Carfax vs. other car history services

[dud]

Recently i was looking (and dreaming) while shopping ebay motors. i found a car that I just had to have ... but didn't buy (crap!). Ebay give you an option of using their "built-in" Experian-based service called Autocheck. I purchased 10 checks and promptly received a report on the car I was drooling over. it came out clean.

meanwhile, a friend of mine asked me for an Autocheck on a Lexus he is interested in. I complied and again, the car is clean. On a whim he checked carfax and it (as a way to get you to spend the $$$ for the report) informed him that the VIN report had 6 issues (vice 0 on the Autocheck). My question is how different can they be? Anyone out there have a Carfax account that can run a check for him? if so, the VIN is JTJBT20X760117136.

Please let me know via PM or email. thanks ...

 

[exdeath]

Carfax has everything. Vehicle built is one record, vehicle shipped to dealer is another record, vehicle registered to first owner is a record, etc. Others probably only report negative records like accident damage? I dunno.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

carfax tells you every single event that happens with your car. each one of those counts as an issue. it could have been an oil change or something.