When I bought it I got my mum to do the check online at home, and I felt preasured as other buyers were turning up to look at the car, I have since discovered minor evidence of accident damaged, the report came back completely clean. If a car has been written off does the registration plate get recorded on this or just the VIN number?
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It may complicate things if the car has had it's numberplate transferred, most data checks ask for the current VRM and VIN though so that there can be no confusion.
How was the check done? Just using the number plate? Any write off would apply to the physical car itself which would normally be identified by the chassis number although the number plate would also flag this AFAIK.
I really wouldn't worry about it, a car of that age is bound to have had a knock or two in it's time, and none of them are likely to have been recorded on any database, my BMW had been bumped on all four corners at one point or another but it HPI'd fine! :-)
Blue
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Thanks :) it says there is no evidence of a plate transfer on the report so I guess its fine, the evidence is just a drivers door that is not very well aligned and has a foreign mirror and a kinked radiator but the body work all looks original. No signs of any welding.
The check was done just with the number plate but the report says the VIN and it matches the car :).
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Edit just realised I have answered my own question in the last sentence! :D
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Good good, pleased it's sorted! :-)
Blue
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Coming back clean on HPI DOES NOT mean that the car has never had accident damage. It just means that an insurance company has not paid out on a total loss and that there is no outstanding finance.
A newish car could be quite severly damaged, but not written off, and therefore come back clean on HPI. Similarly many fleets 'self insure' and you'll find that salvage agents have lots of severly damaged cars that are 'not recorded' on HPI. Similarly a lot of higher performance cars are insured third party by young owners and so if they get damaged are sold on for repair without being recorded.
HPI is mainly there to protect the financial interests of the finance companies and dealers/traders. Its a useful resource for the private buyer, but should not replace a thorough check for repaired damage.
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As was proven with that recent thread linking to the VX220 owners forum, people like Imran buy non-recorded accident damaged cars, repair them and sell as if the accident had never happened. That's all well and good if it's repaired properly, and if you don't try selling on a website full of enthusiasts for a model of which only a handful were produced.
99% of buyers will be satisfied that with a clear HPi report, the car's value isn't compromised as it's not on VCAR and hasn't had the logbook endorsed with "damaged/repaired". My mum had an accident in her old Vectra, which required a new bonnet, grille, bumper and headlamp. The repair was of excellent quality, the only hint being the new-style numberplate on the front and the old one on the back - certainly no entry on the HPi register.
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people like Imran buy non-recorded accident damaged cars
Who is Imran?
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..Who is Imran?
so obviously you missed the thread in this forum at the end of last week.
search google for "imranvxr1" . and then go to his most active thread.
be prepared to spend 4 hours reading it.
yours, imranawaynow.
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so obviously you missed the thread in this forum at the end of last week.
here:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=54782&...f
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I was on holiday last week, so missed all the fun.
It's the sort of thread that you need a long, dark, winter's evening for isn't it? (The VX220 forum thread I mean)
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