Purchase via a private sale advice.

shayne66

Hi, am off to look at a second hand car from a private seller, car is up for £12,500.
It's been awhile since I've purchased via a private seller so was wondering if you have any advice please.

Am guessing for money that an online faster payment transfer is the safest ?
Also what's the best hpi search to use please.
Am taking my dad for a second opinion as he's pretty eagle eye' d on cars and I be already had the same spec and model of car am off to look at so can compare like for like.

loskie

best go with HPI but do ALL the checks prior to purchase if not you will not benefit from the financial protection.

shayne66

I see, never knew that but noticed that auto trader do a check for £15 that'll cover data costs to £30,000 or vehicle sale price which ever is the lowest amount.
Is a certain hip better then others as in company to use ?

forgotmyname

The Autotrader check maybe cheaper but it doesnt offer the full check that the dearer HPI option covers like cover for a cloned vehicle.

shayne66

Do you ha e a recommendation of the hip to use please ?

facade

When you use HPI you MUST ensure that the identity of the vehicle is correct. The HPI guarantee covers only the VIN/VRM combination stated on the V5, which you must have confirmed with them, and you must buy the car from the sellers address, and confirm the identity of the seller.


If the car later turns out to be a ringer they won't pay out, even if the V5 was issued by Swansea.


I'm afraid I don't trust anyone enough to give them £12,500.

neilmcl

shayne66 wrote: »

Do you ha e a recommendation of the hip to use please ?

Use the official one at https://www.hpi.co.uk

shayne66

Thanks a lot, all sorted and used the suggested hpi.
Had to input the vin and reg and v5 serial and date etc.
All good.

waamo

Do you know about cars? If not at £12.5k I would want somebody who did to look over it as well.