Ask HN: Carfax source of data.

Hi. I have a question for the collective HN mind.

I want to make a website like Carfax, but free. So I started looking. My biggest hope was that mechanics must submit car fix reports to the state DMV, and that these databases would be open (since DMV is supported by taxpayers). Didn't find a thing.

I found autocheck.com that has unlimited reports, and it's not that expensive. Should I just collect a bunch of VINs and parse that site?

I hope there's a better way.

thanks!