car registrations

[chevrolet1.8]

i would like to know whether there is a way to find out if vehicles i have owned years ago are still in use or have been scrapped

[jake-the-peg]

not 100% reliable but try this:
http://www.rac.co.uk/web/vehiclechecks/dvla_lo okup/

[CheekyChops]

Sorry for hijacking your thread - my old car comes up on there and it was an insurance write off. Does this mean it wasn't scrapped and someone has it?

[jake-the-peg]

Probably yes.

Insurance company repairs have to be done to standard with all new parts and if the estimate is more than 60% of it's value it's most often written off.

It's beyond economic repair.

That still leaves quite a bit of scope for someone to do a quite satisfactory repair and make it worth while.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

as jake points out you can see if they are still on the road,but you cant find out who the owners are etc.as for written off cars.as long as they are repaired and pass the vosa vic test,then they can be put back on the road.

[SteveSxx]

This is untrue - I have checked on old reg plates that my Dad owned 30 + years ago and they STILL come up trumps which leads me to believe that this is just a database of ALL vehicles (scrapped & still on-the-road)

[dasherman]

Steve's right,it's just a way of seeing what car matches up with a certain number plate.I'm not sure I really see the point of it myself!

[oldhamfan]

This is better:

http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/ application;JSESSIONID_EvlPortalApp=FTG3RLVgth hWxD1M4y9np2pFLZp0xL3fhHfddfPYZpGsNQdhvcF9!-40 7040202?origin=vehicleEnquiryInfo_en.jsp&event =bea.portal.framework.internal.portlet.event&p ageid=Vehicle+Enquiry&portletid=VehicleEnquiry &portletns=VehicleEnquiry_en&wfevent=link.next

It shows the 'date of liability' which if it is in the future, obviously the vehicle is taxed and therefore likely to be in use.

If the link doesn't work, go to www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk and click 'Vehicle Enquiry'.