What's the go-to car history checking service?
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I've seen a lot of stories of cars being sold by dealers with hidden histories (i.e. unrecorded damage), and that the usual hpi check does not reveal this but other services can and do.
Carvertical is the one that comes up often due to the endless adverts, Vcheck is the first one I ever heard of, and Totalcarcheck is recommended by Auto Express. There's also newer ones like Vehiclesmart and Carveto. In short it seems like a very saturated market and difficult to understand who is best and why. So what's everyone using please?
Carvertical is the one that comes up often due to the endless adverts, Vcheck is the first one I ever heard of, and Totalcarcheck is recommended by Auto Express. There's also newer ones like Vehiclesmart and Carveto. In short it seems like a very saturated market and difficult to understand who is best and why. So what's everyone using please?
Sorry for the thread resurrection but I think my Tiguan I bought in September has been crashed.
Bought from a dealer, HPId etc but looking hard it looks like some repairs most of the way down the drivers side that has only become apparent recently.
Which service is most likely to pick this up?
Bought from a dealer, HPId etc but looking hard it looks like some repairs most of the way down the drivers side that has only become apparent recently.
Which service is most likely to pick this up?
BigGingerBob said:
Sorry for the thread resurrection but I think my Tiguan I bought in September has been crashed.
Bought from a dealer, HPId etc but looking hard it looks like some repairs most of the way down the drivers side that has only become apparent recently.
Which service is most likely to pick this up?
If it wasn't written off then I'm not sure any service would pick it up. I'd love to be proven wrong though.Bought from a dealer, HPId etc but looking hard it looks like some repairs most of the way down the drivers side that has only become apparent recently.
Which service is most likely to pick this up?
BigGingerBob said:
Fair enough, it's just the Car vertical ads always show photos of damaged cars. I just thought that maybe insurance claims get photographed for assessment.
That's usually when they've been involved in an insurance write-off or claim and taken to a salvage yard.If the owner repaired it at their own cost, without informing their insurer, it wouldn't be recorded/photographed.
virdeeb said:
Is v check still the site to use?
Drive Blind jnr was looking for a new car earlier this year.VCheck weeded out all the motors with red flags. From salvage auction pics to imports that insurance wouldnt touch. Outstanding finance, etc.
Quite the eye opener how many cars advertised had undeclared history. Even if given the all clear the vcheck showed the things like multiple owners in a short time frame, another potential red flag.
i didnt try any of the other companies offering a similar service,,
Drive Blind said:
virdeeb said:
Is v check still the site to use?
Drive Blind jnr was looking for a new car earlier this year.VCheck weeded out all the motors with red flags. From salvage auction pics to imports that insurance wouldnt touch. Outstanding finance, etc.
Quite the eye opener how many cars advertised had undeclared history. Even if given the all clear the vcheck showed the things like multiple owners in a short time frame, another potential red flag.
i didnt try any of the other companies offering a similar service,,
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