| When considering buying a used vehicle you | | | | online for sale which has been written off in |
| would be wise to get a car history report | | | | an accident. If the insurer deems the car to |
| before parting with your hard earned cash. | | | | be too badly damaged then they will write the |
| The report will show the car's past history | | | | vehicle off and pay out on the insurance. If |
| and sometimes this can be dubious. A check | | | | this is the case and the car has been |
| will reveal a lot of information which you | | | | repaired and sold on then it will be the |
| can then use to decide if the vehicle is all | | | | property of the insurance company. Even worse |
| that the seller says it is. In the long run | | | | a vehicle could have been written off due to |
| this can save you a great deal of money and | | | | the severity of damage which means that it is |
| stress. | | | | not safe to repair. However even these cars |
| | | | can be sold on, cars can also be welded |
| One of the many things you are able to learn | | | | together and of course having this |
| about the car is whether it has been listed | | | | information can save a great deal more than |
| as being stolen. Cars that have been stolen | | | | money when it comes to your safety. A car |
| can be sold by those with little ethics. If | | | | history report can even tell you how badly |
| you were to buy a used vehicle that was | | | | damaged the vehicle was if it was |
| reported stolen then you would have to hand | | | | written-off. |
| it back over and of course lose your money. | | | | |
| With over 30 vehicles being stolen every day, | | | | Your car history report can also tell you |
| having a car data check to make sure the one | | | | such things as the colour of the car, the |
| you are considering is not among them is | | | | size of the engine, how many doors the |
| essential. | | | | vehicle has and how many times it has changed |
| | | | hands. You will also be able to find out when |
| Another way in which a vehicle history report | | | | the car was actually manufactured and when |
| can be to your advantage is to check to makes | | | | the vehicle was registered for the first |
| sure that the car does not have an | | | | time. You can find all of this information |
| outstanding loan attached to it. Sometimes a | | | | with a specialist website from the vehicles |
| vehicle offered for sale still has finance | | | | identification number which is usually found |
| attached to it and if you buy it then you | | | | behind the windscreen, on the bodywork and |
| would either have to pay the loan off or give | | | | the chassis plate. Anyone selling a car |
| the car back to the lender. 24 out of every | | | | should not mind if you look the vehicle over |
| 100 cars that are checked have been found to | | | | and take this number and of course the |
| have been reported stolen. | | | | numbers should match on the car and with the |
| | | | documentation supplied with the car. |
| Occasionally a vehicle can also be offered | | | | |