<p>Nope would not make the call.</p>
<p>Since you know all the records match your Car Fax search, I’m not sure what you gain by calling other than implying that they omitted some information for some nefarious reason. Not that I’d answer a call from a stranger but it would sit wrong with me that you felt you needed to investigate me. We upgraded to a new car this year-first new car ever for our family, and we got rid of the used car in order to upgrade. Nothing hidden, nothing secret. </p>
<p>No. And I would be kind of creeped out to receive such a call. </p>
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My introverted self recoils in horror at that concept, but I’d be happy to hook you up with Rachel from Card Services, who calls me daily, so you can “connect”!</p>
<p>It’s absolutely none of your business why the previous owner sold the car. Don’t bother them.</p>
<p>No, too creepy and, anyway, what’s the point? Doesn’t matter why the previous owner sold it - it’s yours now!</p>
<p>It’s like calling your new husbands ex-girlfriend to ask why she stopped dating him/what his flaws are. The deal has been sealed. Everybody/everything has a past. It’s best to ferret out any bad info BEFORE you say “I Do”.</p>
<p>I was on the receiving end of such a call. DS #1 was in a car accident and his car, about 2 yrs old and with about 30K miles, was totaled, even though the damage didnt seem all that bad. The car had been towed away and I assume he thought he’d cleaned out the glovebox, but some old insurance card or something that had my contact info on it was apparently in the glovebox. That was odd since he had his own insurance, but something with my info was in the glovebox. I got a call from a guy who was at a used car lot looking at the car and he asked if the car had been mine. I told him the car had been totaled and was probably a salvage title. He thanked me and I asked him to please remove my information from the box and destroy it which he said he would. So I thought all was done. </p>
<p>Fast forward a week or so. I am coming out of a store and the parking lot security guard drives up and parks. Car sure looks familiar. So I walk around casually to the drivers side and look at the rear hubcap which my s had scraped in a particular way. Yup. Same scrape. So I struck up a conversation with the security guy. Did he just buy the car? Yup. From a used car lot? Yup. 2010 with about 30k miles? Yup. So I asked if he’d mind if I checked the glovebox since I was pretty sure it was my s’s old car. He agreed, and while fortunately my info was now gone, there was some info re: the lemon law in the state my son bought the car (not this state) that assured me it was his car. Then the guard asked if he’s had any trouble with the dash light going on. Um, nope. Uh oh. This guy did not know it was a salvage title. Buyer beware. He said it happened a time or 2. I told him it was a salvage car and suggested he go back to the car dealer, and quickly and politely bid my adieu.</p>
<p>Meant to add that it was ironic the car ended up at a used car close to me since DS’s accident was about 2 hours away.</p>
<p>I would be upset about receiving such a call. I would feel that my privacy was being violated.</p>
<p>Very often, the reason for selling a relatively new car has to do with personal or family circumstances, not with anything having to do with the car itself. Those circumstances are none of the buyer’s business. </p>
<p>Of course, I’m a raging introvert. In my mind, any chance to connect with another human being is probably something I prefer to avoid, unless the human being is someone I already know and value.</p>
<p>I was creeped out by the call, but I also realized that some stranger was holding onto my contact information, and the best thing to do was to be nice, answer what I could within reason (it wasn’t my car) and then ask him to destroy my contact info. It worked out. The coming across the car a week or so late was pure serendipity. I was, admittedly slightly amused and a tad curious.</p>
<p>We sell our used cars to carmax because we do not want to accept any responsibility for car problems once the vehicle has left our hands. We do not misrepresent the vehicle to carmax, but we are transferring any potential liability issues to them. I do not want someone who bought a car from carmax contacting me about my previous ownership of that car. As someone already posted, if I was willing to have that conversation, I’d sell it myself.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-says-carmax-failed-notify-her-recall/nhzQB/”>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-says-carmax-failed-notify-her-recall/nhzQB/</a> Carmax is having its share of issues lately. If they are notified of a recall (prior to selling the car) , they should notify the potential purchaser of the car about the recall. There are several cars (a neighbor has one, a Chevy Malibu, and is trying to sell it) that have recalls for which there are no current parts/fixes.</p>
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<p>You made me spit out my coffee!! </p>
<p>The Google maps folks want to meet people too. They call here every day.</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters if you call or not. I doubt you have anything to worry about with the Corolla. My daughter has a 1998 with 216,000 miles on it. I’ve wanted to get rid of it but she loves it in her college town for running around and not worrying if anything happens to it. Car just won’t die but probably will get replaced when she is done with school this year.
I returned a leased car to the dealer after 3 years and at church one day my friend pulls up with an identical car. I said it looked just like my car and she said she got it at the dealer I returned it to. A small stain on the carpet confirmed that it was my old car. I didn’t have much info to give her other than when brakes were replaced last since it never had any issues when I owned it.</p>