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tracke30m3 · 08-19-2007, 10:00 AM

Found an 02' Boxster, silver on Cashmere, 46K miles, completely stock except for a Nakamichi head unit and a pair of Rainbow separates speakers in custom enclosures behind the seats.

Car seems to be in pretty good shape, specially the interior, I will buy it for $20K if the PPI checks out ok.

My concern is, the car is being sold by a guy here in LA who says the owner of the car is his cousin from San Francisco, his cousin apparently owes him money so the car is part of the payment. The seller showed me the car's pink slip which already has his cousin's signature.

Is there a way I can verify the pink slip with the DMV that there are no problems with the car? Meaning its not stolen or anything and that the signature on the pink slip is indeed of the registered owner from SF.

I also did a Carfax on it, though there are no issues with the car, the Carfax does seem "empty", not alot of info in it. Basically it just shows the car being bought from the dealership and titled by the first owner in IL, then the first owner moved to CA, then the car was sold and titled to the current owner in SF 1.5yrs ago. There were no records in between that period, no records of being serviced or anything. The car also did 19k miles in that 1.5yrs, seller says its because his cousin would drive from SF to LA often.

The seller does not have any service records for the car, neither does the owner from SF.

08-19-2007, 10:00 AM	#25
tracke30m3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LA, CA Posts: 66	Found an 02' Boxster, silver on Cashmere, 46K miles, completely stock except for a Nakamichi head unit and a pair of Rainbow separates speakers in custom enclosures behind the seats. Car seems to be in pretty good shape, specially the interior, I will buy it for $20K if the PPI checks out ok. My concern is, the car is being sold by a guy here in LA who says the owner of the car is his cousin from San Francisco, his cousin apparently owes him money so the car is part of the payment. The seller showed me the car's pink slip which already has his cousin's signature. Is there a way I can verify the pink slip with the DMV that there are no problems with the car? Meaning its not stolen or anything and that the signature on the pink slip is indeed of the registered owner from SF. I also did a Carfax on it, though there are no issues with the car, the Carfax does seem "empty", not alot of info in it. Basically it just shows the car being bought from the dealership and titled by the first owner in IL, then the first owner moved to CA, then the car was sold and titled to the current owner in SF 1.5yrs ago. There were no records in between that period, no records of being serviced or anything. The car also did 19k miles in that 1.5yrs, seller says its because his cousin would drive from SF to LA often. The seller does not have any service records for the car, neither does the owner from SF. Last edited by tracke30m3; 08-19-2007 at 10:08 AM.