RAC car check should be reported to ASA

[andyuk911]

This has bugged me for a while.

Read this link, car stolen then cloned

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsind...

So if I am Joe public and provide the details of a cloned car, how the hell are RAC/HPI car check going to know ... they can;t.

Yet their lovely ads say in Autocar amongst others ' we can tell you if you are buying a stolen car'

Bull unless I am missing something ?

[cptsideways]

Which is why always check the VIN plate -V- V5

[mmm-five]

They also point out that there info is only as good as the register and the info supplied by the customer, so assuming it's listed as stolen/damaged/written off and you've got the VIN, reg, mileage, etc, then they'd know - they've got disclaimers covering most things in their T&Cs.

[andyuk911]

So it's all in the small print and of limited value.