(Not sure if this counts as a sales post) Just a couple weeks ago in the streets of Chicago I bought a Rav4 with “94,000” Miles on it, I bought for $12,000 with cash, I drove it home, title in hand, not thinking much of it, After a week or two I soon realized the car was running horribly. I ran Carfax and it turns out the odometer was rolled back by over 130,000 miles.

I checked the title and it’s not the same name as the person who had the car listed. Going to be contacting the police tomorrow to see what happens. CarFax is reporting the car had 4 different owners so it can’t be that hard tracking the guy down right?

Just wondering what are my chances of getting in a courtroom with this guy? Moneys a bit tight and I can’t sell this car with the current odometer because it’s illegal.

  • areyoume29@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That car has been handled by multiple people. Lesson one only buy a car from the person who is named on the title. I wouldve ran away at that point. As far as going to the police, try the secretary of state police. They might say contact local. Local will tell you it’s a civil issue. God forbid the car is stolen which may be the case. You probably should plug an obd computer into the port and verify the public Vin vs the Vin for the computer. Most likely you bought a retag.