Vehicle Checks on a used car

michelleantoinette

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

albionrovers

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.

hamstercheeks_2

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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albionrovers

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=224393

CHR15

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.

hewhoisnotintheknow

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 £90