Best car check site?

lnjk

Has anyone had a car checked before buying recently? I am in the process of buying a car but would like to do the sensible thing and get it checked. I see you can do this online fairly cheap but their are so many sites can anyone recomment one?

Thanks in advance.

Nile

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forgotmyname

HPI check you mean, Stick to the big names HPI, AA, RAC etc,

Avoid the waste £3 by text companies which can be unreliable and offer little protection.

lnjk

Thanks for this but does this include is it has been in an accident or have any outstanding debt etc?

scheming_gypsy

They'll include any outstanding finance and any recorded accidents / if it's been written off. The only way to tell if it's been in an accident is for somebody to check it over and see if there's any panel repairs, creases or replaced panels.

forgotmyname

As above it may have repairs that have not been recorded and its possible someone has taken a logbook
loan out on the vehicle. Appears not all register this fact.