buying a second hand vehicle

[nightrunner]

i am thinking of buying a second hand vehicle from a newspaper advert and want to find out the previous history of the vehicle and the previous owners, can anybody tell me how i can find this out or where to look, i understand there is a web-site that can tell you this but not sure of what site it may be, any help would be appreiciated

[ken-d-wood]

try the www.dvla.co.uk - you'll need the reg of the car though

[missacs1984]

rac.co.uk i'm sure they do a check for �5

[oldhamfan]

http://www.hpicheck.com/newfrontend/

https://www.mytextcheck.com/