Possible stolen / cloned / write off?

[mustdash]

For the last few weeks I've been trawling Auto Trader and Pistonheads for a new car. Came across this the other day and though it looked pretty good. However, it seems that the paint colour wasn't a factory option, which although not a biggie made me curious. I ran the reg through the DVLA check, MID and MyFreeCarCheck - the reg it is wearing is not recognised by any of them. Thoughts? I was tempted to go and have a look and ask to go through the paperwork, but frankly, I can't be bothered. Tip off T/S?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[mustdash]

Thank you for your insightful and sarcastic reply. I was only repeating what I had been told on the RS246 forum - including, but not limited to the following -


Postby HYFR » Sun May 04, 2014 9:55 pm
Its not a factory colour.
Its a respray.
Therefore accident damaged.


Postby HYFR » Mon May 05, 2014 2:08 pm
Suzuka Grey wasn't a factory colour back then. It only appeared on the C6 RS 6

So it would have had to have been an Audi Individual colour and somehow the original owner must have invented Suzuka Grey which Audi then copied for the C6

In summary, resprayed = accident damaged


As for my research - I am looking to spend that sort of money on a second hand car that are well known for being stolen lots / crashed lots - to do so without some form of research is a little remiss I would say. As for the private plate argument - if it is on it's new registration (as issued by the DVLA) then wouldn't that reg be recognised by the, well, DVLA?

[Durzel]

Why on earth does respraying a car automatically equal accident damage? Maybe the guy just liked Suzuka Grey?

Furthermore, why would someone repairing a car on the quiet go to the trouble of respraying the whole thing in a different colour?

[bigandclever]

Not sure what happened to the sarcastic reply you got from whoever, but you may be getting ahead of yourself. The full HPI check with the VIN and V5 and whatnot, what does that say? A couple of free internet checks means bugger all.

People respray and wrap cars all the time, not necessarily because it's accident-related.

Fundamentally, though, if you're not convinced from the outset that it's the car for you then don't go for it.

[Roo]

The car is in the trade so won't show on MID.

If it's just had a plate change that would explain why it doesn't show on a DVLA check as the records are waiting to be updated.

As it's in the trade they frequently don't show up on VED checks either.

[Billyray911]

Now sold.