AA car checker

leanne06

im hoping to buy a mazda 323 of my friends friend its a m reg and looks in pretty good shape, my mum suggested the aa car checker but im not sure wether its worth the £37 asking price any thoughts would be great thanks

BargainHunterCat

er are you sure you mean £37?

leanne06

tell me bout it

heres the link

http://www.aacardatacheck.com/car-data-check/index.html

plane_boy2000

Its not an inspection - just tells you if teh car is stollen, has outstanding finance, write off etc. How long ha syour friends friend had it? are they likley to have bought it on finance?

aj3001

its just a normal HPI check and can be recomended sometimes, I had an HPI check run on my first car but not on the second (as I knew the guy selling)

saintjanet

This as other posters have said,is an HPI check,not a mechanical examination,which would be far more expensive.

I would advise you to have some kind of inspection done before you buy,if you can not afford an AA inspection,you may find a local mechanic in your area to do it cheaper.if not a friend as a last resort.This is important in a vehicle of this age,and can pay for itself long term.

While i would not suggest for a minute that your friend would try to mislead you,many people are unaware of faults on their vehicles and people have bought cars only to find later they are not as good as they thought .And remember you have no warranty when you buy in a private sale like you do from a garage.,or the same comebacks if things go wrong.