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This will never show on carfax, carfax is actually a joke. Prior to my FR-S I have purchased all my vehicles through a company that sources cars at auctions for your and then does the "delivery prep".
The first time I asked about carfax he laughed. He said that the only way anything gets reported to carfax is if there is an insurance claim made. Meaning that if a car was banged up horribly and the owner opted to pay out of pocket for the repair it would never show on carfax. It happens more often than you think.
A car with a clean carfax could have been beat to crap in an accident.
They use a digital paint meter to gauge the thickness of the paint to see if an area has been repainted. From there then then inspect the seems, welds, bolts etc to see if anything is off or has been replaced.
Option 2 does not sound like enough of an "incentive" to me to keep the car. With this getting by what else may have gotten by?
I would tell them you want a new car, with your options and the $500 card for your trouble.
The only way I would keep the car is if they give you the warranty, $2500 card (with no expiration) to use for options as they come out (fogs, armrest, TRD parts etc).
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