if it was insurance repaired how the hell is it not recorded ? thought that was the point , only way around I thought was when a private has a un recorded accident and then sells on as is (unrecoded)
Only gets a cat on the log book if the insurance company decide not to repair it and sell it as salvage
Took it to my mates garage yesterday looking to order a new boot seal - at which point he pointed to the ID on the boot, 2L FSI, its a 1.6FSI boot lid has been swapped out probly to save a right off privately & unrecorded
the heading says it all whats best way to find if vehicle has outstanding finance on it or previously been accident damaged. realise there are various websites(well I geuss there is!) best site/price. thanks guys.
We charge £240 for an engineers report on any car issues - it normally takes about 4 hours and then you have the time to type up the report (so we don't push too hard to do them). I will only really do them - if we are repairing your car.
If you are gonna challenge a car seller in court - you are better off not having it inspected at the time of sale (no declared faults).
We don't inspect at the point of sale - only if/when something goes wrong.
Engineers reports need to be done by a qualified engineer and laid out in an industry standard format. This is so they can be "read in court" and reach "professional witness status" to save time and money.
AA pre sales inspection is a waste of money.
Buying into the 150 point check thing - is just silly - they are done by the vehicle seller
Used car market is a minefield for sure. Tread carefully...
I have seen things over the years that would make you cry - what someone will do to sell a car.
That's an old trick to make you more keen. Don't fall for it, the world's full of cars for sale.
Oh, and having a magnet in your pocket is a handy thing for finding fillers - or a Paint Thickness Gauge [there are adequate cheap ones on the 'Bay e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...auge.TRS0&_nkw=paint+thickness+gauge&_sacat=0 if the Seller will let you do spot checks on certain areas of the bodywork, also gives a decent indication if the car's been patched up and blown over.
And my Dad said "Never buy a car in the rain"......
Or hire one and collect it when it's chucking it down or getting dark I've done that too & got lemon'd .