This CAT N car is ‘HPI Clear’ - And it's been clocked...

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

✅ 𝗩𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 (𝗖𝗮𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆) : www.vcheck.uk/?aid=31442 😊🕮 𝗕𝘂𝘆 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 : amzn.to/3HMF9eH Links to all the cars in the video and the Vcheck report for each are in the video description - if they've already gone then you know the car has either been sold or removed from AutoTrader. Once again, nothing in the video (aside from mileage correction) is illegal and we have no reason to believe that the dealers are aware of the history of these cars.

[@alanfurness8466]

Although the car reviews are great this type of video is by far the most important for the viewer to watch. Thanks for the info Jim and keep on plugging this massive problem in the motor trade.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad you like them Alan

[@mauriceslaney1136]

Brilliant video Jim, thank you. I reckon this can fairly be described as a scandal - maybe we should all be writing to our MPs demanding action, which let's face it would be a pretty simple fix.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Maurice

[@brianlamb783]

Really great informative channel. Definitely worth investing £10 in finding if a vehicle has a shady past.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Brian. Makes my blood boil to be honest.

[@itsniquez]

My goodness What a shock! Its a bit naughty that cars like these can get brushed off and not flagged by insurance companies. Well done for unearthing some of these hidden horrors and shedding some light on this matter. Thank you!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thank you!!

[@oussboudjelthia4869]

This video needs to go viral!!! I guarantee you that most people don’t know about this. Thank you so much this was very useful. 🙏🏻

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Please share it wherever you can 👍

[@mikeseymour4608]

Brilliant info thanks. Iv just paid to check a can I bough 7 months back. Nothing wrong with it but thought worth a check for a tenner. Was all fine. Thanks

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Good news Mike 👍

[@DingKong]

Great video. I always perform an online check before buying a car. I've seen cars advertised as HPI clear with outstanding finance against them and mileage discrepancies. Spending a few quid on a vehicle check upfront massively reduces the chances of future hassle and further cost. It's even more worthwhile at the moment with the used market still being hugely inflated. Any dealer who is willing to sell cars like this is not worth the custom in my opinion. I note them down and will never, ever buy from them.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Couldn't agree more 👍

[@DingKong]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru It's really great that you included the AutoTrader listings here - more dealers on the block list 😃

[@byronmasters5512]

‘Massive Haircut’ that’s brilliant, love that term!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

😉👍

[@byronmasters5512]

These types of videos that you do are so interesting. Always a good watch. Great channel best of luck moving forward.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

@@byronmasters5512 thanks a lot Byron

[@michaelarcher6278]

Thanks for a very interesting video, went straight off and checked my Nissan Pulsar I bought 5 years ago, thankfully no issues. Well worth the £9.99.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It's a tenner well spent I think (not that we should have to!). I really liked the Pulsar by the way.

[@richarddixon6354]

Thank you for highlighting this again, it is so important. Apologies if you mentioned this but if you bought one of these cars and was involved in an accident, could your insurance company null and void your insurance?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Hi Richard, it's a material fact whcih should be disclosed if known but as it shows as clear on the mainstream checks then it would be fine from that perspective - in my opinion anyway.

[@stevieh1017]

Bought a car from Car and Classic this week. Just did a Vcheck and thankfully all clear, looking forward to going and picking it up now more than I was.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

For the sake of a tenner I think it offers decent peace of mind

[@ammarali6574]

What an awsome little video. I am looking to buy a new car this bideo will help so much. V check everyone should be talking about this

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@drjarvis2003]

Not in the market for a car for about another 3 months, but just ordered your book, before i forget. Still not sure weather to buy or lease.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thank you, just check the numbers at the time and hopefully you will find the answers!

