ok so i was looking around on craigslist and there was this guy who had an 05 evo VIII for 8k with a clear title and only 20k miles, have any of you guys ever heard of this good of a deal? because to me it seems too good to be true although he has the vin number and stuff

 

Fraud for sure!

 

If it seems to good to be true, then it probably is.

 

hmm alright i was hoping it would be alright, anyways idk if its against some kind of rules or w/e but can someone carfax this VIN number for me?

JA3AH86D65U052950

if you cant thats fine, just say so but if you can do that i would greatly appreciate it

 

A CARFAX Vehicle History Report is based only on information supplied to CARFAX. CARFAX checked over 5 billion vehicle history events and found 9 record(s) for this 2005 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION AWD (JA3AH86D65U052950).




Purchased: 2005
Type: Personal
Where: New York
Est. miles/year: 8,395/yr
Est. length owned: 10/2/05 - 3/12/08
(2 yrs. 5 mo.)



Date: Mileage: Source: Comments:
05/21/2005 Mitsubishi Motors
www.mitsubishicars.com
ww.mitsubishicars.c
om Vehicle manufactured

08/20/2005 Mitsubishi Motors
www.mitsubishicars.com
ww.mitsubishicars.c
om Vehicle shipped to original dealer
in Inwood, NY

10/02/2005 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Bronx, NY Registration issued or renewed
First owner reported
Registered as
personal vehicle
Passed safety inspection

10/03/2005 27 New York
Inspection Station Emissions inspection performed
Dealer had vehicle inspected to
prepare it for sale
Passed safety inspection
View what was inspected


11/20/2006 14,884 New York
Inspection Station Emissions inspection performed
Passed safety inspection
View what was inspected


03/08/2007 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Brooklyn, NY Title issued or updated
Loan or lien reported
Registration updated when owner moved
the vehicle to a new location

02/27/2008 20,430 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Chester, PA Title issued or updated

03/12/2008 Auto Auction Sold at auction
in Eastern Region
Listed as
a fleet vehicle

Dealers routinely buy and sell millions of used vehicles at auction each year.

06/04/2008 Mitsubishi Motors No recalls open for repair

There you go bro

 

just buy it...whats the worst that could happen............................................ ...

 

That sounds like a bunch of bull crap!

 

scam

 

He probably for got to put a 1 in front of the 8 to make it 18k ?? Call him up take it for a test drive and if it drives good and you don't see anything wrong with it BUY IT!!

 

yeah has to be a typo or a retard owner who maybe thinks its a base lancer

 

Lol, wouldn't that be funny...

 

That's weird that it was sold at an auction. When auction comes to mind, I usually think of repo or accident. But if the car was totaled it should have showed up on the report.

They say dealers buy millions of cars at auction...not private parties. Take it for a test drive!

 

Just check it out, see there are any strings attached. I know someone who bought an '05 evo with 20,000 miles mint for $7,000 from a repo company.

 

+1 on typo. Even $18K is a good price honestly.

But if he really is selling it for $8K with f-ed up insides, you can buy it as a rolling chassis, replace motor, transmission, transfercase, etc. and still have money left over.

I was going to say it is a theft recovery at that price, but after seeing the carfax I'm not so sure.

 

my guess is its most likely a stock lancer bc when i was looking for an evo recently i ran into the same thing and i got a vin number which said it was for an evo but i went to look at the car and found it it was a stock lancer! in dont know what the deal was but it sucked pretty bad...all you can do is check it out man good luck