I knew that I wanted a 2011-2013 VW Touareg in brown, blue or black. I began searching on my own, but also went through the Costco buyer program for assistance from a local dealer. They located and offered to ship a car from the midwest for me, but something felt off. I'd already located what I thought was a good deal from the west coast. The more I hesitated, the harder the dealer pushed. I ordered five carfax reports and boy am I glad that I did. The car they wanted me to purchase was a commercial vehicle from Illinois and was being sold in Missouri. A little more research, and I was pretty sure I didn't want to risk road salt damage. The car that I found, was a single owner car, originally shipped to a dealer in my state who traded to the next state north, regularly maintained at the dealership where it was purchased, and if it did go to a road salt state, it was only to visit. Fired the dealer who tried to push the other car on me, and brought home my beautiful toffee brown metallic Touareg. Love this car! Won't be buying another car for a while, but if I do, I'll get the Carfax first.