HPI Check - Waste of space?
Discussion
Before I handed over large amounts of dosh for my recently acquired GT3 I thought I'd be sensible & get an HPI check.
Long storey short it came back with 2 glaring errors:-
1)Said it wasn't an import! It's LHD for fecks sake & was originally sold in Germany!
2)They said it had only ever had 1 registration plate. More rubbish as I have all the history on the car & knew it had been on not only the original German plates, but has had a UK plate swap.
Now I know the main reason for getting the check is so you know the car has ever been badly crashed, nicked or has o/s finance and the errors were not a surprise, but HPI's "we only go on what the DVLA tell us" attitude has really cheesed me off. I pointed out that I had paid them to get the right info. Little apology, no offer of a refund – so sod them in future.
Rant over - Sits down with nice cup of tea to calm down.
Long storey short it came back with 2 glaring errors:-
1)Said it wasn't an import! It's LHD for fecks sake & was originally sold in Germany!
2)They said it had only ever had 1 registration plate. More rubbish as I have all the history on the car & knew it had been on not only the original German plates, but has had a UK plate swap.
Now I know the main reason for getting the check is so you know the car has ever been badly crashed, nicked or has o/s finance and the errors were not a surprise, but HPI's "we only go on what the DVLA tell us" attitude has really cheesed me off. I pointed out that I had paid them to get the right info. Little apology, no offer of a refund – so sod them in future.
Rant over - Sits down with nice cup of tea to calm down.
HPI are only as good as the data in their system.
I imported a few cars and you could write anything on the details. If I had imported a rubystone car I would have insisted on putting "Colour: 'Dog Cock Pink'" on the form, and guaranteed they'd have put it on the V5 for me.
Also, they don't know history in Germany or wherever if an import, plus it can take up to 6 months for data to trickle back to them. Example:
An old 944 Cabriolet that I used to own had an engine fire. Damage was physically mild but expensive enough for it to be written off, new bonnet, new paint, rewiring etc.
I saw my old car by chance 6 months later parked in London... ('I used to own a car like that... wait THAT IS my car!') left the owner a message to fill him in on the history etc.
He calls, sure enough he'd bought it from a dealer not knowing it had been written off - AND HE'D HPI'd IT!
Luckily for him, he got it cheap enough so didn't care either way. But v funny asking him how his 'written off 944 cab' was
I imported a few cars and you could write anything on the details. If I had imported a rubystone car I would have insisted on putting "Colour: 'Dog Cock Pink'" on the form, and guaranteed they'd have put it on the V5 for me.
Also, they don't know history in Germany or wherever if an import, plus it can take up to 6 months for data to trickle back to them. Example:
An old 944 Cabriolet that I used to own had an engine fire. Damage was physically mild but expensive enough for it to be written off, new bonnet, new paint, rewiring etc.
I saw my old car by chance 6 months later parked in London... ('I used to own a car like that... wait THAT IS my car!') left the owner a message to fill him in on the history etc.
He calls, sure enough he'd bought it from a dealer not knowing it had been written off - AND HE'D HPI'd IT!
Luckily for him, he got it cheap enough so didn't care either way. But v funny asking him how his 'written off 944 cab' was
Categories of Write-off
Category Description
A A vehicle which should be totally crushed, including all its spare parts
B A vehicle from which spare parts may be salvaged, but the bodyshell should be crushed and the car should never return to the road.
C An extensively damaged vehicle which the insurer has decided not to repair, but which could potentially be repaired to a high standard.
D A damaged vehicle which the insurer has decided not to repair, but which could be repaired and returned to the road.
F A vehicle damaged by fire, which the insurer has decided not to repair.
Theft These vehicles have not been recovered and ownership rests with the insurer who made the total loss payment. They are able to repossess the car as soon as it is identified, even if it has been bought innocently
Category Description
A A vehicle which should be totally crushed, including all its spare parts
B A vehicle from which spare parts may be salvaged, but the bodyshell should be crushed and the car should never return to the road.
C An extensively damaged vehicle which the insurer has decided not to repair, but which could potentially be repaired to a high standard.
D A damaged vehicle which the insurer has decided not to repair, but which could be repaired and returned to the road.
F A vehicle damaged by fire, which the insurer has decided not to repair.
Theft These vehicles have not been recovered and ownership rests with the insurer who made the total loss payment. They are able to repossess the car as soon as it is identified, even if it has been bought innocently
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