Check Your New Car Before Buying It

Mustang Shelby GT500 or Chevrolet Camaro SS 1969? Black or red? After countless sleepless nights spent on used-car websites which nearly lead you and your wife to a divorce, you are driving home in your dream car. The windows are open, the music is blaring out. . .

Sounds magical, doesn’t’ it? But the process of buying a used car is very tricky because the previous owner might try to deceive you and conceal some unpleasant details about the vehicle. Can you imagine the face of your mother-in-law, whom you’re picking up from the airport if you get pulled over by the police the day after buying your new car because it turns out the vehicle is wanted for being involved in a crime? Is there a worse nightmare?

Well, Muscovites need never worry about embarrassing themselves in that way, because the government of Moscow has created an easy and accessible option for Muscovites to check a car before buying it on the mos.ru portal. If you want to know the actual “age” of the vehicle, you can find out how many previous owners it has had and how long each of them owned it for.

You can also check its mileage and the results of its technical inspections, no matter how much the previous owner swears the car is “better than new”. You need to make sure it won’t break down a week later in the middle of the highway on a day when you are already 10 minutes late for work upon leaving home.

But most importantly, you can check if there have been any accidents if the car has been used as a taxi or is wanted by the police. All that’s required to access this information is the state registration number or VIN (vehicle identification number) and the number on its vehicle registration certificate.

Twenty or even 10 years ago, Muscovites could only dream of something like this, but today it has become a reality. Can you imagine how much stress this service will remove, given the intensity of life in a modern megacity? And the sense of security and confidence in your purchase which it provides is truly priceless.

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