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Old 06-08-2008, 07:04 PM
jbsides jbsides is offline
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Default Re: Tracing Car History

I have had only limited luck dealing directly with the DMV and their stupid a$$ forms. I have, however, had a great deal of luck tracing my various CA cars history all the way back with the AAA here, but specifically with one old bird who had retired from the DMV and worked at ACSC in Long Beach (which has access to the same Government records). I found through dealing with one difficult situation in particular, that there is a boatload of info available to those knowledgeable people with the right access who know how to get to it. I dealt with her several times, and in that one instance, it took here 30 minutes of going through those digital archives just to get to the beginning, so there was a level of patience required you will not find common. I was sucking up to her like there was no tomorrow, but it paid large dividends.

JB
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