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Community => General Chat => Topic started by: Shambles on September 13, 2008, 19:28:26

Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on September 13, 2008, 19:28:26
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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Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on September 13, 2008, 19:31:40
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 :)
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on September 13, 2008, 19:33:18
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 :)
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on September 14, 2008, 14:18:39
All the convenience of your own car but without the cost and hassle.


http://www.streetcar.co.uk/default.aspx
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on September 14, 2008, 14:20:32
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
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on September 19, 2008, 20:30:47
Vehicle Recalls

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/default.asp
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on September 26, 2008, 10:59:47
Sept 08 HY UK price/specifications brochure

http://www.hyundai.co.uk/a/pdf/brochures/priceGuide.pdf


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Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on September 29, 2008, 20:16:38
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/
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on October 05, 2008, 18:54:56
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
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on October 11, 2008, 14:49:20
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/
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on October 27, 2008, 17:41:47
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
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on November 10, 2008, 21:27:42
Courtesy of fudge

Thatcham website http://www.thatcham.org/abigrouprating/
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on November 22, 2008, 20:12:56
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...

Quote
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
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on January 02, 2010, 14:44:42
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.
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Barry on September 08, 2010, 08:38:16
Interesting technical site  relating to all things cars -


http://www.carbibles.com
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Barry on September 08, 2010, 08:44:31
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!!
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: eye30 on November 23, 2010, 18:13:16
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/
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Ruperts Trooper on January 07, 2011, 17:47:54
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.
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on June 16, 2011, 08:33:22
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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Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Mike on November 08, 2011, 21:42:14
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
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Mark on January 12, 2014, 18:42:40
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
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: benlovesgoddess on August 28, 2015, 23:47:30
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....!
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on October 19, 2015, 08:38:40
Check the MOT history of a vehicle

https://mot-history.net/


(http://i.imgur.com/A0NbY2J.png)


Thanks to Dartman  :cool:
Title: Some Useful Vehicular Links
Post by: Shambles on November 15, 2015, 14:20:32
Quote from: Shambles
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/