In last week's "The Secret History of Cars," we revealed that when buying a used car, Carfax vehicle history reports could steer you in the wrong direction.
But it seems that many of you thought we should have also revealed what we used as an alternative:
And one person even yelled at us (or forgot to turn off their Caps Lock):
Yikes. Anyway, the answer actually has been on the site all along. It can be found in our web feature, "How to search for your car's secret history".
If you follow the link, the feature explains that "[d]uring our research, we searched through at least two databases per car." Also included is a list of the four databases we used: Autocheck, Carfax, Carproof and ICBC. Underneath each link, we include each database's price and features.
As for which database to use or not to use? We don't recommend products - so that choice is up to you.
But it seems that many of you thought we should have also revealed what we used as an alternative:
"You
used an other report that had missing info that Car-Fax did not have.
Do you think maybe you could have shared this info with us?"
And one person even yelled at us (or forgot to turn off their Caps Lock):
"WHY
DIDN T YOU TELL US THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT HAD ALL OF THE
ACCIDENTS CARFAX DID NOT?.......WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS SERVICE?"
Yikes. Anyway, the answer actually has been on the site all along. It can be found in our web feature, "How to search for your car's secret history".
If you follow the link, the feature explains that "[d]uring our research, we searched through at least two databases per car." Also included is a list of the four databases we used: Autocheck, Carfax, Carproof and ICBC. Underneath each link, we include each database's price and features.
As for which database to use or not to use? We don't recommend products - so that choice is up to you.
