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07-26-2017, 07:50 AM
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| buying cheap beater privately - lien check?
Hi,
I am buying a beater for $4000.
the car is 2008 mitsubishi lancer with 240,000kms.
would I bother getting $50 carproof for lien check?
why would anyone put a lien on such item with almost no value?
I think the risk this car has any lien on it is so low that it is worth it to save $50
what's your thoughts?
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07-26-2017, 10:18 AM
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Hell yeah. Last beater I bought was 8k and got a lien against it. Owner basically use the sales price to pay off the lien.
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07-26-2017, 10:24 AM
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Why not just split the cost of the check with the seller?
Personally I'd do it for sure regardless.
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07-26-2017, 10:32 AM
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That's like 1% of your purchase price. Pretty cheap insurance to me.
also, I'm sure you can make a condition of your sale....they'll probably move 1%.
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07-26-2017, 10:36 AM
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Give me the vin and I can run carproof for you son.
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07-26-2017, 10:38 AM
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$50 is 1 tank of gas.. Like really we ain't talking hundreds here. Just don't go out to eat for 1 day.. Boom $50 in your pocket.. You never know, maybe the previous owner couldn't afford the full value of the vehicle so went with payments instead.
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07-26-2017, 10:49 AM
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$50 is peanuts for information that could potentially save you from a $4000 mistake.
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07-26-2017, 11:07 AM
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What the others have said, even buying a cheap car always factor a few $75 CarProofs into the budget. It's cheap insurance that could save you a pile of headache.
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07-26-2017, 11:07 AM
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i never done it, bought over a dozen vehicles and never had one with a lien on it... that said for $50 its pretty cheap insurance to get the vehicle history and lien check
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07-26-2017, 09:09 PM
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i bought a 1000 car that had a lien on it before.
i would always do it just as a precaution since debts follows the car
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07-27-2017, 04:10 AM
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I just bought a cheap beater and didn't bother with a carproof, make me want to check now lol
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07-27-2017, 05:54 PM
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if it had a lien wouldn't it say on the title that the owner is the private seller and the financial institution that the private seller use to buy the car? also since its a 2008 car whats the chance that it will have a lien on it considering its a 9yr old car it should be paid off by now if ever no? i just a bought a 08 car aswell now im worried if it has a lien on it  can you run a inspection for me tofu? please
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07-27-2017, 08:34 PM
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purchased 17 cars, only two expensive ones i have ran checks on. 10-20k used.
never had a problem, but you never know.
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