I'm selling my car - about 18 months ago it was stolen and recovered. I'm considering the carsales.com.au premium ad but if this theft is recorded in the history report I don't want to alert potential buyers to this as it will turn them off.
Is a previous theft and recovery of a car included in a car history report?
No idea why you said that. The whole point is to know if I should or can avoid having this report on my car sale. The intention to get premium is to get better listings, not to get a report that I don't want anyone to see.
finally got through to car facts and got an answer to my question.
Generally good etiquette to share for others who might have the same question in the future.
I had a look at a previous carfacts report and it does have an entry for:
Stolen Status No record of vehicle as stolen
But I don't know if that goes to current status (so same if it's been stolen and recovered).
good point HighandDry.
yes, I rang them and they confirmed that if I reported it to police, the carfacts report will indicate that it was stolen.
Damn, that sucks. Thanks for sharing though. I'd keep a copy of your police report handy/rego/etc to show prospective buyers I guess. Good luck.
I worked out what to do. They said that if you remove the VIN from your ad, nobody can get the report. So I'm going to get the report (it's free for me anyway) and if it mentions the theft, I'll just remove the VIN number.
@brownbag: You know people will run the VIN when they come to inspect?
Or likely won't come to inspect at all…
@brownbag: Lol, first thing I do when considering purchasing a car is a ppsr check. People can also get your vin from your rego in most states. Everyone does a ppsr to check that it's not under finance, as soon as they do, they also see it's been stolen and then recovered.
@brownbag: I agree with brendanm below - I've never spent any serious money on a car without a PPSR/Revs check, so imo (fully layperson), I think it might be better to just be straight up with potential purchasers.
Not everybody will run a ppsr, especially on a car like mine still under extended warranty with 33800km on the clock.
Seems like more of a reason to run one as the car is still reasonably new there is more chance of outstanding finance.
Totally agree, You could have bought the car which still has $15k of finance or had a major accident.
I've seen plenty of cars under 2000kms go through the Auctions as a write off. TBH these are the best for smash repairers as it has a better resale value due the low kms. Even cars with 300kms go though auctions.
For the sake of a quick PPSR for under $20 is worth it, Seen the report for as low as $4
Currently at the auctions as repairable write-off, Often see car with allot more damage with 20k or less kms.
09/16, Mercedes-Benz, GL Class, Wagon Odometer 11,495 Kms. Showing on Odometer
https://www.pickles.com.au/damaged-salvage/item/-/details/CP…
03/18, Toyota, Hilux, TGN121R Workmate 4x2, Cab Chassis Single Cab Showing on Odometer 4,482 Kms.
https://www.pickles.com.au/damaged-salvage/item/-/details/CP…
03/18, Suzuki, Vitara, Wagon Odometer 5,215 Kms.
https://www.pickles.com.au/damaged-salvage/item/-/details/CP…
You’d have to be stupid to not run one. Especially those luxury cars with very few kms where the seller has “gotten a new car for work” or “moving overseas”.
Also next time I buy a car I’m going to straight up ask the seller “has it ever been stolen and recovered”. You can’t hide the vin. Most buyers would(or should) take a photo of the actual vin on the engine.
I’m just curious… Were you not able to insist your car be written off after it was recovered ? I wouldn’t want mine back.
I did try to get the car written off but the insurance company wouldn't budge. The damage was about 40-50% of the cars' value and it was cheaper for them to fix it.
It turns out that the car history report has no mention of the theft.
i'm not really a car person, but why would it matter if a car had been stolen before? as long as it isn't currently stolen I wouldn't care
I'd care a lot! If you saw our car after it was recovered, you'd know why people would care. It wasn't well taken care of by the temporary 'owners'.
Yes, it was fixed, but the mechanics said that you never know what damage has been done that they can't detect.
yeah but a car can be thrashed and repaired by anyone. I know I wouldn't want to every buy a car that my brother had owned.
I hope you didn't pay for this report. It is just a fancy ppsr at an inflated price.