Alfa Found! (almost)

["Brad Purvis" <bradpurvis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew, May I call you Andy?

After a little more digging I found a more recent license plate number for 
my old '84 Spider. I plugged that into the SMOG Check site you posted and 
volia! I now have the VIN and I know where the car received it's smog check 
the past two years (its due again this month), in the East Bay. Can someone 
tell me exactly what info is provided by CARFAX? Would it be worth paying 
for one of their VIN checks to try and locate the current owner?

Brad Purvis

<Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 15:14:39 -0400
<From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
<Subject: Finding cars in Calif
<
<I sent this to Brad who was looking for his old Spider, and decided to
<forward it to the Digest too for those who may not know about this handy
<state-provided feature:
<
<If you know the VIN or the car's current license plate, you can at least
<find out legally where and when its most recent smog check done was by 
going
<to the DMV site at
<http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/vehtests/pubtstqry.aspx and typing in the VIN 
or
<license and clicking the appropriate box.  I tried Brad's "alfissi" plate
<but it didn't come up with anything.   Even if you can find the smog shop, 
a
<reputable mechanic should not tell you who owns the car now, but at least
<you'll be on the trail, if there is one.
<
<I've done this with a number of cars I've been thinking about buying, to
<corroborate (or not) whether they'd been recently smogged. It's also a good
<way to cross reference VINs and license plates, if you're interested in
<that.  I just tried it and it doesn't seem to be working at the moment...

<Andrew Watry
<Berkeley, CA

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