Best Car History Checker

[DeanR32]

Morning guys

I’m looking to check the vehicle history of a potential vehicle purchase. It’s approaching 50 years old so need the best checker for the money

Cheers

[_Hoppers]

IIRC one of the many automotive Youtubers I follow may have mentioned Car Vertical in one of their videos?

[jonwm]

I think everyone one YouTube is sponsored by car vertical!

I did 2 checks last year, 1 car vertical and one from hpi that was considerably cheaper.

Both gave exactly the same info just in a nicer format with car vertical.

The added info I got about checks with the car vertical one was things like:

Check tyres are all over 2mm
Check oil
Make sure water is in the radiator.

For the extra cost if nearly £15 it certainly wasnt worth it.

[_Hoppers]

jonwm said:

I think everyone one YouTube is sponsored by car vertical!

I did 2 checks last year, 1 car vertical and one from hpi that was considerably cheaper.

Both gave exactly the same info just in a nicer format with car vertical.

The added info I got about checks with the car vertical one was things like:

Check tyres are all over 2mm
Check oil
Make sure water is in the radiator.

For the extra cost if nearly £15 it certainly wasnt worth it.

Does the HPI checker check damaged cars sold at auction?

[ZX10R NIN]

I have to say for me VCheck is the best one I've used it covers pretty much everything from if the car has been used as a taxi to if it's been written off.

[coldel]

Vcheck I use. Also if your car has had photos taken of it as a write off it sometimes has those photos on the check results.

[Raptor7000r]

Used Vcheck and car check both come back with salvage results if its ever been written off.

[Llew]

To be honest Car Vertical is all very new and "trendy" but I don't think it displays the data in an easy/quick way - For example trying to look at ownership changes (and dates) isn't quick and clear on Car Vertical. They've certainly put some effort in marketing but I'm not a fan.

I use "Total Car Check" - It's cheap, easy and does the business....

[ro250]

Another Vcheck here. Used it this weekend and did for last car purchase too. A tenner for a full check which is about a third of Car Vertical.

[carcleanleicester]

There are a lot of companies using the same data and reselling at different prices.

vehiclescore is the cheapest site I've found with the same data.

[Spy]

I have used both vcheck and total car check. Both were good and both rated by AutExpress: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product-group-tests/...

[lost in espace]

Can anyone tell me the best checker for getting photos of a cat s car please?

[ZX10R NIN]

lost in espace said:

Can anyone tell me the best checker for getting photos of a cat s car please?

VCheck

[Save Ferris]

lost in espace said:

Can anyone tell me the best checker for getting photos of a cat s car please?

Many people in the trade use MotorCheck

https://www.motorcheck.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gcl...

[Sirbigman]

I've always used Motorscan https://motorscan.co.uk

[gregpot2000]

I somehow stumbled upon carsnitch.

Completely free, and will show you data about when ownership was changed etc, and also any pricing history and dates of changes if the car is on sale....

...I recently test drove an e-class, and the dealer wasn't too pleased when I mentioned he had had it up for sale since June! You could see he felt he lost some bargaining power at that stage.....the car was tatty anyway so didn't proceed.