(03-24-2023, 02:24 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: Those online dealers like Carvana and Vroom scare me..

I'd rather go to the dealership and test drive..

You basically get a week or so to test drive it. You can see pictures of it online and instead of having to go to a dealership, they just deliver it.

Now I haven't used it but it's supposed to work like that. It's basically an extended test drive that you may get at a dealership (although who knows if they do that anymore).



This case is really weird.

He bought a 2021 year but it was actually a 2017. So did nothing change in body, inside, or technology? Did it not look like the other ones he was looking at? Was the mileage high or what else made it a good deal that he didn't notice anything?

For Carvana, no clue what went wrong with it. They most likely are using the VIN to fill out all the options on the vehicle online. The VIN would have had to match the color and options, plus be valid. So there isn't much they can do there to stop from selling a stolen vehicle unless they are checking all the VINs and normally they just look at the dash one.

It brings up questions to where they are buying their vehicles. If it's a personal sale, you need to have the title and sign it over and the VIN is on it. So unless someone is forging titles, then they should be able to catch it. They most likely bought it at auction or in a lot of cars. They should be able to send the cops to where they bought it from.

The 2021 VIN had to be valid unless Carvana, NC, their insurance, and whoever else reviewed the VIN are not validating that the VIN is actually valid. There are plenty of free ways to check and you would think any of the companies or government would be checking that. So are they taking VINs off wrecked cars in the junkyard and putting them on the stolen vehicles? That is supposed to create a salvage title or something similar though. This could end up creaking a huge case if the cops follow it up.

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