Oct

Building a Car History File

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When selling a damage repaired car, its always important to fully document the cars history since it has come into your ownership. Not only does this help you when you come to sell the car, by showing t buyer the exact details of the original damage and subsequent repair, but it also shows that you are a responsible seller – which is worth its weight in gold when selling a car!

Many damaged cars specifically Cat D & C’s will often not come with any history or documentation of any sort. However, as I have mentioned in previous posts it is often possible to recieve copies from main dealers for servie etc.
Therefore its really important to gather as much information on the car as you can.

Buyers will more of often than not always want to see detailed pictures of the extent of the accident damage before buying. I’ve always previously taken as many digital photos as possible, before repairs, and then a few during repair to show the quality of the repair work.
Once finished, I have stuck all the photo’s in a folder with the VIC (if its a Cat C Car) which then accompanies all the usual book packs.

Being that the credit crunch is biting, take advantage of all the free photo printing offers available from all the online photo printing providers. Details of a couple of the offers are below. Just register upload your pictures, pay a couple of quid postage, and they are on your doorstep in a couple of days.

I will takeadvantage of the below, and print at least 50 photo’s for any new salvage project.

Photo Box – 50 Free Prints