My 16-yr-old Audi finally died as I pulled into the garage a short while back and so my car search shifted into high gear. I spent a lot of time online searching various sites and being picky about what I spent my time going to test drive. My wife found a Lexus ES 330 that she thought I'd like and so we drove across town to meet the seller for a test drive. I was extremely happy with the test drive and the car was very clean. So I bought a 5-pack of CarFax VIN lookups using my smartphone and checked the car's VIN. To my surprise the CARFAX revealed that the car had been in no less than 2 front-end collisions. That would explain why it pulled a little to the right. Wow, was I grateful for that info. I promptly abandoned that lead. About a week later, though, I found another Lexus that I liked online, but it had a bit higher mileage than I was considering. So I ran the CarFAX. This time, the report came back indicating zero accidents, but even more helpful was that fact that the CARFAX report showed that the car had been taken to the dealership every 5,000 miles for service. The test drive went well & I bought the car with the confidence of knowing the service history of this 'higher-mileage' vehicle. I would never buy a car again without first running the CARFAX.