Tips and tricks on what to look out for when purchasing a used car

Motorcheck looks at an increase in one particular kind of scam that involves duping unsuspecting buyers with a ‘Ghost Car’.
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Cian Royston from NVD shows Motorcheck the Heatshot, a heated winscreen wash system that clears ice, snow, grease, bird droppings and dead insects from the windscreen, whilst prolonging the life of your wiper blades.
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A study by Motorcheck.ie shows that as many as 1 in 5 cars for sale in Ireland may have been clocked. RTE’s Nine O’Clock News picks up the story.
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An interesting ruling in the High Court yesterday could make it easier for car owners to terminate their hire purchase agreements but don’t expect to get away scot free!
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A recent undercover operation by the BBC has uncovered a rise in the number of cars being clocked in Northern Ireland.
Trading Standards are quoted as saying “We would be hard pushed to identify a town or city where there isn’t a clocker or a number of clockers operating”
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Motorcheck has been given exclusive access to a TTT (Transparent Trade Tender) where there are two very special vehicles going under the hammer.
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One of our favourite partners, Merlin Car Auctions has been awarded the highly respected accolade of Deloitte Best Managed Company at an award ceremony held in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin last Friday (4th March 2011
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Garda begin ‘Operation Shannon’ in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin with the safe retrieval of 2 stolen cars and a further 4 in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare.
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Whilst we don’t have any official statistics on the number of cars being repossessed in Ireland, when RTE’s The Consumer Show called us, we thought it was high time we conducted a survey of the current market and tried to uncover the chances of buying a used car with outstanding finance.
Read on to see the results of our survey and the segment of The Consumer Show that was aired last night.
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As you know dishonest sellers will do just about anything to sell a car. Some of the methods used to deceive people require skill and a certain level of ‘expertise’ (forging logbooks, modifying VIN numbers, etc.).
Others however need nothing more than a bottle of Tipp-Ex to execute a con and you’d be surprised how many of us fall for the latter.
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At Motorcheck we receive a steady stream of comments from consumers who feel that they might have stumbled across an internet scam.
A study by Motorcheck.ie shows that as many as 1 in 5 cars for sale in Ireland may have been clocked. RTE’s Nine O’Clock News picks up the story.
Motorcheck went along armed with a fully charged digital camera and a pair of comfortable shoes to capture the amazing cars on show at this years event.
A recent investigation by BBC NI has uncovered a rise in the practice of ‘car clocking’.
Every year over 300,000 cars exchange hands in Ireland.
Over the past few months, there’s been a noticeable increase in the number of people calling Motorcheck HQ with stories of their cars being repossessed.
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