Woody
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How can i find my car history out? for free??
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Woody
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Anyone??
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AndyCorsaSport
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You gave it a whole 5 minutes. What history?
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Woody
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, just like if its been in a crash before and all that whats been done ect.... it came with no service history.
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John
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Go and look at it to tell if it's been in a crash before.
Service history you've got no chance unless you know where it may have been serviced and get them to look it up.
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gavin18787
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dealers may have a record of it if its been done with them service wise
Other then that HPI report will tell you if its been written off etc. But its a bit late now if you already own it
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Woody
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haha i know i just wanted to know as im curious
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AndyCorsaSport
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quote: Originally posted by John
Go and look at it to tell if it's been in a crash before.
Yeah cause you can always tell can't you
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John
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Yip.
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Jake
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quote: Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote: Originally posted by John
Go and look at it to tell if it's been in a crash before.
Yeah cause you can always tell can't you
yep
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Woody
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not always ...
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AndyCorsaSport
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Come on then explain how your xray eyes would see if its had a new bonnet? Would love to know
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John
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Can just tell, like a 6th sense.
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Jake
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different orange peel on the paint and alignment mostly
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AndyCorsaSport
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Oh yeah i see. Can you tell from pictures too?
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John
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Not always, pictures can fool you, a large percentage of the time though yes.
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Jake
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smetimes if the repair is bad. for example i was looking at a front end picture of a golf vr6 i wanted to buy, done a hpi and it came back all clear but the front end looked very slightly pissed, done another hpi using a different site and it came back as a cat c. if you're finnicky about paint and bodywork you tend to notice
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John
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A perfect example of how people see things differently is bumpers on modern cars, most people don't seem to notice, they are a mile off though.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Trust me i know what to look for on a car, i know if a cars had a repair or not. But looking ad a car, if its done right, chances are you wouldnt know if it had a front end of bolt on parts on it.
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John
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You wouldn't, doesn't mean somebody else can't.
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AndyCorsaSport
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quote: Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote: Originally posted by John
Go and look at it to tell if it's been in a crash before.
Yeah cause you can always tell can't you
But your saying you can ALWAYS tell.
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John
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In the flesh, I've yet to see a repair that I couldn't tell, if one comes along that fools me I'll let you know.
That doesn't make sense because if it fooled me I wouldn't know
[Edited on 07-12-2010 by John]
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AndyCorsaSport
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I bet at least 70% of cars on the road have had a repair. Bet you couldnt spot them all.
Dont bother letting me know, i dont really need to know.
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Fro
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I sent Tomnova a few pictures of a car the other week and he noticed shite loads wrong and they were crap pics I saw hardly anything wrong
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taylorboosh
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John - if you dobt notice a repair, how would you know if its been repaired or not. I agree i bet you couldnt tell on every car... Not to say that you couldnt tell on a majority
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