This is a minefield

[ver01@]

We can add whatever we want, as long as it’s relevant.
What we can’t do is make up stuff for it to fail on.

"Signs of previous repair" would be enough.

 

[ver01@]

As for HPI stuffs just look at people like Matt Armstrong who’s bought cars that were totalled but not put through insurance.
He repairs them and they’ve got a clean record (apart from being viewed by 10 million people on YouTube).
He did iirc a brand new Aston and a nearly new GT3RS.

Didn't work every time though getting the repair certified as being up to the manufacturers standards

 

[JonRGV250]

"Signs of previous repair" would be enough.

Why would I though?
Are you seriously suggesting that every car I see (approx 2K a year) that’s had bodywork etc repairs that I put down an advisory for such?
It’s a basic safety inspection not a used car PDI, nor (and I get sick of saying it to customers) is it a free diagnostic session.

 

[Resident]

There used to be a group on FB that had free access to the salvage database and they used to find and expose all the fraudulent ads on AutoTrader etc.

They were all cars that had gone to salvage operators like Co-Part etc.

IMO a salvage search should be part of the HPi check.

There are services that do include it such as vCheck and CarVertical.

 

[ver01@]

Why would I though?
Are you seriously suggesting that every car I see (approx 2K a year) that’s had bodywork etc repairs that I put down an advisory for such?
It’s a basic safety inspection not a used car PDI, nor (and I get sick of saying it to customers) is it a free diagnostic session.

I would expect that if it has safety implications you have to?

 

[ver01@]

IMO a salvage search should be part of the HPi check.

Couldn't agree more. It's a step in the right direction.

 

[Kenai]

I would expect that if it has safety implications you have to?

Only if they show up on the specific inspection criteria an MOT is carried out against

 

[ver01@]

Only if they show up on the specific inspection criteria an MOT is carried out against

Most of these cars are under 3 years anyway so don't expect the MOT being a solution.

 

[JonRGV250]

I would expect that if it has safety implications you have to?

If it had safety implications it'd fail the test.

 

[adolf hamster]

If it had safety implications it'd fail the test.

We all know the mainland test is a case of "how well do you know the examiner"

Hell even in ni where theoretically all tests are government approved you just gotta know the right people to pass, no matter how empirically dangerous your wagon may be........

 

[JonRGV250]

We all know the mainland test is a case of "how well do you know the examiner"

Hell even in ni where theoretically all tests are government approved you just gotta know the right people to pass, no matter how empirically dangerous your wagon may be........

And lets hope they all get caught and have their MOT license's removed.

Anyhoo, this'll go some way to stop fraud..