Car Not Appearing on Cartell.ie

Yakult · 27-10-2008 10:50pm #1

So very close to buying a new (its uk reg) so I said I would check cartell for history. Entered in the reg and nothing came up? It kinda worries me, but the owner said he has a record of service history etc. from previous years up to now.

Is it fishy that it isnt on cartell or is that common with Uk reg'd cars?

Rowley Birkin QC · 27-10-2008 10:55pm

From other threads I believe that it's not 100% accurate.

FuzzyWuzzyWazza · 27-10-2008 11:08pm

isn't cartell just for cars registerd in Ireland, so it wouldn't show up

Yakult · 27-10-2008 11:11pm

^It has a section for english reg too!

andyeire · 27-10-2008 11:15pm

Just tried a couple of english reg cars i owned and they only worked when letters in reg were in capitals

Yakult · 27-10-2008 11:35pm

update, I tried it again.

^It did the opposite for me, decided not to do capitals and it came up.

Also one more thing, on the vrt website it says 211co2 emisions on cartell its 160. Would I have to prove that to get the lower price on vrt?

meesa · 27-10-2008 11:39pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

So very close to buying a new (its uk reg) so I said I would check cartell for history. Entered in the reg and nothing came up? It kinda worries me, but the owner said he has a record of service history etc. from previous years up to now.

Is it fishy that it isnt on cartell or is that common with Uk reg'd cars?

Cartell is excellent for both Irish and UK checks. I was almost stung with a car already brought in and registered here I even gave a deposit on it but when I ran a cartell check on it I found out that not only was it written off in the UK but there were another two owners on it!
Make sure you get a full histoy check on ALL UK IMPORTS!

Yakult · 27-10-2008 11:50pm

^Thats the plan, gonna make sure it check out before I splash the cash.

dingding · 27-10-2008 11:55pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

update, I tried it again.

^It did the opposite for me, decided not to do capitals and it came up.

Also one more thing, on the vrt website it says 211co2 emisions on cartell its 160. Would I have to prove that to get the lower price on vrt?

You would need to ask the seller what co2 emisions are on the registration certificate. They usually go by that. I would assume CarTell use the registration details for the actual car. WOrth checking as it would make a big difference to the cost. What is the car make model year and engine?

bazz26 · 28-10-2008 12:10am

If the car is still on UK plates then get the chassis number as well as the UK reg, compare this information with that on the registration documents and then get a HPI check done by a UK HPI company to verify mileage, service history, etc.

Yakult · 28-10-2008 12:18am

dingding wrote: »

What is the car make model year and engine?

Nissan Almera 2 litre Gti. Its a 96.

bazz26 wrote: »

If the car is still on UK plates then get the chassis number as well as the UK reg, compare this information with that on the registration documents and then get a HPI check done by a UK HPI company to verify mileage, service history, etc.

Ok I will do that tomoro so! Is there a website for the HPI?

bazz26 · 28-10-2008 12:22pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Ok I will do that tomoro so! Is there a website for the HPI?

Here are a few:

http://www.hpicheck.com/newfrontend/
http://www.checkthatcar.com/
http://www.netcar.co.uk/
http://www.cardatachecks.co.uk/
http://www.autocheck.co.uk/hpi-car-check-history.html

Have no experience of any of them but I'm sure there are boardies here who have experience getting cars checked in the UK.

Car Not Appearing on Cartell.ie

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