want it out (to reduce the weight of course) but I'm not sure I would let them near my car

ricster

It is a privacy law thing for sure. If you know someone at dmv you could get the info...if not its a hard thing to trace without "inside" contacts; ie police etc.

deskinazi

On the chance the current owner might see it (or someone that might know them):
VIN WP0AB0910JS120459

It's a Diamond Blue, '88, 911 with custom (bone) interior, probably in Huntington Beach, CA somewhere. One of it's unique distinguishing features was a custom order without the rear "Carerra" emblem.

abe

If you go to CA.gov dept of consumer affairs bureau of automotive repair eventualy you can find the site where you can plug in the vin and see if it was smog tested. I did that on your car...and unless I confused an "O" with "0" nothing came up. Maybe the car has not been tested yet....but at least by doing that you know that the car is in fact in California.
abe

cali4sun

Here's the info that came up on this site. It was last tested at Newport Smog in Costa Mesa, Ca. on 8/21/09. I think it was "0" instead of "O"

Test Records Station Name /
City Make Model Year Date / Time Pass / Fail Certificate
NEWPORT SMOG /
COSTA MESA PORSC 911 CARRERA 1988 08/21/2009 10:04 a.m. P WD042244C

wwest

Carfax would have worked...

User 4221

I googled the VIN and found this: http://www.automotivehelper.com/topic134083.htm

a 911 Widebody

ouch, not what you want to hear about your past cars.

"88' 3.2 motor for sale 37K orig miles 5K OBO
here is the vin for those curious about the miles i am selling because the car was involved in a rather hard front end collision the motor is fine and has was rebuilt 1-1/2 months ago. i am asking 5k USD for it but that is negotiable i have no idea how much these go for so im starting it @ 5k. i am selling with the wiring harness and ECU (has AutoThority chip installed) i can post or e-mail pics of the motor also shipping can be aranged anywhere in the US or overseas if desired. For the Cont. US shipping ranges from 98.00-214.00 USD i will incurr half of that cost.

if you have questiones you can e-mail me @ RC_M3@hotmail.com

VIN WP0AB0910JS120459
RC"

switcher

The motor for sale post is showing 2003 as the post date.