Purchased stolen car!

caprikid1

The challenge with the car check sites is cloned cars. IE If you buy a stolen car that is cloned then when you do the data check it comes up as all fine. The car you actually have though is not the car you checked. Given that this is the most common type of stolen car situation these checks are only good often to identify if it has been written off.

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caprikid1 said:

these checks are only good often to identify if it has been written off.

If it has been recorded as written off

What happened with the 500 Abarth that was finally recorded as CAT-S long after the OP bought it from a dealer, who in turn bought it in good faith?

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/106336/exclusive-the-great-british-car-insurance-write-off-scandal-insurers-work-with-dvla