What vehicle checker?

[Trev450]

Wondering which vehicle history checker people are using that's reliable. There are so many out there and clearly some will be a lot more accurate than others.

Edited by Trev450 on Wednesday 24th April 19:21

[b8575]

Others may comment but I’ve used vcheck in the past and it’s been accurate with good info on the car. I’ve not had any issues flagged up mind you, so can’t personally vouch for its efficacy in picking up salvage etc.

What I would say is that most of the guarantees I’ve seen with these checks only guarantee that they, themselves, have collected the data and passed it on correctly. As far as I can understand, all the check sites generally collect the data from the same sources. So, if those sources are incorrect, eg the insurance write of database had a delayed update, they don’t pay out.

Edited by b8575 on Wednesday 24th April 23:17

[TriumphStag3.0V8]

I use totalcarcheck - which only yesterday put me off a "well looked after" Mini Cooper S that I was thinking of buying when it showed me that the car had spent some time as a guest of the good people at Copart, including a link to the Copart auction photos of the car in many many pieces.

[Trev450]

Thank you for the recommendations.

[RazerSauber]

Car Vertical seems to sponsor everyone and their dogs at the minute. Loads of YouTube channels are offering 20% off. I think SR20 is one of the numerous offer codes.