craig001

I know it's kind of lame, but I am hoping someone can run a CarFax for me. I am bidding on a 911 on eBay and would like to know if the records are as clean as the car seems to be. My 3 months recently ran out and there was a post about doubling up your subscription so soon after the first expires. The VIN # is WP0EB0916JS170929. Yeah, it's a 911 and if I win the auction would anyone be interested in a 1990 944S2 Cab, well maintained with extras?

Legoland951

GOOD NEWS! CARFAX search results confirm this 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA (WP0EB0916JS170929) qualifies for the FREE $5,000 CARFAX Clean Title History Guarantee. By ordering this CARFAX Report, you have significantly reduced your risk of purchasing a vehicle with a costly hidden problem.

SECTION: SECTION RESULTS:
Vehicle Specifications WP0EB0916JS170929
1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA
Title Check Clean Title History Guaranteed
Odometer Rollback Check No Odometer Rollback Detected
Problem Check No Problems Found
Registration Check Checked 7 types of vehicle registration
Vehicle History Details 10 Total Vehicle History Records Found


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VIN: WP0EB0916JS170929
Year/Make/Model: 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA

Body Style: CONVERTIBLE
Engine: 3.2L H6 FI
Fuel: GASOLINE
Driveline: REAR WHEEL DRIVE
Carburetion: FUEL INJECTED
Cylinders: 6
Manufactured in: GERMANY







GOOD NEWS! CARFAX search results confirm this 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA (WP0EB0916JS170929) qualifies for the CARFAX FREE $5,000 Clean Title History Guarantee.


CARFAX analyzed this vehicle's title history to determine if any title documents were designated or marked with the following problems:

Problem Titles Checked: Results:
Salvage/Junk Checked - No Salvage/Junk Title Found
Rebuilt/Reconstructed Checked - No Rebuilt/Reconstructed Title Found
Flood Damage Checked - No Flood Damage Title Found
Damage Disclosure Checked - No Damage Disclosure Found
Manufacturer Buyback (LEMON) Checked - No Manufacturer Buyback Found
Exceeds Mechanical Limits (EML) Checked - No EML Found
Not Actual Mileage (NAM) Checked - No NAM Found

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GOOD NEWS! CARFAX search results on this 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA (WP0EB0916JS170929) did not uncover a potential odometer rollback. CARFAX analyzed this vehicle's reported odometer readings to determine if any reading is less than a previously reported reading.

Date Reported: Odometer Reading:
04/27/1993 6,300

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05/03/1993 6,468

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05/07/1993 6,504

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10/08/1993 11,757

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12/14/1993 11,768

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03/04/1997 19,000

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06/06/1997 19,369 Reported on 03/05/1997




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Problems Checked: Results:
Accident Checked - No Accident Record Found
Salvage Auction Checked - No Salvage Auction Record Found
Failed Emissions Inspection Checked - No Failed Emissions Record Found
Fire Damage Checked - No Fire Damage Record Found
Crash Test Vehicle Checked - No Crash Test Vehicle Record Found
Grey Market Vehicle Checked - No Grey Market Vehicle Record Found
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CARFAX search results on this 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA (WP0EB0916JS170929) identify the types of state motor vehicle department registrations, other than private, that appear in this vehicle's history.

Registrations Checked: Results:
Lease Checked - No Lease Registration Found
Rental Checked - No Rental Registration Found
Government Checked - No Government Registration Found
Taxi Checked - No Taxi Registration Found
Fleet Checked - No Fleet Registration Found
Commercial Checked - No Commercial Registration Found
Non-Profit Checked - No Non-Profit Registration Found
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The CARFAX database contains a total of 10 vehicle history records on this 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA (WP0EB0916JS170929):


DATE
REPORTED ODOMETER
READING INFORMATION
SOURCE GENERAL
COMMENTS
07/27/1989 Florida
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Brooksville, FL
Title #47819049
Title issued
First owner reported


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04/27/1993 6,300 New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Englishtown, NJ
Title #WP0EB0916JS170929
Title issued


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05/03/1993 6,468 Inspection Co.
New Jersey
Vehicle Inspected
Anti-theft device present
at the time of inspection


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05/07/1993 6,504 Inspection Co.
New Jersey
Vehicle Inspected
Anti-theft device present
at the time of inspection


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10/08/1993 11,757 New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Teterboro, NJ
Title #WP0EB0916JS170929
Title issued


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12/14/1993 11,768 Auto Auction
Southeast Region
Vehicle sold


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03/04/1997 19,000 Florida
Inspection Station
Tampa, FL
Passed emissions inspection


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06/06/1997 19,369 Florida
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Odessa, FL
Title #72641061
Title issued
Odometer reading recorded on 03/05/1997


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09/11/1998 Florida
Inspection Station
Tampa, FL
Passed emissions inspection


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08/22/2001 Texas
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Austin, TX
Title #22731837111145125
Title issued
Ownership transfer reported


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Year/Make/Model: 1988 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA
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24.Dec.2002 17:53:26

craig001

Frank,

Thanks so much for the report. Anyone interested in a 944 Cab?

Red 944

do you really own an xp8? weren't there only like 50 of those made that year? How much are you asking for the cab, any shots of it?

Brent 89-GT

I personally have NO faith in carfax. Years ago I bought a chev suburban with a clean carfax. After is mysteriously burned to the ground two months later, the ins co found that it had been totalled recently, a rollover.

