Build Date vs. Purchase

EddieS'04 · Oct 17, 2005

After Nelson posted his Trac birthday, I got curious.

The build date on my '04 Trac is, 9/03. I took possesion of it, 7/04. It only had 12 miles on it.

Iam curious as to why it would be on the market almost 1yr.

Makes me wonder if it went through a storm and was cleaned and refubished.

One reason is because the unpainted cast alluminum parts under the hood have always had alot of that, white chalky surface corrosion on them.

Is there a way to track were it has been after it left the factory??

Travis Munday · Oct 17, 2005

You could try to run a VIN check on the ST to see where it has been. By law, anytime a vehicle is in an accident, is sold, bought, or otherwise changes hand, the VIN number <i>should</i> be recorded and entered into some sort of database. CarFax runs checks on these databases....it may turn something up you weren't originally told when you bought the vehicle.

Other then that, there really isn't an easy way to track the vehicle after a dealer takes delivery. You can track it from factory to dealer, but after that it's a crap-shoot.

Frank Marano · Oct 17, 2005

Some vehicles sit a while on dealer lots, they just dont sell vehicles. I really think you have nothing to worry about.

Kerry Matthews · Oct 17, 2005

Mine was built in Dec. of 2000, and sat on a dealer's lot for 10 months in Central California before I bought it, and they drove down to get it and bring it back up to Sac. It had 371 miles on it when I took delivery.

Maybe it should be an 'anniversary' date, instead of a 'born on date'...

TomT · Oct 17, 2005

My build date was 10/01. So it's 4 years old this month. (20 in people years)

I'm going to buy a good bottle of tequila and pour it into the tank to celebrate!

FlipTrac_511 · Oct 17, 2005

Fast Eddie, my 04 also had 12 miles when I drove her home around July 2004. Her production roll out was 9-03 though. I never thought anything about it. I just figured a given vehicle doesn't directly go into dealer lots immediately after production.