So you’ve probably heard of Carfax, but have you heard of Autocheck? Autocheck gets exclusive data from car auctions… data that Carfax doesn’t have. Data that includes accident and frame damage data. Did I mention Autocheck is cheaper too?
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Car auctions rely on nothing but the sale of used cars and trucks to keep their businesses afloat. Getting a reputation for selling bad cars – lemons – can be more than damaging to their businesses’ reputation and in some states in the US downright illegal. Therefore it is very important to them that they know where each car has been , who owned it and what its history is.
Often the cars they sell are being offered by banks – repossessions – and car mechanics is simply not something that your average bank manager knows a lot about. To protect themselves and their customers 95% of car auction houses in the US order an Autocheck report.
What no Carfax? No apparently not. Autocheck is an Experian product (you know, the same guys who keep tabs on your credit history) and therefore highly reliable. If your livelihood depends on knowing what is really up with a car you are offering for sale you need all the help you can get, which is apparently what the auto auctioneers have figured out.
There is the matter of price as well. These auto auction guys (and girls) need to check out every car that comes their way, which can mean they need to order a lot of car history reports. The private buyer would do well to take notice of that, after all when shopping for a used car are you really going to go with the first one you see? You too may need to order several different vehicle history reports to make an informed decision as well. This is where Autocheck scores over Carfax reports as well.
Ask a Carfax rep if you can get unlimited reports and they will inform you that they offer five reports for $44.99, but no unlimited reports. An Autocheck rep will tell you “that will be $44.99 please”. Now that is a difference anyone can appreciate, auto professional or not.
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