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gabe3105

Member Since: 25 May 2015
Location: Grimsby
Posts: 237

HPI check

Its been a number of years since I bought a car, but I need to get one this weekend. My budget is circa £5k so for this price I may be looking at some smaller garages where the chance of "cowboys" is increased. I know I need a HPI check but I've never got one before so have a couple of questions....

Googling "HPI" brings up lots of different places to get a HPI report - are they all the same, with the same basic information? Is there an "approved" website I should get it from?

A potential car advertised at a garage says "HPI report present" - is this good enough or should I still get my own done in case theirs is forged or dodgy?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

27th Mar 2017 12:23pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
Posts: 5736

1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

As a base check, I used MOT checker app on my phone, MyCarCheck also on the phone. and my car check SMS service.
I have always done my own HPI checks to be sure and I have used https://hpicheck.com/product-selection 1999 Defender TD5 110

Regards
John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

27th Mar 2017 1:27pm

Ade90

Member Since: 30 May 2014
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 130

I strongly recommend going to the HPI website and getting the full check done so you can check chassis numbers etc.

The cheaper reports often miss much of the important history data. For example I had a cheap check done on a Landy I was going to buy and it came up as 'not stolen'. However when I did the full HPI report it came up as 'previously stolen and recovered'. So technically not stolen, but not a history I wanted and a close shave! Fixing Land Rovers for over 25 years..........and making excuses to the wife for almost as long

1984 110 V8 - Gone, but not forgotten....

27th Mar 2017 6:33pm

gabe3105

Member Since: 25 May 2015
Location: Grimsby
Posts: 237

Thanks both.
HPICheck looks to be the official website so I'll get the report there

28th Mar 2017 10:46am

X4SKP

Member Since: 29 Nov 2013
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 2287

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey

Hello gabe3105

Various routes for this...I used

http://www.theaa.com/vehicle-check

Good Luck (or due diligence...

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28th Mar 2017 11:12am

gabe3105

Member Since: 25 May 2015
Location: Grimsby
Posts: 237

Thanks, I'll check them out

29th Mar 2017 10:33am

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