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Hey y'all I have a weird situation going on here - I am looking at a Lexus is300 ( Vin is JTHBD192830072946), and the NICB vincheck states that while it is NOT stolen, it has TWO separate instances of being "stripped/stolen" in the salvage vehicle records (in 05 and 06). It was most recently sold by a dealer to a private party. When I pull the vehicle history report (from vehiclehistory, which is free) it shows neither of those theft records and then also confirms "nicb status: not stolen". The seller claims to have a clean title and a Carfax that shows a single theft in 2005. What gives? Was this stolen? Was it stolen and then recovered TWICE?! Does having a theft/stripped nicb record generally total a car? This poo poo is all very confusing to me... I don't really have any experience with stolen vehicles! Anyone have some insight into this? Edit: Mods feel free to shorten that thread title, looks like I hosed it up
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Apr 13, 2018 14:57
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LloydDobler posted:This car may have gone through either of those processes. It may have been in a lovely neighborhood where it was easily stolen for a while. Does the NICB status mean that it has never been stolen or just that it is not currently listed as stolen? I'm guessing the latter. Yeah, the latter. Thanks for confirming my gut feelings, I think I will pass on this one unless it looks immaculate and he's willing to give me a decent discount.
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Apr 13, 2018 21:25
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I checked this car out with my insurance and they do tell me that its vin "clean" aka not stolen or salvage but the carfax shows it was indeed stolen, then insurance paid out, then it was recovered and then sold at auction so i have no clue. Guy wants 5k for it and you can see where the door was forced open so I'm not about to pay that.
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Apr 14, 2018 00:35
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