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
