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

triv88 · 2009-08-19 17:52:43

Might be handy to know if you are buying a second hand car.By entering the registration number if gives you information like how many previous owners the card had,whether it was crashed or not,if it was a hackney,when the tax /nct is due etc.Sorry if this is already posted somewhere. www.mywheels.ie/

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#92 21-08-2009 10:22PM

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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. :cool:

Jen ;->

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#93 21-08-2009 10:27PM

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chillywilly wrote: »

http://www.mywheels.ie/VehicleDetails.aspx

this is cowans car isnt it? :P

EDIT: search doesnt come up....i put in 09 D 1

Great!

After finding this thread, I pinched in my cars, delighted to get the positive reports. "Smile all around! "Other websites charge for similar info.no?

I tried same as you with 09-D-1, haha.

I suppose I would believe now, all their assets are not disclosed in "Democratic/ Republic " country...

What do you (anyone) comment on this?

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#94 21-08-2009 10:28PM

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just done a 1 star check on cartell on a 1985 renault 9 1.4 petrol but cartell says its a diesel , all these sites have terms and conditions and cant guarantee the info 100%

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#95 22-08-2009 08:33AM

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I think some people may have a misunderstanding of the term "write-off" - it may be the case that you were told it was written-off when in actuality, it wasn't.

That is unless, you sent in the logbook for scapping to Shannon yourself.

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#96 22-08-2009 09:02AM

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Excellent find. Thanks.

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#97 22-08-2009 12:05PM

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I was looking at this BMW on carzone.ie.....

hmm.... guess I'll look elsewhere....

I just checked it out becasue the advert said that a 525 had a 2.4l engine....

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#98 22-08-2009 01:50PM

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A written off, imported, E39 Taxi, that is in fact a E60?....

I'd have my suspicions about the accuracy of that info. Might be worth following up before you walk away, provided you were interested.

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#99 22-08-2009 07:14PM

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Come to think of it, I think it's pretty dangerous to be putting this info out in the wild if you can't verify it's accuracy. If that was my Beemer and customers were being scared away by inaccurate information on this site I'd be well annoyed!

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#100 22-08-2009 07:29PM

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Cartell reporting it as an E39 too. Perhaps it was an E39 which was written off, and the nunber re-assigned to an imported E60 recently? Then again, the E39 finished in 03 didn't it?

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#101 22-08-2009 07:49PM

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great site though dont like the way it warns "caution" on my car for the simple reason it was imported.

ah well not to worry have all documentation to show full service history and only 1 previous owner.

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#102 22-08-2009 07:53PM

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Padraig Mor wrote: »

Cartell reporting it as an E39 too. Perhaps it was an E39 which was written off, and the nunber re-assigned to an imported E60 recently? Then again, the E39 finished in 03 didn't it?

Pretty sure there are 2004 e39 models about. Could it have been a screw up when it was registered over here?

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#103 22-08-2009 08:00PM

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i thought the first dublin reg was kept for the lord mayor each year in 1989 he was driving a travelling machine /workshop

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#104 22-08-2009 08:02PM

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Mine checks out fine on the site:

Happy days, nice find OP. I bought a cartell report last year and while I found it usefull, I did grit my teeth handing over the 40euro.

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#105 22-08-2009 10:48PM

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Is this not suspiciously cheap - BMW 5 Series 520 €3,999 :

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/5-Series/520/200932194814644/advert?channel=CARS

02-C-8102 is a Corolla

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#106 23-08-2009 12:17AM

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rocky wrote: »

Is this not suspiciously cheap - BMW 5 Series 520 €3,999 :

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/5-Series/520/200932194814644/advert?channel=CARS

02-C-8102 is a Corolla

Try 02-c-6102 instead

BMW 5 Series
520 2.2 Manual

Written Off No
Scrapped No
Previously Taxi No
Previously Hackney No
Imported No
Number of Owners: 3
Changed Chassis # No
Changed Engine # No
Changed Colour No
NCT Due Date: Feb 2010
Tax Expiry Date: Jul 2009

Year: 2002
Style: Saloon
Number of Doors: 4
Number of Seats: 3
Engine: 2.2L
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Manual
Colour: Green
Motor Tax Class: Private vehicle
Chassis Number: W##############32
Engine Number: 35712681

History: GOOD

Still odd but could just be a screw on the license plate near the 6..

