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Ryan
16th July 2008, 00:58
Who has used them?? are they accurate.

Price and number if anyone has any links.

If they are as accurate as a £20 one online and are only £2-5 id rather do a text.

Any information would be super fantastico :homme:
Pat_Vts
16th July 2008, 01:03
well i did a hpi text check on my dads old car which i smashed into a parked car, lampost, and a brick wall and wheelie bin ...

it came back cat d which might be right as it was brand new when i crashed it 57 reg and 800 miles on clock, and date was accurate

buttttttttttttttttttttt

the text said cat d stolen, it was never stolen! just written off by insurance and they provided him with a new astra 08 reg?...
Ryan
16th July 2008, 01:05
still got the cat D

if you know number and price etc... would be fab young member of the ghey variety...

I want to hpi a car i test drove today, before i test drive some more 2mo and maybe buy it.
Pat_Vts
16th July 2008, 01:06
8222 i think or more 22 not sure...

£2 a pop or £3 a pop

and i aint ghey your ginger
Pat_Vts
16th July 2008, 01:09
ah did some research its 83600

text the reg to it and it will reply with details in 2 texts, costs £3 a pop
Ryan
16th July 2008, 01:10
ta muchlyous!
Ryan
16th July 2008, 01:13
4 owners
no colour changes
not stolen
not scrapped

no record of total loss claim.

Toot!! if the other cars 2mo are not so good i shall be wanging my deposit down.
Ryan
16th July 2008, 01:14
green bogeys coming towards you!
Pat_Vts
16th July 2008, 01:25
4 owners
no colour changes
not stolen
not scrapped

no record of total loss claim.

Toot!! if the other cars 2mo are not so good i shall be wanging my deposit down.

but.... dont get over excited

my vtr text said the same thing but i know for a fact the car had been in a crash twice and resprayed... but this was not claimed through insurance so...

i dont know really i wouldnt take it as a guaruntee

my 2 penny
Pat_Vts
16th July 2008, 01:26
green bogeys coming towards you!

cheers for the green boygeys:D
paddy88
16th July 2008, 01:33
i think the amont of owners is the amount of differant people who have insured it say for example you own the car but you insure your mam as the main driver and you are just the named drived then you decide to become the main driver, i belive this classes as two owners on the text HIP report, i could be wrong but am sure this is how it works!
Paul
16th July 2008, 01:42
Search noob :P


Seriously though, do an expensive one, you get what you pay for.

The text one can sometimes be wrong, with the expensive proper one they're more accurate and also there is some kind of compensation thing set up if they're wrong i think.
Ryan
16th July 2008, 01:46
The car was listed as a hpi clear, looks mint, cant see any sign of bad workmanship no knocks or anything... just wanted to do a pikey one 2nite.

If a few cars are nice, theres a £25one on parkers for upto 5cars so that will be a good one to use.

If something hasnt gone through insurance it wont be on hpi in most cases.
Ryan
16th July 2008, 01:46
i think the amont of owners is the amount of differant people who have insured it say for example you own the car but you insure your mam as the main driver and you are just the named drived then you decide to become the main driver, i belive this classes as two owners on the text HIP report, i could be wrong but am sure this is how it works!


Nope, its to do with registred keepers from v5.
Jamie
16th July 2008, 07:53
Search is your friend :P

Number is 88600 from you mobile,

You have to type CHECK Then followed by the numberplate

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100702&highlight=cheap+hpi

It works fine, i used it before quite a few times,

Ah i can see you have an answer now so for future ref ^
Ryan
16th July 2008, 21:12
funily enough im not a noob, did search and didnt come back with anything from putting HPI in search function last night :P
Jamie
16th July 2008, 21:14
Dont lie Ryan pure n00b with your accounts stats LOL:P
Ryan
16th July 2008, 21:16
Noob modz ftw :P

I try to search often, it would be a tad hippocritcal (spelling fuck off) if i didnt :P
vtrlogan
16th July 2008, 21:17
Just payed 3 pound for a txt one and my brother got one online for diff cars obv, for the car im buying and the car he is buying and we got the complete same apart from i got wether it was stolen and his didnt have that,

he payed around £10 i think but he can do it 3 times on other cars or bikes, so would say it was better for the txt one and he can only keep his for 30 days i can save it on my phone and have it for AGES!
Jamie
16th July 2008, 21:18
Tbh it took me ages to find my own thread on the hpi check even by keying in HPI, cheap as many keywords as possible lol
Ryan
16th July 2008, 21:22
Tbh it took me ages to find my own thread on the hpi check even by keying in HPI, cheap as many keywords as possible lol

lol... the search function can be tempremental at times.