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Kelley Blue Book, kbb.com,
is the number one Automotive Information site on the web (Nielsen
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plus pricing reports on average per month. Of equal importance,
it is by far the most visited site by in-market car buyers. For
the 5th year in a row, J. D. Power and Associates' 2002 New and
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to J. D. Power and Associates' New and Used Autoshopper.com studies
in November 2002, 44% of Auto Internet Users visit kbb.com, which
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The Book:
Kelley Blue Book
Used Car Guide:
Consumer Edition, January-June
2004

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(Kelley Blue Book
Used Car Guide. Consumer Edition, Vol 12, January-June, 2004) |
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in a used car, this portable volume provides the general public
with information that was originally restricted to the automotive
industry: original list prices, vehicle identification numbers
(VINs), and trade-in, private-party, and retail values for
vehicles, according to condition. First published in 1926
to help auto dealers, financial institutions, and others in
the trade, the Kelley Blue Book has been available to consumers
since 1993. This edition covers model years 1989 to 2003.
Also included are values for additional options and equipment,
a table of acceptable mileage ranges by year, and tips on
buying a used car.
Blue
Book Consumer Edition January-June 2004 - For only
$9.95! Includes values for used cars, trucks and vans covering
model years 1988 to 2002. The Consumer Edition includes three
values:
- Retail
- Private Party
- Trade In
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Since more people
buying new cars, there are also more used cars offered for sale
on the market. With Internet growing popularity consumers has been
using Internet as the source for searching information, shopping
products and services. Lemon History Check has been providing AutoCheck Vehicle History Report service via Internet since December
1996 - AutoCheck history. Consumers have been using AutoCheck Vehicle History Report since 1996, which was the first year it is made available
to consumers. With the Internet access, consumers can gain the same
instant access to vehicle history reports, which was already available
to used car dealers via fax since 1986.
The AutoCheck database
is the most comprehensive and accurate vehicle database in North
America, containing 2.36 billion vehicle history records that are
updated monthly - source,
data provided and its meaning. Each record reveals
information about a car's history, such as an odometer reading,
date a salvage/junk title was issued, or if it was a rental car.
The following are the data reported:
- Totaled in
an accident / Salvaged
- Flood damage
- Odometer
rollbacks
- Lemon histories
- Junked Titles
- State emissions
inspection results
- Lien activity,
and/or
- Vehicle use
(taxi, rental, lease, etc.)
- Over the
last year, AutoCheck has added several enhancements to its report
and to its user websites to better serve the needs of used car
buyers and sellers. The Safety and Reliability Report is free
with the purchase of Unlimited AutoCheck History Reports and includes
information such as: crash test results, safety recalls, reliability
ratings, warranty information and more.
- AutoCheck vehicle
service report provide Safety data on the specific
make, model, and year.
This information will help you select a vehicle model that meets
your expectations for safety and security. - Safety
& Reliability Report
- Crash
Test Results - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) provides 3 different ratings - full-width frontal
crash test, side impact crash test, and rollover resistance.
The frontal crash test indicates how well the safety features
and restraints will protect an occupant in a head-on collision.
The side-impact test conveys the chance of a severe chest
injury, while the rollover resistance rating estimates the
risk of rolling over in a single vehicle crash
- Crashworthiness
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) uses a frontal
offset crash test to estimate the crashworthiness of a vehicle.
These results are good indicators of how a frontal impact
will structurally impact this Year, Make, Model.
- Low Speed
Damage Repair - IIHS conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess
bumper performance. These results convey how well this model's
bumpers will protect the car body from damage in low-speed
collisions.
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Injury, Collision, & Theft rating index - sourced
from the IIHS, Highway Loss Data Institute.
- Safety
Recalls - Print out of the manufacturer recall date, units
potentially affected, NHTSA campaign number, defective part
or component, and description of the recall campaign.
- Reliability
data are shown on your AutoCheck Report.- Safety
& Reliability Report
Use this information to check how reliable a vehicle model is
before you buy.
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What consumers look for when
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TITLE CHECK |
Salvage File
A full AutoCheck Report can uncover if this vehicle was damaged in a major
accident or wreck. These damaged cars are often sold to buyers
without disclosing the problem past. |
Based on J.D.
Power and Associates survey, Vehicle History Report are the
top 10 items consumers look for when shopping online. The relliability
and safety information reports (both are included in the AutoCheck Report) are also in the top 10. We appreciate million number of
consumers who visited and continue referring www.is-it-a-lemon.com
as their source of buying used car information.
