[Laneco]

Carfax is only part of the decision making process. A clean carfax does not mean a clean car, it means that nothing negative was repoted. Incongruous readings are errors in input, but definately warrant another look after all, if you buy it and the NEXT guy runs carfax, they'll have the same questions you did. I've got a Carfax on a vehicle I bought from my company that shows 3 different owners and indicates that the current owner has the vehicle on a lease - which I do not. This car also has just myself and my company as the previous owners. When my company owned it, the driver lost his job, the vehicle was transferred to another state for another driver. Carfax counted that as two owners. No idea why they think I have a lease. Weird.

It is interesting to see how much maintenance is now showing up in carfax. Alot of chain service stores report to carfax along with many (though clearly not all) dealers.

Carfax, plus PPI, plus written/documented history from owners, plus a personal evaluation are all part of the process.

Also, FYI, carfax only identifies 17 digit VIN cars, so older cars with "short" VINs will have nothing at all.

angela