Hi, I am a title clerk for a car dealer and use these reports and reporting agencies every day. Here are your options-
R.BURDGE (C)2005-2012, Who's best? Carfax or Autocheck or Nmvtis and vehicle history reports?
Retrieved from "Consumer Rights Law Blog"
"Getting an accurate motor vehicle title history online can cost a few bucks but it can save a lot of headaches and keep you from getting a lemon used car. But only if you check all 3 online vehicle history websites plus your own state records too.
Carfax costs about $35 and has done a great job of selling itself as the "gold standard" on vehicle title reports, but we don't think it is enough if you want to know the most you can know about a used car before you take a chance on it. Carfax only uses some sources and not all that are out there.
Autocheck, which costs about $30) is another company that does the same thing and they reportedly use some of the same and some different sources of data.
Another little known but highly accurate one is NMVTIS (about $2 to $7, but beware of fake NMVTIS web sites) which is actually a web site resource that was set up with federal government assistance and guidelines because of the problems with data holes in Carfax and AutoCheck - and it is the cheapest of the bunch. And if you click here, you'll find a cheaper shortcut to the Nmvtis data where it'll cost you just about $2 - for that price, it's a bargain and a great starting place for online vehicle research.
There are some other title history web sites on the internet but these three are the "big three" of the bunch.
The simple truth, though, is that if you want to know everything there is about a vehicle's past history then the
best thing to do is get a report from all three vehicle history sources. "
At work, we print all 3, but we are a dealer so we get a better rate and what have you.
Allot of follks have not even heard of NMVITIS.
hope this helps...
