Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Revs Check the Car You Want To Buy

Revs check is performed on a car to protect your investment and to know if the car has been listed as a security for a loan or any other liability.

If you are planning to buy a second hand car, it is important for you to see that it is in a good working condition and that it has undergone revs check. You should check to see if there is any money owing on the car. If there is a particular sum on the car that still has not been paid by the first owner towards the liability, there are chances that the car can be repossessed. According to the law that governs repossession of the cars, you will end up losing all the money that you had spent on buying the car. To make sure that this does not happen to you, it is recommended that you get a revs search certificate for your car. You will have to pay a small sum to be able to get this certificate.

Before you get this certificate, you need to know about a few important pre-requisites. It is important for you to have a vehicle registration number, a vehicle identification number and the engine number of the vehicle to be able to get a revs check for your car. Match these numbers with the numbers on the registration papers that you will be given after you are given the possession of the car. Also get all the information about the loan and other finance that the buyer may have taken for the car. If there is some amount outstanding, you can ask the owner to pay it to you or to the bank before he sells the car to you.

The revs certificate should be with you before you make the purchase. Make sure that you have the certificate around 24 hours prior to the purchase so that you can get the car home with complete peace of mind.