I had not bought a car for over 5 years and wanted to save money so I was buying from an individual. I found the type of car I was looking for but it was over an hour away and before I drove over there I wanted to know as much as I could about the car. I bought the 5 carfax package and ran the VIN through. Good thing I did, the car had an odometer irregularity about 8 months ago - the mileage was reported 70,000 miles less than the last time it was in for service. Turns out the guy who was selling it had no idea, he worked at a garage and the owner was not able to pay the repair so he bought the car for very little hoping to make some quick cash. He should have used carfax!