Advice on write off checks

[superfuzz]

Hi,

I wonder if any one can clear this up for me. I'm slightly confused.

I have run a check on a car I am about to buy. When looking to see if the car had been written off I got this message:


"Insurance Write-off : This vehicle may be recorded as a write off, however, as it has undergone a plate transfer further investigation is required"

I can't work out what that means. The car has had two private plates on it and has recently been placed back to the original reg. my understanding was that if the private plate was retained then the write off would show up on the original reg. is this correct? Is there a chance that the write off occurred on one of the private plates but does not show on the check?

One of the private plates is not registered to any vehicle now and the other to a completely different one (obviously) Should I check this reg? Is there a way to check the one without a vehicle, or do I even need to?

Thanks in advance

[Wild Swordfish]

Does it say when the plate transfer was done?

[superfuzz]

The last transfer was done 18th March this year

[jamiebae]

Get a proper check done which will tell you the plate history of the car, it could be that a car wearing that private plate was written off, then he plate transferred off, but a cheap text check won't give you full details.

[superfuzz]

Thanks

Where is the est place to do this?

[Pcot]

A full HPI check....

http://www.hpicheck.com/

[Wild Swordfish]

Did you HPI the private reg, or the existing reg associated with the car?

It can take up to 6 months for HPI systems to catch up with the DVLA and insurance software.

Just HPI both plates and it should pick up all the details.