What Dealers Don't
Want You to Know
The used car market is a minefield. Here are the numbers that should scare you into checking every single VIN before you pay.
A buyer in Texas paid $14,500 for a used SUV off Facebook Marketplace.
Seller said it was one-owner, never hit. Three months in, random electrical gremlins started.
Took it to a mechanic — they found flood damage throughout the entire chassis.
The car had been totaled in a hurricane, "cleaned up," and quietly relisted.
A full vehicle history report would have shown the flood total-loss title — right there, in black and white,
before he ever handed over a cent.