Besides your home, the purchase of a vehicle is probably the most expensive item you’ll ever buy. When buying used, it can be very difficult to determine whether the vehicle you’re about to purchase is exactly what you’re getting. Some questions you might ask yourself include:

• Has this car ever been in an accident?
• How many people have owned this car?
• Has the car been damaged by floods, fires, hail, or other natural disasters?
• Is the mileage on the odometer trustworthy?
• Has the car ever been recalled?
• Was the car ever repossessed or stolen?

How can you get an answer to any of these questions?  No matter what, you should always have the used vehicle you’re interested in purchasing examined by a certified mechanic to make sure any possible issues are diagnosed and resolved before you spend your money. The other thing to do is to run an AutoCheck vehicle history report on the vehicle’s identification number (VIN).

Exclusive accident data from Experian now helps you answer those questions with greater confidence. The accident data Experian has made available to its customers not only provides you a wealth of information, it provides you with accident data that Carfax® does not have. That means if your Carfax® report comes back clean, it still may have been in an accident that is not in their records. Don’t waste your money by paying too much for a vehicle history report! Buy an AutoCheck vehicle history report today.

* In 2009, Pipal Research, an independent research organization, compared data in AutoCheck and Carfax vehicle history reports. The study employed a sampling approach designed to provide data across 23 vehicle brands and to reduce the introduction of bias attributable to data selection. Pipal Research’s data sample included vehicle history reports from AutoCheck and Carfax for more than 55,000 vehicles, including 5,685 vehicles with accidents. Pipal Research found that AutoCheck vehicle history reports in the study had more than twice the number of vehicles with accidents reported as compared to Carfax. The study also found that the AutoCheck vehicle history reports — as a group — had more than double the number of overall accidents reported as compared to the Carfax group of reports. Both findings are statistically significant, calculated at the 95% significance level.

 Check out “Your Market Place” where I have provided a direct link to Auto Check Services. I can’t stress the importance enough! Know what you are buying and buy with peace of mind!

** Prices compared on AutoCheck® and Carfax® websites on 6/3/10.