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Old 16-08-2007, 09:57 PM
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Never done them before, whats the best company to use?

Exactly what do they tell you?

How much are they?

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Old 16-08-2007, 10:00 PM
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they tell you about the history of a car, whether it has ever been stolen,crashed,had plate changes, has finance owing etc

they basically give you all of the information you could ever need, to not get stung when buying, i would not buy a car without one again.

i use www.autocheck.co.uk you get 5 checks for £25 quid, which you can use in a 60 day period i think.

i have one left if you need one doing
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Hi mate, I sell em if youre interested for a tenner.


Proper HPI ones too, heres an example

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Yellow box Reg, Grey box chassis number

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AA/ RAC, Various if you do a search..

Costs vary again, i'd never NOT do one though..
Old 16-08-2007, 10:05 PM
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Thats great, cheers guys
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Bud-weis, any chance you could email me one of your ones so I can compare pls mate?
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i can post them here if you like?
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Just wanna see what theres shows you to be honest, post by pm email or hree as long as I can see it I'll be happy
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this is what it shows you, once you have purchased the car you can register for free insurance on the HPi.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-weis/hpi1.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-weis/hpi2.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-weis/hpi3.jpg

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Cheers, does it show you the Chassis number of the car?
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So it doesnt show you the VIN, and tells you not to buy the car until you have confirmed it...

Not great..

But also not bad for a fiver
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it asks for reg and vin before you start the check, if you don't have the vin at the time you can check it afterwards.

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