Saved some money on a HPI Check

Geoffrey_Coan

After my car died big time last week I'm off to buy a new one. Found the one I liked and for due diligence thought I'd better get a HPI check done.

Here's my money saving summary of the cheapest way I found ...

There are lots of HPI checks out there, in the end I followed the review advice Given by Auto Express (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/224979/car_history_checks_test.html) and went for the Experian AutoCheck which is normally £19.99.

By clicking through from Topcashback.co.uk I should get £6 cashback (Quidco also gives £6 cashback but they charge a £5 annual fee so I tend to only use TCB now)

After some google checking I finally found an AutoCheck discount code that worked (most of the ones I tried had expired), but by using the discount code S2KUK you get 20% off, bringing the price down to £15.99.

In addition to doing this paid check I also took advantage of the free vehicle checks that VOSA and the DVLA offer:
- At the DVLA's website (http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/) you can check the vehicle's registration date and tax disk details
- At the VOSA website (http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/internet/jsp/ECHID-Internet-History-Request.jsp) you can obtain details of the current and previous MOTs, but you need the individual MOT/MOT refusal certificate number(s) or V5 certificate number

So all in all as long as the cashback comes through I should have paid just £9.99 for a comprehensive HPI. One advantage of AutoCheck over some of the cheaper competitors is that it verifies whether there is outstanding finance on the vehicle or not

Cheers, Geoffrey

Smick100

Geoffrey, worked like a charm! We're buying a car today and you have saved us a tenner!

Good work sir!