I was on a mission. A mission to locate and purchase, with someone else's money, a strong…read moreworkhorse of a vehicle. I had someone else's trust placed on me and I didn't want to let them down. Have any of you researched, hunted and located a vehicle for someone else before? I certainly haven't. I understand there are "buyers", car buying "consultants" who make their living doing this type of thing. I was on a mission not to let them down and I poured 3 months of research into the type of vehicle it was, the kind of typical problems these vehicles encounter and in what years they encounter them. Also pricing out replacement parts in case I had to replace an entire engine.. you know.. you never know so you need to know the cost of a properly rebuilt engine and know where you actually buy one. Now that most of us are buying and selling our used cars there is no getting around the fact that you are GOING to buy a used vehicle (better make sure its not junk) and sooner than you think. I've been a car fanatic for quite some time and I love to read about the latest developments especially with supercars e.g. Bugatti, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and the EV equivalent of all of them. Suffice it to say, spouting off my pseudo-intelligence about trucks or vans or any type of work vehicle has not typically been my forte. After going to 30 + dealers, small, medium and large all across the state of Florida from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach, Hialeah, across Alligator Alley to Naples... I ended up purchasing one of these vans from Only Cargo Vans Sale and mostly because I met a very sharp individual by the name of Damien. Damien could see that I wasn't interested in any sales pitches. I was cooked by this time. Couldn't take any more sales talk. Just needed the facts. Car buying typically ends up being a subjective decision for most consumers. However, buying a car should be the one thing that is NOT subjective, do TONS of research BEFORE going to the dealer. If you wait till you get to the dealer to decide on what vehicle you want.. you're going to get "taken". Let me just back up a little.. I was raised to rely on a man for things like understanding how cars worked, buying a car or dealing with anything that typically is (quote) "a man's world". I wasn't taught to be self-reliant. I've had to teach myself to be self reliant. No longer do I need a man to help me purchase a car. I can make this purchase without ANY help from a man. Did I want to be this way? No. It was up to me and NO ONE ELSE, to find the right vehicle for my family member. Something reliable, won't break down and didn't have a miserable history. After EPIC research into this I decided that the two places that I was going to have to rely on heavily was Carfax and Bumper.com. Whatever was missing in the Carfax report was going to be in the Bumper report and visa versa. Yes, these reports can be manipulated and have been by many a unscrupulous person. However, when you are traveling, you have done your research, and now you have to rely on seeing the vehicle personally, taking it to another mechanic and reference these reports. That's pretty much what you are left with. I can say that Damien did everything perfectly when dealing with me. He was straight to the point, showed me his repair records, let me drive a few different cars, showed me the carfax reports and allowed me to take the one that I was interested in, to a mechanic of MY choice. Damien and his team were extremely thorough and answered my questions. I knew that I wasn't buying a NEW car but one that had been a workhorse for someone in the past. When I purchased the vehicle and rolled it off the lot, there were of course some red lights on in the dash. That is very common for these vehicles. Don't let that dissuade you. You need to know what they are and how to fix those lights in the dash BEFORE you come to the lot. Of course there were fixes that I had to make on the van that I purchased but I expected it and I allotted the proper amount of $ just for this purpose. The BIGGEST thing you need to be worried about is that vehicles history... how many accidents and how many owners. I purchased a van with 1 owner and NO accidents. After running all the reports and analyzing them I had a pretty clear picture regarding all the places that van had been, where and for how long. The only person who could have been better at this than myself would be the person who holds a dealers license. If you know someone with a dealers license then you should befriend that person because they are the ONLY people who are going to dig up ALL the info on the car that you are looking for. The fixes I had to make on this van were: Brakes and rotors, all 4 tires $1500 Gas Cap, $15.00 Epic Vehicle Check $250 Windshield Wipers (2) $48 Hope this helps someone.