[@cmartin_ok]

If Joe Public can pay £10 to check out a car's history, why don't the dealers who could probably get a decent discount as a regular trade user of the service? I had to help my younger daughter get a used car last year and I changed my car for a used car on 1 Feb. On both occasions I paid for a history check similar to the ones you show here, and fortunately on both, the cars came out clear (apart from the uncleared dealer finance, which they then explained to me). Well worth the peace of mind. Shocking that the cars you checked remained on sale with no subsequent warning by the sellers that they were write-offs. For those that complain about Cat S and Cat N cars being repaired and put back on the roads, that is the whole point of these categories, the cars are repairable, but it's not financially worthwhile for insurance companies to do so. A garage using "spare" time to work on such cars, or a private individual doing it for a hobby, can do so legally

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@deanwellerassociates]

Useful look under the hood of the industry, thanks.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Dean

[@ProbablyNotGoodEnough]

Absolute madness Jim. Thanks for reminding us how many dodgy cars are out there. Nothing wrong buying a cat n or cat s, I was looking for one myself. If repaired professionally and your plans are to keep the car forever..they can be an absolute bargain, at the right price of course -30% at least) that VW though..ex taxi, mileage issues, unrecorded. Unreal.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

100%, if you know what you’re buying, making a good saving, and the car has been repaired properly then there are bargains to be had.

[@fathersunglasses6085]

As its unregulated more are likely to cut corners

[@jockster5525]

Awesome information. Certainly being checking out this my next purchase . Great post

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Jock

[@markhouse2065]

Nice one today Jim, great to hear you speaking your mind funny too. 🤔👍👍👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@watchmrcontent]

What's amazing is that, in the age of instant information, so many insurance companies, vehicle auction companies, car repairers and car dealers are complicit in an utterly dishonest set of scams. What's even sadder is that gullible consumers fall for their attempts to display honesty and integrity

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

All that’s is required is for the regulator to make it obligatory that insurers record their write offs, problems are then solved but the issue is constantly ignored. I hope this video gets shared as much as possible to get plenty of eyes on it.

[@mrmv6290]

Wow I am amazed, I never though to check a car being sold by a dealer but I will now.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Always!! Buying from a dealer should be treated in the same way as buying privately, there are some good dealers but also some very poor ones, including main dealers so always do everything you can to protect yourself. There’s so much to check I even wrote a book about it 😉

[@aiuzdursa]

Thank you, Jim. Shocking stuff 😢😢

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@Leonfr_2022]

I do love these videos, it's just insane, so that merc should be what £22k instead of £27,500, I'm sure thousands of people have not done checks and brought cars with hidden history!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yea mate, something like that if it were recorded, not to mention that some folk just wouldn’t fancy it.

[@Leonfr_2022]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru yeah exactly, not sure how I'd fell to be honest.

[@2011ppower]

Thanks for this very valuable video 👍👍👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks Paul, share it wherever you can 👍

[@peteunwin9663]

Thanks for the info well worth knowing.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Pleasure 👍

[@cabottaxi]

That's scary stuff. Got me frightened to check my 7000 mile BMW

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@chrissaunders9554]

Very good to know. Thanks for the info.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Cheers Chris 👍

[@robertlloyd7493]

Great work Jim 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks - that clocked Touran is an absoilute can of worms! 👍😀

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍 So if you don't mind buying a class S . Present the information to the dealer and ask for a discount.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Yes 👍

[@edwardedwards5402]

Excellent video. Thanks for the advice.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jpt757]

Thank you, I love this video...and thank you again.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

You are so welcome!

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

👍… 60 pages I still haven’t read yet Jim: but I like what I’ve seen so far 😁👌

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Haha, thanks Jean. Waiting for your 5 star Amazon review following by my nomination for the booker prize. 😂

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Haha… I don’t need to read it to know it’s more useful than any Booker Prize winner 🤭🤣!

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Comes in handy if you get a wonky table in a pub too!

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru 😆🤓

[@jay5112006]

I’ve bought a car on hpi passed it checks found out it was stolen and recovered and has pictures of the car damaged. The finance company don’t want to know now taking legal advice

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I don’t think you will get anywhere with it as technically it is HPI Clear if it was never recorded. The current system sucks and there seems to be no interest in fixing it.

