"Signs of previous repair" would be enough.
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Didn't work every time though getting the repair certified as being up to the manufacturers standards
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.
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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.
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.
I would expect that if it has safety implications you have to?
Couldn't agree more. It's a step in the right direction.
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.
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If it had safety implications it'd fail the test.
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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..
It's mostly for resale value, you still need to check for the obvious signs.
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Agreed
That's still better than nothing.
In reality how much can you check during the MOT checks? Let's say a car that was put together from two came in, how would you be able to tell? I've seen a few examples and it was difficult to tell without an expensive paint meter. I even posted about it in the BMW thread, the amount of cars that are used approved, that have had some major work looking at the amount of filler used..
I think, once the body/chassis had a significant impact it will always come out worse compared to a car with no prior history. When we're talking about performance cars, that are used regularly at extensive speeds, it's a case of how much do you trust the car in the worst case scenario... ?
I recently worked on an A1 that was a CAT write off. I'd never worked on a car that had been "repaired" (bodged) before and I was shocked to see what they had done. Self tapping screws all over the place, some literally just in air not doing anything.
I'm good mechanically, but never really dabbled with bodywork but I'd got it into a much better place once I'd finished with it. Not that I ever have/would, but I would not be buying a previously written of car unless it was super well documented and worthy of it i.e. a rare car!
I'm good mechanically, but never really dabbled with bodywork but I'd got it into a much better place once I'd finished with it. Not that I ever have/would, but I would not be buying a previously written of car unless it was super well documented and worthy of it i.e. a rare car!
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