Cheap text car check service launched.

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Wed 25 May 2005 14:43
Cheap text car check service launched. - livefortheday
Saw this on an insurance website.

May be of use to someone.

Cost is apparently £1.50 and gives an immediate result.

I haven't tried it, so do not know if it is as good as billed or any pitfalls.

db.riskwaters.com/public/showPage.html?page=post_breakingnews_story&tempPageName=251094

{You'll need to copy/paste the above link and add http:// to the start of it to view it (Don't include www though. DD}
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Wed 25 May 2005 15:56
Cheap text car check service launched. - local yokel
The link you gave is for a subscription protected page, so we can't access the story ....
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Wed 25 May 2005 15:58
Cheap text car check service launched. - Galaxy
It says that you have to register but it's free (I think!)
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Wed 25 May 2005 15:59
Cheap text car check service launched. - livefortheday
Sorry! Courtesy of the cut and paste facility, here you go:

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Having just looked at the T's & C's of the above mentioned site, I've had to remove the wording copied and pasted here as they specify that any content is not to be displayed on a public bulletin board, etc, without prior written permission.

I suggest if you wish to read it, then you'll need to register an account with them.

DD.
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Wed 25 May 2005 18:02
Cheap text car check service launched. - VTiredeyes
any body done this yet?
does it work?
or is this a shameless plug livefortheday?

apols if its snot ;-)
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Wed 25 May 2005 18:47
Cheap text car check service launched. - Dave N
Worked for my bike, came back with:-

HONDA
VIN ****123456
Mar98
2 owners
Scrapped-NO
Stolen-NO
Import-YES
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Wed 25 May 2005 20:28
Cheap text car check service launched. - livefortheday
No plug. Got info from the news section of the Post Magazine website. It is a site for insurance people.
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Wed 25 May 2005 20:48
Cheap text car check service launched. - DavidHM
Just a little word of caution - I genuinely don't know the answer to this, but I'm concerned at the fact that the 'scrapped' tag is used rather than 'written off.'

The scrapped tag on the V5 is used for vehicles that have been dismantled, not as salvage, and whilst a few vehicles may well have been restored after partial dismantling, there are far more repaired write offs that won't be picked up by this.

It seems (though I could be wrong) that they are just using DVLA data and whilst this is nice, it may not be much more than you could glean from a glance at the V5 and tells you little or nothing about a car's true hidden history.
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Wed 25 May 2005 21:48
Cheap text car check service launched. - livefortheday
Sorry, didn't mean to cause aggro.

LFD
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