Help-----car purchase stolen

bclark

If it was an insurance right off then wouldn't that have shown up on the HPI?

OP what exactly did the HPI say?

hewhoisnotintheknow

bclark wrote: »

If it was an insurance right off then wouldn't that have shown up on the HPI?

OP what exactly did the HPI say?

if someone nicks your car with the keys, drives round in it for a few days then the car is recovered, this will not be a write off

bclark

Thats what I think. If its been recovered and its not showing as a right off on the HPI then there should be no problems buying it.

hewhoisnotintheknow

however i still wouldnt buy a recovered car, they could of been ragging it around driving over kerbs etc

Chippy_Minton_2

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

however i still wouldnt buy a recovered car, they could of been ragging it around driving over kerbs etc

As could any previous keeper.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

As could any previous keeper.

yep not denying that, but i would imagine that most car owners are more careful with their car than someone who has stolen the car

If i had a choice of a car that had been stolen in its past and one that hadnt i know which i would choose

Chippy_Minton_2

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

If i had a choice of a car that had been stolen in its past and one that hadnt i know which i would choose

So you keep saying................kind of getting boring really.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

So you keep saying................kind of getting boring really.

Post of the year

cyclonebri1

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

yep not denying that, but i would imagine that most car owners are more careful with their car than someone who has stolen the car

If i had a choice of a car that had been stolen in its past and one that hadnt i know which i would choose

Only I said it 1st:p

Lets look at it again, hopefully the rightfull owner will treat their car with some respect,:rolleyes:, ok, hopefully.

But someone that nicks it will;

No offence HWINITK, aimed at the other naive folks

Rev the !!!! off it, break as many rules of the road as they can, do as much damage as they possibly can,

Do you think the7y are going to service it, take it easy from cold, and not trash the clutch and breaks.

Lets get real these cars often take a fair few months to resurface, the neglect they have endured during that period can equate to years sensible motoring, don't forget the major motive for these types is "you have one, I don't, therefore I will trash yours", tell me thats not true?

flyingcod14

Very spooky - I have just found out a similiar thing! Background stuff: I bought a Golf GTI from a main VW dealer (paid cash and CC) from their Used Approved scheme back in summer 08 - car was 18 months old at the time and since them have had no major problems with it.

Present day: I want to sell the car so I contact a mini dealer about a part ex so, when I tell him the reg, he comes back to tell me the car is listed as stolen/recovered a year before I purchased it. :eek: He uses Experian Motor check. I then pay for a HPI check myself (hpicheck.com) and do my own check and stranger still it comes back clean as a whistle.

I contact HPI who inform me that the adverse details were on their system however they were removed by the police. Why haven't they been removed on Experian's car history database? I have contacted the VW dealer and am waiting to hear from them in the morning (if they can be bothered). Could I get VW to remove the details on Experian's system? Why would the police remove them from system and not another?

Have contacted Trading Standards who told me that unless a buyer specifically asks about a car's history, a dealer is not obliged inform the buyer (ask me no questions and I tell no lies says Mr VW dealer!!) however in my situation I asked the sales guy who told me that "none of their cars have a bad histroy" So in effect they have lied to me. :mad:

I really wanted to try and sell the car this weekend as I have spotted a nice mini cooper for sale which will be long gone by the time this mess is sorted! Any kind advice out there about possible action? I'm really not sure what to do.

cheers

fc