An
HPI check or Car Data Check is a must for anyone considering buying a secondhand
car whether it is from a private seller or a dealer, it is even worthwhile doing
a check when buying from a friend unless you know the cars history , what an HPI
car check achieves depends on the company you use there different prices for differing
checks a chart at the foot of the page will give you what check the company does
on a car and how much it costs, there is however some information that cannot
give some HPI Data Checks cannot reveal a write off or where the car has been
self or third party insured a HPI Data Check may not identify the mileage may
not be correct then there are cloned or ringed vehicles which are copies of another
vehicle bearing both a false Vehicle Registration Mark and Vehicle Identification
Number.
There are cars that will have been in accidents of different severity which the
owners have repaired themselves which could have had an effect on the safety of
the car but will not have been recorded by insurance companies so these will not
show up in the check when buying a high powered car a AA, RAC or Competent garage
check is money well invested and this cost should be taken into account when buying
the car