The following are the top 10 items:
- Prices of
used vehicles
- Vehicle
Reliability Information - Available on your AutoCheck Report
- Trade-In
Values
- Prices of
New Vehicles
- Vehicle
History Reports - Available
on your AutoCheck Report
- Safety
Information -
Available on your AutoCheck Report
- Dealer Cost/
Invoice Price of New Vehicle
- Options/Features
available on Vehicles
- Performance
Information on Vehicles
- Road Tests/
Articles About Vehicles
J.D.
Power and Associates surveys show that roughly two out of every
three people who'll buy a new car or truck this year will begin
the shopping process online. In the used car market, where a sizeable
share of vehicles are sold on corner lots or swapped within a family,
nearly half of all buyers will spend at least some time doing their
homework on the web. Accross the board, the online automotive shopping
experience has been steadily improving over the years, consumers
report. The Internet offers consumers unique resources never before
available.
The Internet
offers consumers unique resources never before available. Once secret
data, such as vehicle history report, recall, reliability and safety
data are now readily available through our service.
AutoCheck Vehicle History Report help eliminate the general frustation
with finding a good, reliable, previously owned vehicle.
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Lemon File
Many states across the country have Lemon Laws to protect consumers
from buying a bad car. A full AutoCheck Report can help you avoid these problem cars. |
Since the day
AutoCheck Vehicle History Report was made available to public, consumers
now can gain an insight of what was going on through a vehicle usage
history. This is the day when certain unscrupulous used car dealerships
that sell shady used cars feared of. These unscrupulous dealerships
make tons of money buying and selling salvaged, previous major accident,
lemon status "problem ridden car", government or financial
institution seized cars that they bought from auto auction. These
dealerships have been growing really big because the consumers did
not know that they can have access to a vehicle history data. Since
you already found our site, you have the power to help your friend
and families from getting conned by those dealership.
Automobile consumers
have been using AutoCheck Vehicle History Report as essential source
of evidence on a specific car history when buying or selling used
car. Running a complete AutoCheck Report is the first step that people
do after they scanned and select potential used cars. The detailed
results from the report search and check help customers narrow down
the number of potential cars that they are interested to pursue.
Kelley Blue
Book help facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers by
offering Kelley Blue Book used car value prices. This blue book
value price can be used as your guidance for the "reasonable"
market price for used cars with that make, model, year and option.
The vehicle
history report that you pull out from AutoCheck can be used
to investigate that particular car information pertaining to a vehicle's
title, registration and usage or driving habit of the previous owners.
A clean history
record will have a positive effect on the car market value. A blemished
record will have an adverse effect to the car resale value. Another
important things to consider is to always do at least 100 plus points
service inspection and ask for previous service maintenance and
repair record. Using all of the above information you have a powerful
car fact to back up your decision,
Sellers of used
cars should at least run 1 car history report when they try to sell
their vehicle. These are for their own safety precaution that there
have been no reported problems on their vehicles. In many cases,
some sellers got embarrased when their potential customers showed
them AutoCheck Vehicle History Report which listed the cars they were
trying to sell were lemon.
As a buyer :
when you see a clean record you are more confidence in the bargaining
process for your dream car. This vehicle history report play an
important role when you compare many identical vehicles, especially
when the sellers are from far away. First, you need to enter the
VIN number to our AutoCheck Lemon Car Check from each car you
found on the used cars classifieds from Internet, magazines, or
newspapers. Next print them out to do a comparison. This car fact
report should help you weed out many cars that have questionable
records. Start from the car that has a perfect record and go step
by step down to the car that has questionable record. Then just
contact the person with the car that meet Kelley Blue Book value
price range. If the car is located far away, you should ask for
recent pictures of the car and a fax of the recent service maintenance
receipt and mechanics note on the car. Then, determine the the car
value worth based on all information you just gathered and compared
to similar car that has similar history. Next, contact the owner
to fill out missing information based on the vehicle history report.
Finally, you need to decide the value weight you put on each car
and start to bargain the car that has the best value.
As a buyer:
you will be able to sell your car faster when you are upfront to
the potential buyers. Do a used car history Lemon Car Check, you can
buy either 1-single report if you don't need to buy a used car to
replace your existing car or you can buy a 30 days of unlimited report when you are going to replace your car with a preowned car.
