HPI vehicle checks

shinsplint
shinsplint Posts: 565
edited October 2012 in The cake stop
Hoefully buying a car at the weekend, and for piece of mind I just want to get a HPI check, mainly to check for any outstanding finance.

Anyone else bothered doing this? Ideally I will see the car first and then make a phone call, but most companies seem to be charging about £20+ !

Any recommended companies out there?

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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    They can be useful for checking some history but don't rely on the mileage bit as that can be nonsense.
  • thecrofter
    thecrofter Posts: 734
    ShinSplint wrote:
    Hoefully buying a car at the weekend, and for piece of mind I just want to get a HPI check, mainly to check for any outstanding finance.

    Anyone else bothered doing this? Ideally I will see the car first and then make a phone call, but most companies seem to be charging about £20+ !

    Any recommended companies out there?
    PM me the reg no. , I'll see what I can do. I work in a garage. :wink:
    You've no won the Big Cup since 1902!
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    ShinSplint wrote:
    Anyone else bothered doing this?

    YES. Do it. I did it on car I nearly bought and it came back it had outstanding finance on it and wouldnt have been mine by law until finance was cleared. This was in a garage where they had on their website and literature that all their cars were hpi checked!

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