Used Car Advice, Vehicle Checklists & Buying Guides

So, you've finally decided to buy a used car. Perhaps it's a tidy little Golf with “only 48,000 miles” on the clock. Or a BMW that “has never been in an accident.” Or maybe some bloke in Slough is offering a 3-year-old Audi for the price of a pushbike and a ham sandwich. Congratulations. You're about to enter the Wild West of the UK motoring scene. Welcome to the Used Car Scam Olympics, where dishonesty is a sport, MOTs are more fiction than fact, and your bank account is the main prize. Here are the three most popular events - erm, scams - every British motorist should know.