A Cars History

[matt172]

Anyone know the best way to trace a cars history?
Our Elise is a pretty early one, built at the end of 96 and registered Jan 97, when we were at brands for the Lotus record thingy, Peter showed be his copy of the 'Elise History' book and a few of the pictures in there had the same last 3 letters DAU, just wondering if ours was a press car or anything like that

[central]

Some anorak on general gassing will find out in a couple of minutes......

[matt172]

was hoping some anorak in here would too

[central]

Is there some way of doing it through the DVLA?

I`ve got a massive folder of paperwork for the Cerb. Bills, MOTs, services etc. All the previous owners in the file, including a certain Richard Hammond!

[itsadeal]

central said:

Is there some way of doing it through the DVLA?

I`ve got a massive folder of paperwork for the Cerb. Bills, MOTs, services etc. All the previous owners in the file, including a certain Richard Hammond!

What ever! Well you would need a head injury to buy that heap with Fecked cams think he was in that when he crashed

I am sure either lotus themselves can aid you here, but just doing a hpi check will give you all the owners a slower process, but they can enlighten you on how many prangs (hopefully none i like you ) its been in and lovely background history like that

[Trackside]

itsadeal said:

I am sure either lotus themselves can aid you here, but just doing a hpi check will give you all the owners a slower process, but they can enlighten you on how many prangs (hopefully none i like you ) its been in and lovely background history like that

You sure about that? AFAIK, it'll tell you how many owners the car's had, but not who they are/were.

[central]

itsadeal said:

central said:

Is there some way of doing it through the DVLA?

I`ve got a massive folder of paperwork for the Cerb. Bills, MOTs, services etc. All the previous owners in the file, including a certain Richard Hammond!

What ever! Well you would need a head injury to buy that heap with Fecked cams think he was in that when he crashed

[central]

itsadeal said:

I am sure either lotus themselves can aid you here.....

Actually that`s a good point. Abby rang Mazda about her MX5 and they had loads of info......

[itsadeal]

central said:

itsadeal said:

I am sure either lotus themselves can aid you here.....

Actually that`s a good point. Abby rang Mazda about her MX5 and they had loads of info......

hey marky, have you got any proof that richard owned your car? if not write in to top gear! just hope he remembers

[itsadeal]

Trackside said:

itsadeal said:

I am sure either lotus themselves can aid you here, but just doing a hpi check will give you all the owners a slower process, but they can enlighten you on how many prangs (hopefully none i like you ) its been in and lovely background history like that

You sure about that? AFAIK, it'll tell you how many owners the car's had, but not who they are/were.

Hmmm not sure if the public can get all that info? your probably right trackside! But i know garages and the police can . Would i be right in assuming that vauxhall have something to do with lotus??? if so i know a man who can help

[central]

itsadeal said:

central said:

itsadeal said:

I am sure either lotus themselves can aid you here.....

Actually that`s a good point. Abby rang Mazda about her MX5 and they had loads of info......

hey marky, have you got any proof that richard owned your car? if not write in to top gear! just hope he remembers

The first owner in the log book was a "Richard Hammond" of somewhere near Reading.

[Trackside]

itsadeal said:

Would i be right in assuming that vauxhall have something to do with lotus??? if so i know a man who can help

GM owned Lotus in the late 80s - early 90s but sold them to Bugatti in around 93/94, who then sold to Proton a few years later.

I think you'll find that contacting Lotus directly would be the first step.

[Sporting Bear]

DVLA - if you write them a letter explaining you're tracing the car's history and enclose £5 cheque they'll send you the previous details they have on their records

I've done this a few times, last time with P6 about 3 years ago

If you've got a copy of INS 160 Guidance Notes, which I have

item 2:
The Regisistered keeper can apply for the history of the vehicle by writing to:

Fee Paying Enquiries, DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1AJ

quoting the registration mark of the vehicle and giving the reason for the request.
A fee of £5.00 should be made payable to DVLA



Edited for teacher to make his answer readable

Matt :tumbup:

Edited by Sporting Bear on Thursday 15th March 00:12

[matt172]

cheers Nigel