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You are here: Home / Automobile Pre Purchase Inspections / Finding a quality used car to buy on craigslist can come with its challenges

Finding a quality used car to buy on craigslist can come with its challenges

Tuesday, July 5th By Josh

There are plenty of good cars on craigslist, but there can also be a lot of bad cars.

We always provide upfront research and at least one vehicle history report with every inspection. On average we end up refunding at least one inspection each week based on the information we gather.

Here is a perfect example of a “Clean Title” 2008 Honda Fit we were hired to inspect. Our client provided us with the correct VIN (not the VIN from another vehicle as advertised) which we were then able to find not only was it not a clean title car as advertised, but rather a Salvaged vehicle. Check out the pictures!

Craigslist Ad

This was being advertised as a clean title.

Fit

This Honda Fit was being advertised as a clean title car

Always get the car inspected, its cheap insurance to make sure you don’t end up falling for a car like this!

Filed Under: Automobile Pre Purchase Inspections, Car Buying, Craigslist scams, Portland Car buying, Scams, Things we see, Used Car, Vancouver Car Buying

About Josh

PDXinspections is a business that is truly about and protecting today’s car buyers from making bad purchasing decisions. It is about helping people avoid the hassles, risks and expenses when used car buying. Josh takes pride in this company, continuing education, training, certifications, quality workmanship and most importantly excellent customer service. Modern computerized complex vehicles are our passion. Josh is a unique new breed of technician who actually enjoys staying up on current technology and working with newer vehicle technologies rather than the simplistic vehicles of the past. We continually strive to under promise and over deliver. Since 2007 have built this company to become the most advanced, innovative, and thorough independent onsite used vehicle inspection company anywhere. We take great pride in PDXinspections and continually work towards ensuring our clients get the best possible experience when using our service. We continually invest in updating our high tech inspection tool & diagnostic equipment to ensure we have the latest and greatest tooling for our inspections. PDXinspections is the innovator in the “Used Car Inspection” industry and we’ve watched other companies both here in the Portland/Vancouver markets and nationally continue to follow our unique practices.

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