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[Markie]

Mate just came up to me in a panic at work, his wife has just agreed and in the process of selling their puddlejumper Pug 306 as a private sale.

The potential buyer has just rung her to say the deal is off because hpi check indicates the car was written off in 2004.

Now Ashley has had the car since 2001 and has always had the car in her posession ( ie no month long work trips leaving the car with a friend etc) There has been no claim, accident or finance on the car.

Any thoughts - could it be a delayed and previous claim from a previous owner - they cant recall if they made any checks from when they bought the car in 2001 - it was a private purchase at that point....

Ive asked him to check v6 against chassis and engine numbers and also track anything down relating to his purchase of the car...and chase the potential seller to access to the hpi as well as looking into doing his own hpi..

So has it been subject of a clone, erronious data or maybe the seller has fabricated this to get out of a sale.....

[hotel21]

Couple of thoughts, may or may not apply....

Buyer simply got cold feet and used the write off ploy as a reason not to conclude the sale.
Has the car got or had a private plate that has been sold on?  Seen it where a reference to stolen or written off vahicle applied to cherished plate rather than original plate or VIN.

Would be worth the seller getting an HPi of their own done and paid for to establish the ins and outs and to clear up the matter if required.

[Markie]

Couple of thoughts, may or may not apply....

Buyer simply got cold feet and used the write off ploy as a reason not to conclude the sale.
Has the car got or had a private plate that has been sold on?  Seen it where a reference to stolen or written off vahicle applied to cherished plate rather than original plate or VIN.

Would be worth the seller getting an HPi of their own done and paid for to establish the ins and outs and to clear up the matter if required.

Cheers Brucie...similar line of enquiries to those we are taking  

No cherished plate in its history and we suspect perhaps cold feet, we are awaiting confirmation of the hpi from the "buyer"

[Danny]

worthwhile to do your own HPI at your end to be honest

[Taxi_Driver]

HPI check could be wrong  :-/ ......ive just experienced this when i sold my VeccyC.

The guy that bought it HPI'd it.......the check came back with incorrect mileage.

He showed me the report.....After I showed him the printout from the lease company that previously owned it showing the mileage on all work done......and it had since clocked up another 20k since ive owned..1 year....he was happy the report was wrong and still bought it.

Tho im still mystified how the HPI check can claim incorrect mileage for a 4 yo car with 97k miles on its clock!

[Markie]

Hmmmm

We are now in possession of the HPI check which confirms cat c write of 2004 - extensive damage insurer decided not to repair.

DVLA confirm nothing on file.

Clearly a mistake for hpi  

So contacting company that "produced the check" also told him to go back through insurance companies to get them to confirm no insurance company has in his time recieved a claim..

Clearly someone now has to pay for the mistake as its cost him a sale, stress, advertising, readvertising, loss of integrity....

[Elite Pete]

Theres also the chance the car has been cloned

[Markie]

Theres also the chance the car has been cloned

yeah had thought of that - but then wouldnt DVLA have conerns...particularly when they have verbally confirmed no case notes?

Either way i am getting him over tomorrow to give the car a good look over re chassis and engine numbers, panels and potential cut marks.....

Thinking he has the cloned car and it was cloned prior to his purchase ( obviously) and the original has genuinley been written off...

Poor guy is high as a Kite, one of my staff in here and its his bank employed wifes runaround second car....they dont even know where the vin plate is