Our One-Owner models: The secret to buying a great used car

Finding a used car you can depend on can be a tough task and can cause a lot of anxiety. How do you know if the vehicle was well-maintained? How do you know if the car was passed from one owner to another because it had some serious problems nobody wanted to deal with? We think the best way to deal with those issues is by getting one of our CARFAX® One-Owner models. It's your assurance that a pre-owned vehicle you find in our inventory had just one owner.

That tells you a lot about the car, including the fact that a one-owner car is usually in outstanding condition and typically has a maintenance history that's better than average. We're enthusiastic about our one-owner models and invite you to take a closer look at them at Grand Valley Auto Grand Junction in Grand Junction, CO.

CARFAX gives you a window into a car's history you can't easily get

The automotive experts at CARFAX® provide special consumer protections and increase the level of transparency for buyers like you all over the country, including local communities like Fruita and Clifton, CO. That's why states like Colorado give the CARFAX® organization unparalleled access to state vehicle registration records so buyers can see whether a used car, truck or SUV is a certified one-owner model.

One-Owner models available at Grand Valley Auto

A CARFAX® one-owner certification is your assurance that the vehicle you're considering didn't make a lot of trips passing from one vehicle owner to the next. When you get CARFAX® one-owner certification, you can be sure that the car, truck or SUV you're looking at had just a single owner and that will give you the kinds of inherent benefits that come with a more straightforward ownership history.

A car with only one owner was usually worth keeping

No one can guarantee how a used vehicle will perform in the future, but a CARFAX® one-owner certification gives you trustworthy information that can help you sleep better. When a vehicle had just a single owner, it usually means the buyer made a good purchase and the vehicle must have been reliable enough to keep. It typically means the car didn't have significant problems and the buyer was motivated to take good care of it.

one-owner certification helps you avoid cars with a troubled history

In most cases, you have no way of knowing whether the car in front of you had several owners. It might look nice so you don't suspect the problems inside. But if the car had multiple owners, it's an indication the car mighthave developed mechanical issues and nobody in the chain of ownership wanted to fix those problems. Each owner might have decided to get rid of the car and pass along the problems to someone else. But a CARFAX® one-owner model tends to be one that performed reliably and was worth taking care of.

CARFAX® can even give you a snapshot of a car's maintenance history

When you look at one of our CARFAX® one-owner models, you can learn a lot about that vehicle's past history. Just ask us for the CARFAX® Vehicle History Report because it will give you an estimate of the number of miles the car was driven each year, the approximate length of ownership and credible certification that the vehicle isn't in a salvage title status. In addition, you can get a look at whatever service history records were reported to CARFAX® so you'll have a sense about how well the car was maintained.

Get the CARFAX® One-Owner secret to car-buying success

You can take a lot of the guesswork and the anxiety out of buying a used car by focusing your attention on our CARFAX® one-owner models. Find one that looks appealing to you and schedule a test drive at Grand Valley Auto Grand Junction in Grand Junction, CO.