Is there anyway to determine if an IMS has been replaced?

I am looking at a 2004 C4S, finally made it to Seattle and test drove the car at Park Place Ltd. Currently typing this in my hotel room. Two problems with the car, carfax has no accident but damage on the rear side bumper, no history of the car past 8 years ago. Dealer does not know what happened to the car before. Car has 46k miles. They have it priced at $36k . Should I factor IMS replacement, and a discount for damage? They have owned the car for over 265 days and don’t seem to care if it sells or not.

Should I move on? Or pursue

 

Is there anyway to determine if an IMS has been replaced? No, unless on the registry here: http://imsretrofit.com/ims-check/

A PPI/Oil Test can determine if there are issues (but no guarantees, other problems can be shown in a test).

36k seems pricey even with clear accident history and ims.

 

No longer interested in Park Place’s C4S, they would not budge on price just came down to $35k. I explained how cars on bring a trailer without IMS are selling for $32k and they should take off at least a thousand or more because of damage on the carfax. They said the auctions are irrelevant, they want to sell their cars above their purchase price and hold on to them in a fluid market for 265 days. I said to them sometimes you have to take a loss. What world are they living in? Do they actually sell any cars, they are sitting in millions of dollars of cars.

Sorry for the rant

 

Max, a lot of these cars are on consignment, with the dealer stuck with the owner's unwillingness to sell, so as long as they have room it costs them nothing to store. Also BAT is for sophisticated, mainly younger (a guess) buyers, that is not there usual customer. I looked for months, and even did a ppi on a 2004 4cs 9 hours away, offered 23k after ppi showed a need for brakes, front tires and small oil seeps, seller wouldn't budge of 25k, then pulled car from market. I ended up paying 30k locally for a 2004 C2, more than I wanted to spend due to color and condition.