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Community => General Chat => Topic started by: Shambles on September 13, 2008, 19:28:26
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Fancy checking up on your old Hyundai or your grandad's Triumph Mayflower?
I'm sure lots of you already know of this, but some might not...
Click DVLA Vehicle Licensing Online (https://www.gov.uk/get-vehicle-information-from-dvla) and select "Vehicle Enquiry"
This is the type of info that you can retrieve (my previous MGZR)
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Seen a dodgy car and wondered if it is insured?
Ask The Motor Insurers Database (http://www.askmid.com/askmid.aspx)
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Looks like my previous car is taxed & insured :)
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Please feel free to add any links of your own that you stumble across :)
Please keep the thread tidy and only post valid links, thanks :)
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All the convenience of your own car but without the cost and hassle.
http://www.streetcar.co.uk/default.aspx
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Euro NCAP's aim is to provide motoring consumers - both drivers and the automotive industry - with a realistic and independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe.
http://www.euroncap.com/home.aspx
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Vehicle Recalls
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/default.asp
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Sept 08 HY UK price/specifications brochure
http://www.hyundai.co.uk/a/pdf/brochures/priceGuide.pdf
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Check the price of fuel in your area.
Just put in post code or town.
You can sign up for a weekly email of prices.
http://www.petrolprices.com/
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If you want to check which oil your car should use try this web site - Castrol UK/Ireland web site.
You put in your reg number or model and for i30 owners not sure about whether it has CPF it will tell you if you have a CPF or not.
(Might be a similar site for other countries).
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/castrolhomepage.do?categoryId=3205
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/iframe.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7044829
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Check your Road tax - curent year and next year. Just put in your car details.
(This is via Parkers.co.uk not DVLA)
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/
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From Parkers:
You can calculate fuel cost, either by day, week, month or year, depending on model or MPG.
http://www.parkers.co.uk/advice/FuelCostCalc.aspx
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Courtesy of fudge
Thatcham website http://www.thatcham.org/abigrouprating/
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Check the MOT of your car (or the one you are thinking of buying)
http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/internet/html/home.html
Note the following, however...
This service enables you to
1. Confirm that an MOT Certificate is a genuine record of that stored on the MOT Computerisation database
2. Check the status of a vehicle that has undergone a recent MOT Test
3. View the MOT Test history of a vehicle. (This only relates to MOT Tests conducted on a vehicle since the introduction of MOT Computerisation).
What you will need
Before you can access the information from the MOT Computerisation database you will need the following:
* The vehicle registration mark from the number plate
And EITHER
o The MOT test number from the VT20 MOT Test Certificate or VT30 Refusal of an MOT Certificate
OR
o The document reference number from the V5C Registration Certificate issued by the DVLA
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Came across this site today.
Worth a look at:
PePiPoo - Helping the motorist get justice
http://www.pepipoo.com/
To reveal to the ordinary UK motorist, clearly and concisely, how the government, police and judicial system deal with allegations of motoring offences in real life, and to provide the information motorists need to defend themselves.
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Interesting technical site relating to all things cars -
http://www.carbibles.com
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This guy is great, apparently he's won an emmy for his online car repair videos, lots of tips and info with video evidence.
http://scottykilmer.homestead.com/
Typically american, not sure about his attitude to health and safety, just watch him grinding off a wheel bearing without safety glasses!!
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Came across this site.
It helps motorist who bought their car brand new and have been having persistant problems.
They will arrange for a second opinion from another member free of charge.
http://www.motorcodes.co.uk/
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Have a look at the Bosch website http://aa.bosch.de/aa-batterien/en/pkw/index.htm as that gives battery sizes (electrical and physical) and terminal layout.
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This website is a valuable source of information on Engine matters. It is a compendium of stuff that teaches you how engines work and how to get the best out of them.
Numerous articles can be downloaded (pdf format requires Adobe reader or similar (download here (http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/))).
The full colour articles cover topics such as:
TurboCharger Efficiency
Compressor
Fuel pressure
Camshafts & Timings
Engine management
Exhaust System Tuning
Turbos
Mapping
DYNOs
Compression
Fuel Injection
Brakes
Common Rail Diesel
Instrumentation
DPFs
The list is [almost] endless.
Worth a visit (http://www.motorsport-developments.co.uk/stus.html)
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Personally one of my favourites; what was the favourite car you owned? Find out how many are left. Just remember that others may be unregistered in garages and barns.
http://howmanyleft.co.uk/
Enjoy
Mike
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Here's another recall Web site, slightly different to the government one.
http://www.recalluk.com.
It gave me the vin numbers affected for the santa fe brake light switch recall
It also give details of all things recalled for example Marks & Spencer Bengali Cod Curry
Have fun
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Www.Fuelly.com (http://Www.Fuelly.com) - real world mpg figures entered by owners. Lots of Hyundai on there. If I'd discovered the website before buying my i20....!
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Check the MOT history of a vehicle
https://mot-history.net/
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Thanks to Dartman :cool:
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Check the MOT history of a vehicle
https://mot-history.net/
URL seems to have been normalised to https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/