After finally finding a very particular used SUV I wanted to buy from a private party, everything looked really good to purchase. Luckily I was able to get the VIN number for the vehicle right before making plans to meet, (a 100 mile round trip for me). I quickly decided to purchase a CarFax report to see what kind of service had been done but to my surprise I found the vehicle had been in 3 accidents and had 12 different owners, (it was only a 2003, that's almost 1 owner per year of it's life!!). The report changed my mind and I decided not to buy. This is not the only time CarFax has saved me a ton of money and a extremely big headache! This story might sound too good to be true but I assure you it isn't, I will never consider buying a used car without a CarFax report!!