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Old May 11, 2015 | 01:43 PM
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Hey, I'm new to the forum and I would really love some help. So, I recently bought a C300. Nice condition, low mileage and a clean carfax. Everything seemed to be perfect, I've been driving it for a 4 months now. Not a single problem. Until my friend asked me if I wanted to check my vin history, cause he got this package of reports and had some of them free. As i checked it, i saw photos from some auction, that wasn't even on my carfax. The car looked terrible, half of it's front was gone, however on the next sale (where i subsequently bought it) showed a bright and shiny mercedes, just as it sits today.
Now, i don't feel safe driving a car like that. Even though it's behaving ok. Have I reason to doubt? I have photos, and I'm going to get it looked at on the weekend. But what is the worst that could happen to it?
And a few other questions: has anyone ever gone through the carfax buyback programme? i heard its rather tricky
And has anyone ever heard of https://www.epicvin.com/en - that's the site that i got my second report at? can it be trusted?

Thanks in advance
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Old May 11, 2015 | 01:46 PM
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That's the poor fella, before I met him


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That wrecked car in the picture is an entirely different model from a C300 (it's a 2012 SLK, correct me if I'm wrong). Assuming your car is the one in your profile pic, the auction house likely just mixed up the pictures with another salvage car on the lot while writing up the report. No way a CarFax would miss something like that (a totalled brand new SLK, that was completely rebuilt as a 2010 W204??).

Keep driving your car, there isn't anything wrong with it.
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Old May 12, 2015 | 06:20 PM
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Thanks for the laughs OP. Looks like I'll be avoiding that website for car history checks.
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Haha, short story no. Considering that the picture they provided is a completely different model than your car..
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hahaha you have no need to worry by that pic
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What kind of dark magic did they use to change a 2-doors car into a 4-doors car
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What kind of dark magic did they use to change a 2-doors car into a 4-doors car
They must be a level 47 wizard! xD
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They must be a level 47 wizard! xD
Sign me up to be his/her apprentice master!

Lol, this is going way way
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