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Free online car history check (mod edit: not free anymore)

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  • #32
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Anan1 wrote: »
    That's two write-offs so far that the site would not have warned potential customers about. Surely the point of any check is that one should be able to rely on the information given?

    A couple of things: the site is only as good as the data behind it, and it's probable that someone else (ie the insurance co, or the Dept of Transport) hasn't done the paperwork as regards write-offs.

    Other thing is, the site is free. You could probably pay another site to get the same (incorrect) info.


  • #33
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,770 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    JHMEG wrote: »
    A couple of things: the site is only as good as the data behind it, and it's probable that someone else (ie the insurance co, or the Dept of Transport) hasn't done the paperwork as regards write-offs.

    Other thing is, the site is free. You could probably pay another site to get the same (incorrect) info.
    Those are both fair points, but they don't change the fact that the check appears unreliable. For someone considering buying my old Forester, for example, that check is worse than no check at all.


  • #34
    shaywest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭shaywest


    great site everything i put in came up 100%
    bye bye cartell!


  • #35
    confuzed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭confuzed


    Grand ! all information on my car 100% OK.


  • #36
    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Volvoboy


    Excellent find!


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  • #37
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Anan1 wrote: »
    That's two write-offs so far that the site would not have warned potential customers about. Surely the point of any check is that one should be able to rely on the information given?

    I just checked my old work Caddy that was written off and it came back clean, only red flag was the tax being out since 2005


  • #38
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    anyone fancy comparing somthing they know to be written off to the likes of a paid cartell report? or maybe everyone can chip in a few pence towards it


  • #39
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Strange, my car was imported last year, i just did a check on the next reg issues (eg, mine 00D2004, next 00D2005), its saying that the next reg'd car is not an import. How could it not be if the reg was only issued last year??


  • #40
    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    I have 5 owners, crap


  • #41
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,425 ✭✭✭robtri


    jesus thats a great little site


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  • #42
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,392 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Two cars that I imported myself and eventually sold on are showing as having 5 owners. One is out of tax for 6 months, so it's either written off or off the road.

    Very good site!


  • #43
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    3 owners including the garage and an import,(didnt know that) not too bad for a 93 bmw740.
    however, highest insurance and tax,(kinda guessed that one)


  • #44
    Interesting101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Interesting101


    Good little site for a quick check but wouldnt hold results as gospel.

    Like a few other mine returned the number of owners to be incorrect.

    As others suggested i think the main reason people would use this site is to check if a car has been scrapped before they buy it.
    We already have reports above of people knowing there car was scrapped and the site says it wasnt.

    So i would be interested to see what the results compare to a paid check on a car what was scrapped.


  • #45
    ianobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,751 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    I've inputted a car that I wrote off 2 years ago (the insurnace paid out), and it's saying that it wasn't written off, and that there was one owner (I was the second).

    Other than that, it seems to be accurate


  • #46
    minxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭minxie


    Everthing checked out on my current car

    but flagged my previous golf as out of tax since i traded her and sold last year ...


  • #47
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,774 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    I think the number of owners on this (and other sites) also takes temporary transfers to dealers in to account.

    I've just checked my old car and it's showing 4. This makes sense if it's first owner, garage, me then new owner. When I bought it, the VLC showed 1 previous owner.

    Excellent site - cheers OP.


  • #48
    saltie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭saltie


    Cheers for this! Hope it stays free for whenever i`m getting a new car - however long that will be :D


  • #49
    JMcCR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭JMcCR


    Top 5 New Models (Dublin)
    Nissan Qashqai - bloody yummy mummys
    Ford Focus
    Volkswagen Golf
    Ford Fiesta
    Ford Transit


    Top 5 New Models (Limerick)
    Ford Focus
    Toyota Avensis
    Ford Fiesta
    Ford Transit - lol
    Volkswagen Gol


  • #50
    bf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭bf


    Good find OP, I am finding the same on write offs as other people- Subaru Legacy I had written off in 2005 is showing up as ok

    Still good basic check for free!!


  • #51
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Ive always used Cartel.ie but thats brilliant


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  • #52
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭fletch


    I wonder what it uses to determine whether the insurance for the car will be expensive or not.....


  • #53
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    fletch wrote: »
    I wonder what it uses to determine whether the insurance for the car will be expensive or not.....

    probably all the same details the insurance companys use.
    the info in that form


  • #54
    boredatwork82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭boredatwork82


    It states that my car was never used as a taxi, when in fact it was a taxi 2 owners ago.


  • #55
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Great find OP! I've tried 6 or 7 cars I know the history of and all came up ok. Though it won't do the old reg...I've a ZS reg car and it won't recognise it.


  • #56
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    JMcCR wrote: »
    Top 5 New Models (Limerick)
    Ford Focus
    Toyota Avensis
    Ford Fiesta
    Ford Transit - lol
    Volkswagen Gol

    Transit is top of the list for both new cars and imports for Offaly in 2009. ;)


  • #57
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Thanks OP

    I see an 03 Honda CRV I bought new is on it's 5th owner

    I wasn't the only one to think it was the dreariest yoke ever :(
    (I only kept it for a year)

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #58
    RLJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 370 ✭✭RLJ


    my car NCT date is wrong. They say it is updated every 2 weeks. I have my car since June


  • #59
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    Based on the responses here, it's safe to say I won't be solely using this site to investigate any cars. I'd rather pay for correct information...


  • #60
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Jenroche wrote: »
    Not sure if it's all that accurate. I just put my car reg in and it says it's had four owners. I'm only the second owner
    I'm second owner too and it's right for me
    Number of Owners (In Ireland): 2

    My NCT Due Date acc to site is Feb 2010 but on my disc it's Mar 2010, maybe they calculate differently.

    It's funny how they give yellow for imported cars as all cars in Ireland are imported http://www.mywheels.ie/FAQ.aspx#TrafficLight


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  • #61
    mobby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭mobby


    I see there are 62373 new cars so far this year. I know thats down a lot on previous years but some still seem to have few bob or two to spend.


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