Guide To Car Data Checks
Stolen & Dangerous Cars
Over 500,000 vehicles are stolen every year and one in seven currently taxed and on the road can be described as a total loss or insurance write off, and placed in category A,B,C,D,F or theft i.e. stolen and recovered on the Association of British Insurers, ABI, database, where insurance companies classify a vehicle as a write off also known as an insurance write off. These classifications range from, "this vehicle has been damaged and the insurance company decided not to repair", to "this vehicle should be crushed and not used on the road".
Clocked
Another issue is that many cars have been clocked, or had their mileages turned back. This costs the motor trade millions of pounds per year, you must ask the owner if the mileage is genuine or not, the answer that, "as far as he knows it is correct", means it cannot be warranted or guaranteed, it should be treated like a black or white situation, in other words is it genuine or not, no grey areas, and get it in writing if they say they are prepared to guarantee the mileage, you can then pass this on when you sell the vehicle.
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