There is a lot of body work on that car. Is that a factory slantnose widebody NA cab? I don't recall that as being a factory configuration. If not, what was the motivation to so drastically change the bodywork? Possibly a major accident?

I am not trying to rain on your parade, just don't put all of your eggs in a carfax basket. Have an inspection done as part of the deal.

Brent 89-GT

I personally have NO faith in carfax. Years ago I bought a chev suburban with a clean carfax. After is mysteriously burned to the ground two months later, the ins co found that it had been totalled recently, a rollover.

There is a lot of body work on that car. Is that a factory slantnose widebody NA cab? I don't recall that as being a factory configuration. If not, what was the motivation to so drastically change the bodywork? Possibly a major accident?

I am not trying to rain on your parade, just don't put all of your eggs in a carfax basket. Have an inspection done as part of the deal.

Brent 89-GT

I personally have NO faith in carfax. Years ago I bought a chev suburban with a clean carfax. After is mysteriously burned to the ground two months later, the ins co found that it had been totalled recently, a rollover.

There is a lot of body work on that car. Is that a factory slantnose widebody NA cab? I don't recall that as being a factory configuration. If not, what was the motivation to so drastically change the bodywork? Possibly a major accident?

I am not trying to rain on your parade, just don't put all of your eggs in a carfax basket. Have an inspection done as part of the deal.

Legoland951

Never replace common sense with a report.....but its nice to get the odometer reading tracked through the years. Also, it should track salvage titles across different states. Some people take salvaged vehicles to states with no salvage designation and sells it with a clean title. I havn't thought of any way to find these things on my own other than using carfax.

craig001

Just to answer some questions here. For Brent, this car is a DP Motorsports Conversion. They got the car from Porsche in Germany then did the conversion,. I agree completely with the assertion that CarFax doesn't always tell you if the car has been wrecked. Of course that's why you do the PPI. But it does give you an idea of how the mileage is being racked up. So this car wasn't wrecked ten converted. It would be a slavage or rebuild title if all the paperwork was done correctly. I know that here in Missouri, if you get a salvage car and fix it up. You then take it to the MO Highway Patrol for a safety inspection (more than just the state required inspection for plates and tags)and then you can get a "clean" title.

To Red 944, my car can be seen on the Rennlist Phot Site at <a href="http://gallery.rennlist.com/gallery/album01" target="_blank">Parade 2002/Boise</a>. Just click on my wifes picture and ten click on either picture that comes up to open the nested albums. THere is a shot at Bogus Basin in the album that opens with my wife. I think there is a shot with me in front of the Captiol Building in Boise in the Road To Boise album. The car ran great the whole way. Lots of maintence done for the trip (4300 miles). I'll probably put the car in the paper here soon, on the PCA site, the Rennlist Classifieds, and eBay. There is a 944 Cab on eBay now, 7100 miles and resrve not met @ $20000+. Mine will be a third less. I have lots of extra stuff available as well, manuals, fuse box w/relays and fuses, half-shafts, etc.

I have #36 for 1999's run of Saleen XP-8's. It's basically a sheep in wolf's clothing, but still sharp. You can see it here, <a href="http://saleenexplorer.freeservers.com/saleenexplorer004.htm" target="_blank">Saleen Explorer</a>. Mine is 99-036 in the middle of the page just below 99-0013. I have heard varying numbers on the Saleen Explorer run. They were made from 1998 thru 2001 and the numbers run from 183 to 247 total for the 4 years. I wish I had the SOHC V-6 instead of the V-8 AWD though. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Tom R.

Carfax guys,
here are three quick tales of woe with carfax.

First
Mother in law gives my buddy her 4 year old caravan. car has 40k on it. DMV wont let him register the car unless he signs a waiver stating the mileage is wrong. why? when the car was inspected two years earlier the idiot put in 10th of a mile in the reading so it had 200k two years earlier. carfax shows a rollback of something like 180k. he has all maintenance records etc, but...

Second
My brother buys a 93 325I in march of '00. car has 22k. confirm with dealer mileage is ok, etc. we buy car in brooklyn, ny. walk to dmv and register car. woman at dmv inputs mileage as something like 108k, which coincidentally is the purchase price or sales tax.

We get title with 108k and call dmv. he gets car inspected a few months later at say 35k. carfax says in one year mileage went like this: 20k when inspected by old owner, 108k when title transferred, 35k when inspected. we had to get affidavits to send to dmv in albany ny to get them to correct title. all they did was erase mileage. now carfax shows no mileage amount when title was transferred.

Third.
My 944 was leased for 4 years to the PO. he has a 15k a year lease. every year he registers the car with penn. dmv and puts a mileage down. when car is 4 years old he buys car. he is allowed to have 60k on car, and purchase price is negotiated with citibank when lease expires. guess how many miles are on title?

60k, and at the same time he registers the car and his registration renewal says the car has 32k. I call dealer that maintained car and he confirms the mileage was 56k when PO traded the car in.

I have copies of all the registration papers showing a progression to 50k, and a copy of the original title from penn dmv, and the paperwork transferring the license plate (tag) "944S2" from citibanks ownership to the PO's ownership.

I buy the 944 when it has 56k. carfax says that between 94 and 00 potential rollback of 4k miles. use your logic. why put a mark on the car by rolling odometer back a measley 4k.

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.