Talk to the dealer and ask to see the V5?
How accurate (or not are these)
Dealer has a cheap car that my lad fancies - says 2 previous owners (last one for 15 years, a vicar that kept it in a hermetically sealed garage etc...)
The details pulled out automatically on some of the sales sites show 5 plate changes, another one 2 changes.
Actually paying for a report (vcheck) says 9 previous keepers and 9 plates changes. Ouch.
Is there a single source of truth for these things?
Cheers,
Pete
Talk to the dealer and ask to see the V5?
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
I think I would believe HPI rather than what a dealer told me. Can you get to look at the V5 that used to show number of prvious owner ( don't know if it still does).
Will have to check (if I even bother - there's other flags and it'll be a day of my time to go and see it - think it's bin fodder)
Cheers all.
A vicar - classic
VCheck & Car Vertical are well worth checking, but CV seems pretty expensive unless you are sure it's the car for you:
https://www.vcheck.uk/
https://www.carvertical.com/gb
Here's a tale of why HPI may not be worth the paper it's written on:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/...f=23&t=2039955
But it's not re-sellable, which is the point. I suppose she could have sold it privately but she chose to tie herself in with a finance company, making it more difficult.
Why would you buy a car that was stolen/recovered unless it was a silly price, and even then it would have to be a silly, silly price?
IMO she was misled by insurance not declaring the stolen/recovered/salvage status because, weirdly, they don't have to, and she paid full price on top.
Whether the car is running ok or not is moot. It's a scam against the consumer to protect the financial interests of an insurance underwriter.