During our recent car-shopping, we bought a 10-pack of Carfax reports so we could learn the history of the cars we were evaluating. We only used a few of the reports (and they expire soon), so I thought I’d use them in a novel way. I decided to plug in the VIN of our totaled van to see where it wound up.
Turns out the van was issued a salvage title on Friday. I’m not sure who got the title, though. I was thinking maybe someone is trying to repair it but I suppose a junkyard would need a title to keep it, too.
Another interesting thing is that the accident report is listed, but Carfax wanted to charge me $7 to read it. That same accident report can be viewed for free on the Raleigh Police Department website.