[@jay5112006]

I think your right I’m getting information from GMP as they CRN to proves it was stolen as the finance company don’t believe it was stolen back in 2021

[@Sleepywhispers79]

I personally think that if you want to sell a car on these car magazines and websites that you have to get the car checked properly yourself to be able to post it up

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Good shout 👍

[@stephenjones313]

I would have thought it is in the insurance industry's interest to record write offs, it is shocking that Main dealers are selling these cars.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Most do record them but not all

[@markblance8492]

The dealership should be aware. This is completely unacceptable on behalf of the dealerships

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@rn_vdos]

Great video. Really informative 👍

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thank you, please share it if you can

[@shaunwalsh6354]

Great advice as usual

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@front2427]

Great video Jim as always, if I were to check a car that I had bought from a dealer and found it to have had previous action, would the dealer be liable as they have sold a car that wasn't as it should be and also the insurance category and value would be incorrect.?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I don’t think so as they’ve done nothing illegal in my book. They only have to disclose recorded write offs.

[@front2427]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Horrible to think of a weld on say a suspension part that was structural, wheel falls off at speed, thanks for highlighting.

[@robertdenton7897]

A great video, vert informative 😅

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Glad you think so!

[@stephenjones313]

Out of interest, how many cars did you check to find these ones, just to get an idea of how common this is?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I didn’t to be honest mate, I asked the good folks at V-check for some examples and they sent these over. Whilst I was looking for a car for the family I doing several during my search including a couple at main dealers.

[@edwardevans8685]

Just one question, a friend of my daughter was told by the RAC her car is an Ex-police car, i did a vCheck on it and could not find out how to tell this any chance you can do a video on this or link to one.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

I don’t know either to be honest apart from holes in dash where equipment has been attached and the fact that they’re usually total base spec but with a big engine (not always though). They’re generally very regularly serviced but the BMW diesels have had lots of issues due to the way the police use them.

[@Ttoe280]

Buyer beware , has never been so true , everyone buying a used vehicle , should always do a vcheck , or any other similar car history check , How are insurance companies not required to record a catagory s, That law needs changing ,

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

100%, vast majority of them do but it only takes a handful not to and this happens. Simple regulation change solves the problem but nobody seems to care.

[@zmoviess9679]

I’ve done a check on a cat a car I was interested in. It’s says it’s a write off but there is no salvage history. Need help

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

If it’s Cat A neither it nor its parts can legally be sold or used; it has to be crushed. Hence no salvage history as it can’t be salvaged.

[@fjaff]

But Autotrader does state if a car is an insurance write off. My current car is a cat N and this was clearly displayed on Autotrader. So I'm not sure why the ones you in your video does not state write-off.

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

It won’t show anything that was an unrecorded write-off, therefore their category checks are pointless. There will be several thousand write offs going through there each year that are actually unrecorded cat s/n

[@fjaff]

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Thanks for clarifying. This should be illegal. How can we actually know if a car has been clocked? Are these hpi websites accurate in determining that?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

@@fjaff you can trust this one www.vcheck.uk/?aid=31442

[@emernelson]

in purchasing vcheck is it being paid by per vehicle check?

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

You pay for each check you do, so if you check k 3 cars you need to pay 3 times

[@MrSunnyBhoy]

Great video

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Thanks!

[@emmanuelakinbode5712]

Hi run a V check on this FE20HUA but the Category says Used Unrecorded yet the car has been involved in some accidents and the dealer selling as though all is good just with a few discount. Pls what do you think

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

Unrecorded means it’s been a write off but not recorded, just like the examples here. Check the work has been done properly and expect to pay about 25% less than normal retail.

[@williamdjima802]

Hi which website your using to check this cars apart from hpi

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

www.vcheck.uk/?aid=31442

[@jesuspro6887]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@royfoster316]

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[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@ownyourworld]

Auto trader ain’t all that and a bag of Doritos

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

nope

[@nickyboy.]

25th

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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[@marktipton218]

That vw is worth about 3 1/2 four grand at a push

[@DefinitelyNotAGuru]

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