Has anyone got the link for the site where you can put in a reg. No, and 
it tells you what the car is?

TIA

-- 
Steve


Never shake the ketchup bottle. None'll come, and then a lot'll

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:12:17 +0100, "shazzbat"
 wrote:

>    Has anyone got the link for the site where you can put in a reg. No, and 
>it tells you what the car is?
>
>TIA

Is this
http://www.askmid.com/ownvehicle/
the one you mean ?

In message <hakofm$n8u$1@news.albasani.net>, shazzbat 
 writes
>   Has anyone got the link for the site where you can put in a reg. No, 
>and it tells you what the car is?
>
>TIA
>
Http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/

Click on vehicle enquiry.
-- 
Clint Sharp

In message , Usenet Nutter 
 writes
>On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:12:17 +0100, "shazzbat"
> wrote:
>
>>    Has anyone got the link for the site where you can put in a reg. No, and
>>it tells you what the car is?
>>
>>TIA
>
>Is this
>http://www.askmid.com/ownvehicle/
>the one you mean ?

It's got the wrong year for mine. Shows it as 4 years later, and 3 years 
after production ended.
-- 
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

So, the position is that a lovely lady drove into the door of our 1995 3 
series**. It's clearly repairable, but probably beyond economic repair - 
it's still driveable for now. Hopefully her insurers will pay for the 
damage.

The real question is whether to trade the car in under the scrappage scheme 
or buy something secondhand?  We need:
Automatic gearbox (as wife can't drive manual)
4/5 seats
Reasonably safe (if not very safe!)
We don't do many miles at the moment - maybe 3-4k a year.
Would prefer hatchback or estate.
Price range up to £25k, but would prefer under £10k if possible

So, what do you gurus suggest, please?





** Her comment was that I shouldn't have had the door open if there was 
traffic coming - like she couldn't drive round it like the other cars did. 
There was plenty of room. Grrr.



-- 
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first 
trip.

GB wrote:

> We don't do many miles at the moment - maybe 3-4k a year.
> Would prefer hatchback or estate.
> Price range up to £25k, but would prefer under £10k if possible

For 3-4k miles a year, don't spend £10k, let alone 25. If you aren't 
precious about mileage then £7k will get you a choice of 4 year old 
ex-fleet stuff (I bought a 54 plate 320d at 3.5 years old & 120k miles 
for £7k - runs & looks the same as a 54 plate car with 20k on the clock) 
with a fair chance of finding an auto.

For the sort of change found down the back of the sofa you could 
probably have your pick of previous shape Mondeos at 6 or 7 years old 
(for a well regarded car they lose money faster than HBOS) but always 
assuming they didn't inherit the autobox problems of the MK II.

-- 
Scott

Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?

Scott M wrote:
> GB wrote:
>
>> We don't do many miles at the moment - maybe 3-4k a year.
>> Would prefer hatchback or estate.
>> Price range up to £25k, but would prefer under £10k if possible
>
> For 3-4k miles a year, don't spend £10k, let alone 25. If you aren't
> precious about mileage then £7k will get you a choice of 4 year old
> ex-fleet stuff (I bought a 54 plate 320d at 3.5 years old & 120k miles
> for £7k - runs & looks the same as a 54 plate car with 20k on the
> clock) with a fair chance of finding an auto.
>
> For the sort of change found down the back of the sofa you could
> probably have your pick of previous shape Mondeos at 6 or 7 years old
> (for a well regarded car they lose money faster than HBOS) but always
> assuming they didn't inherit the autobox problems of the MK II.

Thanks. How do you find out which autoboxes to avoid?

I found a bunch of 5 year old Honda Accords for around £5k - seems pretty 
good to me.


-- 
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their
first trip.

"GB"  wrote:
>> For the sort of change found down the back of the sofa you could
>> probably have your pick of previous shape Mondeos at 6 or 7 years old
>> (for a well regarded car they lose money faster than HBOS) but always
>> assuming they didn't inherit the autobox problems of the MK II.
>
> Thanks. How do you find out which autoboxes to avoid?
>
> I found a bunch of 5 year old Honda Accords for around £5k - seems pretty 
> good to me.

Ask around - in general smaller cars tend to have crapper autoboxes, 
particularly anything that's a CVT one.  Also, look on peachorlemon (google 
it, can't remember if it's a com or a co.uk) and the owners' reviews section 
on parkers.co.uk - look for reviews of auto versions of different cars, and 
you'll notice patterns of which autoboxes people generally tend to say are 
shite.

-- 
"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."

"Scott M"  wrote in message 
news:hca9d8$p6j$1@aioe.org...
> GB wrote:
>
>> We don't do many miles at the moment - maybe 3-4k a year.
>> Would prefer hatchback or estate.
>> Price range up to £25k, but would prefer under £10k if possible
>
> For 3-4k miles a year, don't spend £10k, let alone 25. If you aren't 
> precious about mileage then £7k will get you a choice of 4 year old 
> ex-fleet stuff (I bought a 54 plate 320d at 3.5 years old & 120k miles for 
> £7k - runs & looks the same as a 54 plate car with 20k on the clock) with 
> a fair chance of finding an auto.

I'd dodge the 320D if I wasn't particularly after that combination of 
frugality and performance, which probably isn't necessary for someone doing 
3-4k. Nasty habit of eating their turbos. And generally the petrol version 
will be cheaper.