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#107 23-08-2009 12:29AM

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02 c 6102 is a green series 5 beemer seems more likely explaination

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#108 23-08-2009 12:31AM

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yep, tried that

NCT Due Date: Feb 2010, in the add: NCT March 2011

Is that Green though? looks like some shade of gray ...

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#109 23-08-2009 12:58AM

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There is a greyish-greenish BMW shade, although I would have said that was gray.

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#110 23-08-2009 07:17AM

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i tried a few cars and they came up perfect.

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#111 23-08-2009 09:00AM

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Tried it with my car history there....Seems pretty accurate.

It correctly reported an old car of mine (that got totalled, not my fault) as Scrapped: YES, Written Off: NO which I guess is right because I only had 3rd Party ins at the time, so no question of the Ins Company having to pay out, they wouldn't have done assessment etc.

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#112 23-08-2009 02:58PM

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One thing I've noticed in comparing it to a Cartell report I got last year on my car is it doesn't show whether there is finance owing or not, which is very important.

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#113 24-08-2009 01:17AM

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Silenceisbliss wrote: »

I just checked it out becasue the advert said that a 525 had a 2.4l engine....

That's another flaw with the new Carzone website. If you enter the engine capacity of a car in an advertisement it will display it as 100cc less.

kasper wrote: »

i thought the first dublin reg was kept for the lord mayor each year in 1989 he was driving a travelling machine /workshop

The Lord Mayor didn't start getting the first Dublin registration of every year until 1990.

rocky wrote: »

Is this not suspiciously cheap - BMW 5 Series 520 €3,999 :

Well one thing I notice straight away is that the tail lamps are off the older pre-facelift model, suggesting that it might have previously been in an accident.

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#114 24-08-2009 02:10AM

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Any car I've checked out seems to ba all accurate so far although the inconsistencies pointed out here are somewhat worrying

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#115 24-08-2009 10:32AM

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just put some pre 87 registrations on to site and the info is coming up wasnt happening last week

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#116 24-08-2009 11:38AM

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VolvoMan wrote: »

That's another flaw with the new Carzone website. If you enter the engine capacity of a car in an advertisement it will display it as 100cc less.

Are you sure that's a flaw? Car manufacturers tend to round the figure up, perhaps cartell just rounds down. My Forester 2.5, for example, is 2457cc.

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#117 24-08-2009 11:52AM

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kasper wrote: »

just put some pre 87 registrations on to site and the info is coming up wasnt happening last week

Thanks for that, the pre 87s are working for me now too.

It's like the free cartell all over again! See this thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054938991

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#118 24-08-2009 12:01PM

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I ran the plate of a boy racer car which is black but was originally white. It says no change of colour

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#119 24-08-2009 12:09PM

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RLJ wrote: »

I ran the plate of a boy racer car which is black but was originally white. It says no change of colour

Change of color only would be there, if it was reported to the VRO. If it still says white in the report and change of color: no, then it's just not been reported, that the color has been changed.

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#120 24-08-2009 12:31PM

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Marlow wrote: »

Change of color only would be there, if it was reported to the VRO. If it still says white in the report and change of color: no, then it's just not been reported, that the color has been changed.

/M

that is true but it is also true the other info would only be there if it was reported to the various databases where they get their info. Are people not obliged to report change of colour to local authority car tax office or is that now VRO? I wonder do they get info from NCT cos mine is wrong

Anyone tried contacting them?

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#121 24-08-2009 12:44PM

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RLJ wrote: »

that is true but it is also true the other info would only be there if it was reported to the various databases where they get their info. Are people not obliged to report change of colour to local authority car tax office or is that now VRO? I wonder do they get info from NCT cos mine is wrong

Isn't there a section on the VLC that you fill in and send off if the colour has changed?

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