The Carfax database contains the following information about this 1998 Nissan:

DATE ODOMETER INFORMATION GENERAL
REPORTED READING SOURCE COMMENTS

03/16/1998 Indiana Registered as
Motor Vehicle Dept. lease vehicle
Dallas, TX

04/18/1998 12 Indiana Title issued
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Dallas, TX
Title #98077074067

12/23/1999 24,778 Auto Inventory Offered for sale
Lafayette, IN at dealership

02/26/2000 25,850 Indiana Title issued
Motor Vehicle Dept. First lien reported
Lafayette, IN
Title #00077034121


I did find the previous owner's name imprinted in the owner's manual case plastic fomr his insurance card. I did call him when I bought it and asked him a few questions when I first got it. So looks like he moved here from Dallas. Maybe it was originally on Courtesy's lot! Or maybe it would say Richardson instead of Dallas.

So it was on a lease at first. No wonder he took such shitty care of the paint.

I bought the car on 1/6/00. Why did it take almost two months to title it I wonder?

ya, there is a nissan dealership just down the road in dallas called bankston nissan. they are the 2nd best dealership in town http://laf.cioe.com/~benbobbo/NonCGI/smilies/smile.gif

it could have been on a lot for a while too... for the title transfer. TX is kinda slow about those things sometimes.

ahhhhhhh to be the proud, original owner of a classic.....

it's a great feeling (and the only one-up I have on Ben's car! haha)

Hmm I wonder what my carfax report would show. I'm sure the original owner beat the piss out of the car. Oh wait a minute, I bought my car NEW so if something shows up, then something is wrong. http://laf.cioe.com/~benbobbo/NonCGI/smilies/biggrin.gif

hahahaha!

We should start a club: "The No-Carfax Report Club"

I bought mine new, then somebody ran it over...

The title history on mine is new used car is:
Bought in TX.
Repossessed in NC (in may).
Bought at Auction by Dealer.
Sold to other dealer.
sold to other dealer.
sold to me (in Oct)

About 90% of SE-R's were originally registered as lease vehicles, at least for the 95-98 years. This is because they were relatively easy to lease. That's what the dealer told me anyways and it held true that nearly every SE-R I ran a carfax report on was orginally registered as a lease vehicle.