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Car Not Appearing on Cartell.ie

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  • 27-10-2008 11:50pm
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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    So very close to buying a new (its uk reg) so I said I would check cartell for history. Entered in the reg and nothing came up? It kinda worries me, but the owner said he has a record of service history etc. from previous years up to now.

    Is it fishy that it isnt on cartell or is that common with Uk reg'd cars?


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    From other threads I believe that it's not 100% accurate.


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    FuzzyWuzzyWazza
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭FuzzyWuzzyWazza


    isn't cartell just for cars registerd in Ireland, so it wouldn't show up


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    ^It has a section for english reg too!


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    andyeire
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭andyeire


    Just tried a couple of english reg cars i owned and they only worked when letters in reg were in capitals


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    update, I tried it again.

    ^It did the opposite for me, decided not to do capitals and it came up.

    Also one more thing, on the vrt website it says 211co2 emisions on cartell its 160. Would I have to prove that to get the lower price on vrt?


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    meesa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭meesa


    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    So very close to buying a new (its uk reg) so I said I would check cartell for history. Entered in the reg and nothing came up? It kinda worries me, but the owner said he has a record of service history etc. from previous years up to now.

    Is it fishy that it isnt on cartell or is that common with Uk reg'd cars?

    Cartell is excellent for both Irish and UK checks. I was almost stung with a car already brought in and registered here I even gave a deposit on it but when I ran a cartell check on it I found out that not only was it written off in the UK but there were another two owners on it!
    Make sure you get a full histoy check on ALL UK IMPORTS!


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    ^Thats the plan, gonna make sure it check out before I splash the cash.


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    dingding
    Registered Users Posts: 4,931 ✭✭✭dingding


    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    update, I tried it again.

    ^It did the opposite for me, decided not to do capitals and it came up.

    Also one more thing, on the vrt website it says 211co2 emisions on cartell its 160. Would I have to prove that to get the lower price on vrt?

    You would need to ask the seller what co2 emisions are on the registration certificate. They usually go by that. I would assume CarTell use the registration details for the actual car. WOrth checking as it would make a big difference to the cost. What is the car make model year and engine?


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,245 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    If the car is still on UK plates then get the chassis number as well as the UK reg, compare this information with that on the registration documents and then get a HPI check done by a UK HPI company to verify mileage, service history, etc.


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    dingding wrote: »
    What is the car make model year and engine?

    Nissan Almera 2 litre Gti. Its a 96.
    bazz26 wrote: »
    If the car is still on UK plates then get the chassis number as well as the UK reg, compare this information with that on the registration documents and then get a HPI check done by a UK HPI company to verify mileage, service history, etc.

    Ok I will do that tomoro so! Is there a website for the HPI?


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,245 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    Ok I will do that tomoro so! Is there a website for the HPI?

    Here are a few:

    http://www.hpicheck.com/newfrontend/
    http://www.checkthatcar.com/
    http://www.netcar.co.uk/
    http://www.cardatachecks.co.uk/
    http://www.autocheck.co.uk/hpi-car-check-history.html

    Have no experience of any of them but I'm sure there are boardies here who have experience getting cars checked in the UK.


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