Looking to purchase a 14 V6s from Carvana. It is setup exactly how I'd like it but I'm concerned with the odd ownership records showing in the Carfax report (attached). I'd appreciate any feedback or opinions.

 

It looks like it was 1st leased and the person maybe didn't make payments so the car was repo'ed and then sold at auction. Then passed around a few times from dealership to dealership and driven by people at the dealership. Then sold as a certified pre-owned and then sold again. To me it doesn't look all that bad as it has low milage and hasn't been in any kind of accident. I would just make sure that it comes with 2 key fobs for the car as they are very expensive to get a new fob.. as I found out the hard way when I bought mine a couple of years ago and had to spend over a grand to get a new fob from my local dealership. I had mine shipped from TX to NJ by the way.

 

much appreciated... wasn’t real sure.

 

While the body is aluminum, personally I would not touch a salt winter car. A southern car will look like new on the underside vs very nasty corrosion.

 

That's why mine is garage kept and doesn't see weather if I can help it. I drive the SUV during the winter and when I know it's going to rain during the spring, summer and fall months.

 

How did you feel about the process of shipping the car? I’ve never done that but recently found an FType in TX that i would need shipped to CA if I go through with the purchase.

 

I've had several cars shipped and never had an issue. If buying remote, make sure the seller/dealership gives you a walk around video of the vehicle. Sometimes they can hide some things with photo shoots.

 

It was my 1st time getting a car shipped and I didn't have any problems at all with the shipping. There were 2 options for shipping that I had.. regular open carrier and enclosed. I paid the extra for the enclosed. I didn't want to take the chance with open that a rock or something else hitting it as it was driving 1/2 way across the country. The regular was something like $800 and the enclosure was $1200. They had everything strapped down nicely and shipping blankets over all the cars they had in the trailer. The trailer was huge as well.. had 2 levels in it so make sure if your going to get it delivered that you have plenty of space for the delivery. The only thing I wish was made more clear was that the driver would't take a personal check and would only take cash, money order or cashiers check. Luckily I had just enough cash in the house. Once we were all good to go the driver did say that it was a really really nice looking car.. Which was nice of him to say since I'm sure he's seen many cars trucking them around the country. I would defiantly get another car shipped in the future.

 

thanks. They did offer to do that for me when I was ready.

 

Check the hood gaps by the wheels I've read it's a known issue. Also when we bought ours parts of where the carpet meets the side of the console we found gaps. Dealers going to replace the carpet under warranty but they gave me the impression it is a known issue. I'm going to have the speaker rattle issue looked at as well.

I feel kind of funny buying a car without seeing it in person especially without a warranty. Are there any allowances if you find an issue once it's delivered that you could send it back?

 

Depends on the dealership. Most (credible) dealerships will offer a 4 week or 30 day no questions asked return for remote purchases.

 

thanks for this note.... just went through the process of purchasing the car out of state and i made sure to ask about payment so i'm ready for the delivery! if i had not asked i would have only had a personal check or card which they will not accept.

 

i shipped mine across country, ordered the upper level of the car carrier to avoid possible rocks -- it worked out fine.