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Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history!

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:48 am
by trb
It was pretty easy to find out the prior owner's name since he left a ticket in the glove box inside the owner's manual. LOL! My daughter suggested looking him up on Facebook, and I found a few pics of the car on his photo album, so I knew I had the right person. Well, I looked some more, and it is now quite obvious why he had so much stereo and custom equipment on the car, he works at a custom car/audio install business and used it as advertisement.

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In some ways it is sad to see it's prior life, but thankfully it was a brief portion and now I have it.

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:22 am
by Rayven01
:shock: Wow, that pic of the open hatch is ridiculous!

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:47 am
by KITT222
Wow. Impressive. I wish I could find my Vibe's previous owners.

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:44 pm
by vibenvy
Thank God that poor Vibe was rescued by you Thomas! I am very glad to know that our Vibes have not had any other owners.

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:49 pm
by 808 Vibes
Was it a ticket for noise
pollution? :D I have a ritual whenever I part with a car. I go through it with a fine tooth comb, making sure I take everything except what belongs with the car.

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:46 am
by trb
808 Vibes wrote:Was it a ticket for noise
pollution? :D I have a ritual whenever I part with a car. I go through it with a fine tooth comb, making sure I take everything except what belongs with the car.
No, it was a warning for no front plate. He did remove the front plate holder so I had to buy another one. Got it for about $4 at a salvage yard. The dealer I bought it from just bolted a dealer ad plate directly to the bumper.

I did spend a bit of time removing dead wiring from the inside and the remains of the LED under car lighting they installed (pic on ramps).

I go through the cars I sell also, plus I clean them thoroughly. On the Explorer we just traded I cleaned everything, carpet, mats, and even cleaned the leather seats for the first real time since we bought it. Didn't realize it was a light beige leather! :D But the salesman said it was one of the best trades he's taken in.

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:37 pm
by vibenvy
I too go through the entire car before I sell/trade/junk it. I always had fun going to the junkyards and seeing the stuff people would leave in their cars :shock:.

Re: Did some searching, and I found some of my car's history

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:25 am
by Zvibe2004
im glad i dont have to worry about the history of my vibe, my dad bought it brand new from the dealership back in 2004. i thought it was soo awesome back then just bc it had a sunroof!! =p i know the whole history of my vibe, oil changs and all, i guess im lucky :)