
Free Car Check: What GOV.UK Shows, and What It Will Never Show
Tax, MOT status and the full test history cost nothing. Finance, write-off and stolen markers are not available free from anyone.
15 Oct 2026
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Rafael builds the data pipelines behind every Caraxle report, which means he reads the raw records before they become a page: the title brands, the MOT failures, the mileage readings that do not line up. The pattern that got him writing is that almost every expensive surprise a buyer runs into was already sitting in a record somebody could have pulled for the price of a coffee. These guides exist to close that gap, with plain explanations of what the official data actually says, what it leaves out, and what to do about it before money changes hands.

Tax, MOT status and the full test history cost nothing. Finance, write-off and stolen markers are not available free from anyone.
15 Oct 2026
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The checks that change a buying decision are finance, write-off, stolen markers and mileage. Here is which tiers include them, and at what price.
15 Oct 2026
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