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Vehicle Checks on a used car

michelleantoinette
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in Motoring
I'm about to buy a used Ford Galaxy on Monday. It looks great and I'm happy with it. I secured the car with £200 yesterday and will pay the balance next week. However, the dealer suggested I get a vehicle check done on it at a cost of £25. Is this necessary as he said the dealership had already done a check themselves and nothing came up. Also, if I should do a check is it best to do it with them (through Experian I think) or should I go for an AA or RAC or other motoring type company which maybe be a bit cheaper?
Any advice, much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michelle
Any advice, much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michelle
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Google 'HPI check' and I think you can get one done starting at about £5. The more you spend, the more information you get. Check the list of what you get before deciding how much to spend.0
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https://www.mycarcheck.com/?ref=checkitfree
mycarcheck.com provides further information & checks for only £3.95,
including:
* Write-off
* Scrapped
* Imported / Exported
* Colour changes
* VIN check
http://www.checkthisreg.com/
For £19.99 checkthisreg.com provides a comprehensive check, including:
* Outstanding finance
* Mileage
* Guaranteed information up to £30,000
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I paid about £30 for one when I bought a car some years ago. All Clear.
Had the car about 5yrs, no problems at all, passed all the MOT's.
When I went to replace it, I sent it through an Auction but had a call later that night (after it had been sold) from the Auction House informing me it was a Cat D write off 5yrs ago (coincidently just before I bought it).
I'm not sure how long it takes this kind of information to get through to the Auto-check companies, but in those days it certainly wasn't instant.
I had to drop the auctioned price, the buyer still took it due to all the MOT passes but I had absolutely no idea of it's history despite the auto check.0 -
wiper motors on these, the vw sharan and seat version always burn out due to bad design of the linkage, make sure they work, sounds silly but a second hand motor on ebay has been seen to go fo £900
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