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      09-08-2021, 01:10 PM   #1
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Anyone else do this???

Does anyone else look up their old cars VIN to see where they are or if they were sold again?

I recently did my first bmw and found out it was totaled.

It brought a tear to my eye, was such a great car.
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      09-08-2021, 01:14 PM   #2
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Been down that rabbit hole once. Not worth it.
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      09-08-2021, 01:37 PM   #3
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Nah, once I get rid of a car it's out of my thoughts.
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      09-08-2021, 01:41 PM   #4
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      09-08-2021, 01:42 PM   #5
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Nah, once I get rid of a car it's out of my thoughts.
Yep. I never look back. Sold a lot of cars and never once lifted a finger to find out what happened to them. I guess I just don't get attached to them like some people as I'm usually too smitten with my next vehicle to care about past cars.
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Did on my 2013 MKX, it was sold at auction for 2K less of what I traded it in and the buyer had it at 2K above what I got from traded in. So he was going for a 4K profit... I doubt he got that.
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      09-08-2021, 09:25 PM   #7
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Nope. Actually couldn't care less about any former possession. Actually I couldn't care about any current possession. They are all physical things that aren't worth worrying about.
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      09-10-2021, 02:27 PM   #8
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Not done a VIN check but in the UK we have How Many Left which is a make/model search:

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/

On one hand, once I shift a motor it's dead to me. But then, if I spotted it driving past I'd probably get all excited and unnecessary.
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thought about it... i have the vins for all my previous cars dating back 15 years. But then i'm too cheap to pay for a carfax. if someone here has a carfax i'd like to know what happened to my e36, e46, and gtr.
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Didn’t even have to vin check. Guy I bought my 87 Supra from messages me some years later saying his gf just bought it off the guy I ended up selling it too so we had a chuckle that it got all the way back to his family. And she bought it from the guy I sold it to after he blew the head gasket.
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      09-11-2021, 12:09 AM   #11
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Does anyone else look up their old cars VIN to see where they are or if they were sold again?

I recently did my first bmw and found out it was totaled.

It brought a tear to my eye, was such a great car.
What website you are using to check?
I mean beside carfax
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      09-11-2021, 06:27 PM   #12
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I do.

Old cars, old homes, old enemies and old girlfriends. yknow, just to see if they got fat or not.
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where do you even check for this info without paying?
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      09-12-2021, 01:11 PM   #14
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Yep! I bought my first bimmer (2010 128i e82) in 2013. I kept it for three years before trading it for an LR Evoque in 2016. Fast forward three years, I wanted to buy another 1 Series. I had a buddy run the VIN for my old 128i through the Manheim Auto Auction database. Bingo! Found it for sale at a dealership in PA. After a few phone calls, a deal was made, and I drove the my first bimmer back home to NC a week later. Luckily all the accessories/modifications I had purchased were still on car (BMW Performance wheels, BMW Performance Exhaust, BMW European Blackline taillamps, BMW mud flaps, BMW stainless steel pedal pads).
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      09-23-2021, 05:44 AM   #15
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i simply googled my vin.

Ive also had good results from this site: https://www.vehiclehistory.com/

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What website you are using to check?
I mean beside carfax

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I did once. I searched for it online and everntually found it. It turns out it was still close to where I lived, I had figured it would be halfway across the country! I went and checked it out in person, went on a couple of drives. It was fun reliving old memories, but after a few drives I was reminded why I sold it in the first place. I decided that the car was better off with its new owner, and I was much better off with the car I have. I decided to say goodbye once and for all and appreciate the car I have today.
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What's next, seeing who an old girlfriend or ex wife is partnered with?
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      09-23-2021, 08:04 AM   #18
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I don't search by vin, but I do check ebay and since some of my cars were rare, they do pop up on ebay every so often.

Here's one of my previous cars that I sold in 2016. I made $10k on it and now they are asking $20k more.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/11500161036...%7C1000%7C2500
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My dealer enrolled my F80 VIN in the CARFAX CareCare program, so I get an email update every time it goes in for service. It's not frequent so I don't bother finding a way to disenroll, but I get a smirk every time I see it. It's more like a grown kid calling me to tell me what they've been up to the last few months rather than me checking up on an ex.

Aside from that, the only time I ever look for an old VIN is when someone's looking for info on a car which may have been mine.
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Here's my old 335i! Still rollin!
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Mine got exported oversees. Never to been seen again.. Unfortunately
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Does anyone else look up their old cars VIN to see where they are or if they were sold again?

I recently did my first bmw and found out it was totaled.

It brought a tear to my eye, was such a great car.
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