Clio 182 Help

[Maggiore]

Im after a 182 at the moment and found a nice one, 04 Reg, 23,000 miles in black. I called the garage its at and enquired about it, he said all the paperwork is there and the car is ready to drive away. I was quite impressed, however when I ran a HPI check the car showed as having the reg changed and stolen & recovered.

If there was a personal reg previously on the car, would that explain the reg change?

and can someone tell me about the stolen and recovered? what does this mean to me?

Thanks

 

[kully]

stolen and recovered , as it says really .........someone nicked it and they found it later possibly thrashed to an inch of its life :S

 

[Bazzon]

Dont forget when you come to sell it you will also have to explain this .

 

[kenny172]

as he says - i had my corsa stolen (best thing that could of happened ) and it was recovered 3 days later - initial repairs were 4500 on interior and bodywork - then later went in for a new engine as they had managed to brake it in the 3 days they had it cost them a good few thousend aswell but was never registered as a stolen recovered.

more than likely when it was stolen it was given a hard time and was subject to a large insurance claim for the repairs. would be aware of any engine damage to it, and then theres the hassle of trying to sell it on again

 

[cat171]

Unless it is a good price, i'd leave it.

 

[-Leigh-]

Unless you're planning on keeping it for a very long time, it may not be worth it, as you will have trouble selling it on.

It may have been driven hard when it was stolen, but then, any car could have been driven hard by a previous owner. I've had mates that when selling/trading in a car, the night before they've done god knows how many miles bouncing off the limiter.

So you just don't know.

 

[Timmay]

personally id jut keep looking for another 182 - unless this one is stupidly cheap

 

[Steve]

Walk away, there are plenty of genuine cars around.

At least you had the sense to HPI it unlike a lot of muppets.

 

[oneseventwo]

Unless you're planning on keeping it for a very long time, it may not be worth it, as you will have trouble selling it on.

It may have been driven hard when it was stolen, but then, any car could have been driven hard by a previous owner. I've had mates that when selling/trading in a car, the night before they've done god knows how many miles bouncing off the limiter.

So you just don't know.

Depends on how long before it was recovered. I think a lot of stolen cars get locked away in garages for a few days after theft, prior to being 'sold on'. So if it was found hidden away you should be ok (maybe). Not sure if you can actually find this our though?

 

[Steve]

Unless you're planning on keeping it for a very long time, it may not be worth it, as you will have trouble selling it on.

It may have been driven hard when it was stolen, but then, any car could have been driven hard by a previous owner. I've had mates that when selling/trading in a car, the night before they've done god knows how many miles bouncing off the limiter.

So you just don't know.

Depends on how long before it was recovered. I think a lot of stolen cars get locked away in garages for a few days after theft, prior to being 'sold on'. So if it was found hidden away you should be ok (maybe). Not sure if you can actually find this our though?

It's stolen recovered!!!!!!!

End of. :S

 

[cat171]

Exactly! As said, unless it's silly cheap leave it alone.

 

[Beef-Mc]

^^^

As above really.

 

[Maggiore]

Right ive worked this one out... kind of

I rang the guy and he was in shock, he owns a garage and advised his HPI check says its not and was a bit worried...

I did a check on the RAC website and it has nothing against it, not stolen recovered etc

I then rang DVLA and they said there is nothing on their records to show stolen recovered therefore there was no insurance claim or anything like this made

I then rang mycarcheck who told me it was stolen recovered, and they advised it is on the cars history, however was not reported to insurance etc and they are the only company in the UK to show the full history of the car, they advised this doesnt make a difference they just like to let people know what happened

What you guys think now?

Sounds OK to me mind

 

[Steve]

HPI Equifax i think the company is called, is the 'Daddy'.

Would still walk away as not worth the bother.

Buy private & save 000's

 

[cat171]

If you got a HPI check from HPI (01722 422 422) or http://www.hpicheck.com/newfrontend/ & they say it's stolen recovered, it is.

 

[Steve]

^^thats the one i use.

None of this £5 crap.

 

[cat171]

^^thats the one i use.

None of this £5 crap.

Knowsit :approve: I always use it too, if i'm certain I want the car I pay the cash (it's circa £45 from memory)

 

[DebV6]

I'd steer clear! They wasn't even honest about it being stolen and recovered!

 

[Maggiore]

He said he didnt know as his HPI check (he uses HPIcheck.com) was showing nothing. Like I say I did an RAC one and rang DVLA and they both said nothing showed on their records.

 

[cat171]

Get one form the people I put the details up for. It's not cheap but it's the real deal.

 

[Beef-Mc]

I rather fork out £20 for a proper check, instead of wasting £7k on a dodgy car!

 

[Big Iain]

^^thats the one i use.

None of this £5 crap.

Can quite safely say dont waste your money on the hpi above the RAC is fine, I have just done an hpi from above and it is no different to the rac report!! waste of fuckin monjey!

 

[cat171]

^
you do get a nice folder with it though

 

[DebV6]

PM me the reg of it and I'll do it on the hpi we use at work, see what that says.

 

[Maggiore]

PMd you

 

[Beef-Mc]

PM me the reg of it and I'll do it on the hpi we use at work, see what that says.

Your going busy doing HPI checks for a while now

 

[DebV6]

I'm not supposed to be doing them so I hope not!

It's showing as clear though, just a plate change to N12MLP. That's with proper HPI.

 

[Chili Red]

Im after a 182 at the moment and found a nice one, 04 Reg, 23,000 miles in black. I called the garage its at and enquired about it, he said all the paperwork is there and the car is ready to drive away. I was quite impressed, however when I ran a HPI check the car showed as having the reg changed and stolen & recovered.

If there was a personal reg previously on the car, would that explain the reg change?

and can someone tell me about the stolen and recovered? what does this mean to me?

Thanks

Leave it and buy mine which'll be for sale next month MUCH better.

 

[Maggiore]

Thanks Deb, plate was a private reg so that would explain that. Cheers guys