I'm searching for a new (to me) NBS SUV, and looking everywhere I can think of. I can't find a site with detailed VIN information, Are there any free sites that include vehicle specific options with a VIN Decoder? (The rest is kind of me ranting, if you are in a hurry skip to the last sentence).
Autotrader
Craigslist
Carfax - (didn't realize they sell used cars, free Carfax and these are some nicer examples).
ebay
cars.com
offerup
cargurus
here
Found a few auction sites, but Iaai and salvagebid seem to be the only two big ones (that aren't just local), and they have the same vehicles..
Iaai is the only place I have seen that has vehicle SPECIFIC options...
Everywhere I have searched online only has generic VIN details..
I am looking for a 99-04 white on gray CLEAN BODY, clean title, 2WD, 5.3 (probably) white or (possibly) black, without traction control and stability control, (if you knew how I drove you would understand why, I'm not just going to bother turning it off every time I drive). To swap a MAN transmission in. So when I drive, I can down shift to second before the turns, and out corner the "sports cars" with bad drivers and automatic transmissions. This will allow me to quickly act like a child, while simultaneously be an ******* (temporarily). Knowing what I know now, I might jump on the cheapest clean body with the right color I can find, and plan on putting new suspension, brakes, engine/trans pullout swap (if I can find a low mileage). I think my best plan is to find a $1k version of a $3K vehicle, then put $12-$15K in to it to try to make it better than new. Not looking to race, just a clean personalized semi-sleeper daily driver.
ITS RIDICULOUS, how uninformed some people are about their vehicles. If you want to feel smart, go look at offerup and you might find one out of 20 who give you half the information that matters. Most people don't post a single interior picture, or don't include whether its 2wd or 4wd. Yet they want to put "V8" in big letters, even though THEY ALL came with a v8, but they won't say which one it is. Its as if people think two pictures, three sentences, and zero details other than "how it runs good" is worth $1000 over KBB..
I was looking for my current vehicle 99-06 reg cab Silverado/Sierra with a V8 and 5spd, pwr windows and locks, one owner with low mileage, and next to no mods (so that I knew the only problems were going to be what I would cause), in dark gray, or blue with gray interior, southern vehicle. I spent hours a day looking for one on what was about 20 different websites. After SIX MONTHS, One popped up one day for $6k, blue on graphite with 90K miles and a stepside bed with a tonneau, and a magnaflow muffler in TX. I jumped on it, paid asking, and flew out a couple days later and drove it back 1000 miles. Its been great for the last 6 years and 140K miles.. I don't like to settle, and don't plan on it for this. I didn't plan on keeping the truck forever, but I think this SUV will be the first vehicle I am going to plan on keeping for the extended long term.
Back to the thread. So I'm not going to pay for them because this may take a while, I certainly can't ask someone to run 5-10 VINs a day from different vehicles that come up new across the country. I might buy an unlimited monthly search if not too much, but I'm not going to pay $1 a search, and most people don't even have enough sense to post their VIN anyways. The main thing I'm looking at is traction control and stability control (standard in 2005 and on Escalades), that I DON'T WANT. Carfax is 6 for $100. F-NO.. I'll get one before I buy, but not to search, when I can rule out so many before.
Does Anyone know any good websites that might help with detailed VIN info for cheap or free?
Autotrader
Craigslist
Carfax - (didn't realize they sell used cars, free Carfax and these are some nicer examples).
ebay
cars.com
offerup
cargurus
here
Found a few auction sites, but Iaai and salvagebid seem to be the only two big ones (that aren't just local), and they have the same vehicles..
Iaai is the only place I have seen that has vehicle SPECIFIC options...
Everywhere I have searched online only has generic VIN details..
I am looking for a 99-04 white on gray CLEAN BODY, clean title, 2WD, 5.3 (probably) white or (possibly) black, without traction control and stability control, (if you knew how I drove you would understand why, I'm not just going to bother turning it off every time I drive). To swap a MAN transmission in. So when I drive, I can down shift to second before the turns, and out corner the "sports cars" with bad drivers and automatic transmissions. This will allow me to quickly act like a child, while simultaneously be an ******* (temporarily). Knowing what I know now, I might jump on the cheapest clean body with the right color I can find, and plan on putting new suspension, brakes, engine/trans pullout swap (if I can find a low mileage). I think my best plan is to find a $1k version of a $3K vehicle, then put $12-$15K in to it to try to make it better than new. Not looking to race, just a clean personalized semi-sleeper daily driver.
ITS RIDICULOUS, how uninformed some people are about their vehicles. If you want to feel smart, go look at offerup and you might find one out of 20 who give you half the information that matters. Most people don't post a single interior picture, or don't include whether its 2wd or 4wd. Yet they want to put "V8" in big letters, even though THEY ALL came with a v8, but they won't say which one it is. Its as if people think two pictures, three sentences, and zero details other than "how it runs good" is worth $1000 over KBB..
I was looking for my current vehicle 99-06 reg cab Silverado/Sierra with a V8 and 5spd, pwr windows and locks, one owner with low mileage, and next to no mods (so that I knew the only problems were going to be what I would cause), in dark gray, or blue with gray interior, southern vehicle. I spent hours a day looking for one on what was about 20 different websites. After SIX MONTHS, One popped up one day for $6k, blue on graphite with 90K miles and a stepside bed with a tonneau, and a magnaflow muffler in TX. I jumped on it, paid asking, and flew out a couple days later and drove it back 1000 miles. Its been great for the last 6 years and 140K miles.. I don't like to settle, and don't plan on it for this. I didn't plan on keeping the truck forever, but I think this SUV will be the first vehicle I am going to plan on keeping for the extended long term.
Back to the thread. So I'm not going to pay for them because this may take a while, I certainly can't ask someone to run 5-10 VINs a day from different vehicles that come up new across the country. I might buy an unlimited monthly search if not too much, but I'm not going to pay $1 a search, and most people don't even have enough sense to post their VIN anyways. The main thing I'm looking at is traction control and stability control (standard in 2005 and on Escalades), that I DON'T WANT. Carfax is 6 for $100. F-NO.. I'll get one before I buy, but not to search, when I can rule out so many before.
Does Anyone know any good websites that might help with detailed VIN info for cheap or free?
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