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      09-19-2019, 09:59 AM   #23
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This is research to do before buying. Are you having buyers remorse? Is there an issue with the car and you are trying to find the cause? What is your goal here?
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      09-19-2019, 10:32 AM   #24
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This is research to do before buying. Are you having buyers remorse? Is there an issue with the car and you are trying to find the cause? What is your goal here?
Oh I did, the car has no paintwork, looks damn near flawless, and the carfax was clean.

No buyers remorse at all, I just want to know the whole story. I'm actually very lucky, the first owner complained about the brakes so it has new pads and rotors at all 4 corners, and the dealership that sold it has a new-tire policy, so I have new tires as well. Super happy with the car.
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You're doing all of this in hopes that the original owner kept the window sticker for some reason? Seems really odd.
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      09-19-2019, 03:29 PM   #26
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You're doing all of this in hopes that the original owner kept the window sticker for some reason? Seems really odd.
Every car has a story. I'd like the story as well. Who was the owner? How did they drive the car? Why did they get rid of it with 9,000 miles on the clock? If you don't like stories, that's cool, but I do. And yeah, I'd like to have the window sticker.
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Every car has a story. I'd like the story as well. Who was the owner? How did they drive the car? Why did they get rid of it with 9,000 miles on the clock? If you don't like stories, that's cool, but I do. And yeah, I'd like to have the window sticker.
I agree. Some of these guys here come across as cranky old men with privacy issues. But that's okay I suppose, takes all kinds to make the world go 'round...

But anyway, if I were the original owner of you car, I'd love to talk to you. I've always said that it would be great to know what happened to my car after I sold it. Where did it end up? Who owns it? Is it still on the road? Did it get totaled? Did it become a track car? Those sort of things. Hell, I'd love to know if my old Mustang is still on the road or not, but like just about everyone else, I have no idea what happened to the cars I used to own. I've actually thought about creating an app for that very purpose, but decided against it because of the time/effort/money required. I do see the VinWiki app and it's something along the lines of what I thought about doing, but not exactly.
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      09-21-2019, 07:55 AM   #29
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I purchased my car used with 9,400 miles on it this past August. I know it was purchased new 12/13/2017 from Russel BMW of Catonsville, MD, but have no idea how to find out who had it previously because no one will tell me (for obvious reasons). I'd love to contact the previous owner to see if they still have the window sticker, or if they had any issues.

How might I do that?
I bought a 2017 in July with 9950 miles. The dealer printed out service history and crossed out the original owners name and contact info, but forgot to cross out his name on page 2. Carfax listed the small town where he had it inspected the 2nd year, but he didn't seem to have much of an online presence.

I have the original sticker, but I noticed 4 cosmetic changes (IND parts) and was curious why he got rid of it or if he traded in for M2C.
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      09-23-2019, 07:16 AM   #30
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I'm in the same boat. Purchased my 2017 used in February with 8900 miles. Looks like it was originally sold on the West Coast and it made its way to the East Coast where I am. Would love to know the story behind the 8900 miles she had on her when purchased.

I found the original window sticker in the trunk so lucked out there but that really does not tell the story.
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      09-23-2019, 08:07 AM   #31
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Wouldn't stop hounding me for information about the car. ... So he showed up an hour after I got home, while I was eating dinner. I confronted him, cursed him out and told him to leave me alone.
Creepy, fer sure. I had a guy once track me down based on some Internet forum comments I had made, called me and wanted to chat, become my new friend. He meant well, but it was kind of creepy.

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Some of these guys here come across as cranky old men with privacy issues. . . . I've always said that it would be great to know what happened to my car after I sold it.
Ditto. I don't like being stalked, but I often wonder what happened to past cars, and if a new owner called/emailed about a car, I'd talk to him/her and give them whatever I had on it.

I had a beautiful E39 M5 that got totalled, and the guy that bought it/fixed it/listed it on eBay used one of my pictures without permission, so I got angry with him and his misrepresentation of the car. He got none of the records on the car. I still have all of that, ten years later, just in case, but I'll probably toss it soon. I suspect (based on Internet searches) that the car ended up overseas where they could wash the title.
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