Show the print out report to potential buyer and explain potentially
questionable records, such as lease, auction, commercial vehicle,
finance status, discrepancies in the number of previous owner based
on title transfer (a title transfer does not always mean a transfer
of ownership, it can be an adding or substracting a personal individual
or commercial business party name). Don't be unprepared when a potential
buyer already print out his own Car Lemon History Check and Kelley
Blue Book value estimation. Use the combination of the report and
blue book values to determine the acceptable fair market value and
be confidence when you stand your ground on your offer price.
Please read
more discussion on Resale
Value
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Odometer File
Odometer rollback fraud costs car buyers thousands. A full AutoCheck
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The following
are frequently asked questions.
- Why
can I not obtain a AutoCheck Report on vehicles made before 1981?
- What
do I do if I do not have access to my AutoCheck account email?
- I'm
shopping for a car, what do I need to know about extended warranty?
- What
do I do if I forgot my password?
- How
do I purchase AutoCheck Reports?
- How
do I change my password?
- Does AutoCheck supply previous owners' names?
- When
do you flag a rollback?
- Rollbacks
vs. rollovers
- How
do I use my AutoCheck Report?
- How
do I access my 30 day AutoCheck account?
- Does
AutoCheck Report on accidents?
- I'm
a AutoCheck account holder and would like to run another Report.
- AutoCheck
Certified Cars - what is that?
- What
is a commercial vehicle?
- How
do I report a potential error in the data on the Safety &
Reliability Report?
- What
are Edmunds.com Manufacturer-Recommended Maintenance Schedules?
- Did
the AutoCheck Report meet your expectations?
- Can
I get another 30 Day Unlimited account?
- How
do I find VIN number for the vehicles I'm interested in?
- What
is a Fleet Vehicle?
- What
is the AutoCheck Free VIN Check?
- Can
I get a AutoCheck Report for free, please?
- Do
you report on Grey Market vehicles?
- Are
car accidents covered under AutoCheck 's Buyback Protection guarantee?
- What
is the AutoCheck Buyback Protection guarantee?
- How
do I go about making a claim against AutoCheck 's Buyback Protection guarantee?
- Are
apparent rollbacks guaranteed by AutoCheck ?
- What
guarantees does AutoCheck offer related to its service?
- Can
I submit information for inclusion of the AutoCheck Reports?
- Why
is my VIN numbers coming up invalid?
- What
does the AutoCheck Free Lemon Car Check service tell me?
- Please
tell me about AutoCheck 's Free Lemon Car Check
- What
is the proper definition of the term "lemon"?
- Can
I track a car on AutoCheck using the license plate number?
- On
AutoCheck Report shows Lien still active?
- How
long does it take to get my AutoCheck Report?
- Why
does the Report say my Mercedes or BMW was made in 2001?
- Can
I get my money back?
- What
are the Terms and Conditions related to the Money Back Guarantee
policy?
- Lemon Car Check vs. No report?
- Why
does the report in question not show a rollback?
- Are
odometer readings guaranteed by AutoCheck ?
- Is
there only one charge for the 30 day accounts, or do I pay repeatedly?
- Will
a AutoCheck Report tell me how many owners a vehicle has had?
- How
do I set up a password?
- Does AutoCheck accept personal checks or money orders instead of credit
cards?
- Police
Accident Reports
- Does AutoCheck supply previous owners' names?
- What
is AutoCheck 's privacy policy?
- Does
a AutoCheck Report show recall information?
- Are
service work and repairs listed on AutoCheck Reports?
- When
do you flag a rollback?
- Rollbacks
vs. rollovers
- How
do I run a Safety & Reliability Report?
- What's
the Difference: History Report vs. Safety & Reliability?
- What
information is available in the Safety & Reliability Report?
- How
long do I get access to Unlimited AutoCheck Safety & Reliability
Reports?
- Why
is no data available in some of the sections of my AutoCheck Safety
& Reliability Report?
- How
do I order a Safety & Reliability Report?
- The
Safety & Reliability Report is not available for my VIN -
Why?
- How
can I share my AutoCheck Vehicle History Report?
- Will
AutoCheck Reports tell me if a car is stolen?
- 30
Day Unlimited AutoCheck Account again?
- Why
does the VIN decode as X when the vehicle is really Y?
- I've
got a VIN and would like to order a Report
- What
is a VIN?
- Can AutoCheck tell me if someone ran a given VIN previously?
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Calculator
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