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CarMate helps UK buyers make a confident call on a used car before handing over any money. Paste a listing, a screenshot or a registration and you get a clear read: the asking price against the real market, the MOT and mileage story, and the checks that matter most, outstanding finance, insurance write-off, stolen and mileage clocking. It ends with a straight buy, negotiate or walk-away verdict, plus the exact questions to ask the seller. The data comes from official DVLA and DVSA records and Experian provenance, and the full History Check is backed by a data guarantee from £10,000, a lower-cost alternative to a traditional HPI check. There's no subscription: you buy report credits that never expire, and new users get a free credit to try it first. CarMate is UK-based, run by Moose Technologies Ltd, and completely independent. We're not tied to any marketplace, dealer or auction, so the verdict is only ever about the car in front of you. We also build for the trade, helping dealers screen auction lots and stock before they buy. Good experience or bad, we want to hear it. Honest feedback is what shapes what we build next.
Unit 29 Highcroft Industrial Estate Enterprise Road, PO8 0BT, Horndean, United Kingdom
3.7
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CarMate looks like a solid used-car buyer check tool. It pulls DVLA, DVSA, and Experian data to give you a deal score and verdict before you even view the car. I like that pricing is transparent (pay-per-credit, no subscription, credits don't expire), the company's properly registered, and they're upfront about being new instead of faking reviews, which actually makes me trust them more.
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