What secrets is the bloke selling your car not telling you? CarJam got a plug too!

Watch the Episode: “FairGo: The secret life of cars”

The advice is: never buy a vehicle without a vehicle report. And you all know CarJam is the best and cheapest!

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Article in the Herald at the weekend mentioning CarJam got a few things wrong though.

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I saw this article on your website http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2779015/Car-dealer-conceals-crash-histories and saw that the car I was about to buy had had its registration cancelled …

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I noticed that my CEOs car had a personalised plate, so I ‘carjamed’ it because I was curious about the engine displacement and then happened to notice that his WoF had expired 1 day ago.  The next day, I bumped into him in the lift and reminded him that he needed to sort his WoF out.  lol.  Then I showed him the free carjam report for his car on my phone and, being the techie that he is, he was pretty impressed with your site.
— by John

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From Jan 2011 onwards the NZTA is about to charge for every access to the Motor Vehicle Register for basic information.

As consumers and voters, we are horrified at this proposal. At present the basic information from the NZTA database is available through CarJam.

CarJam passes this information on as a public service for free. For example, you can currently find out if a car has been reported stolen or if the odometer has been tampered with at no charge (and lots more!).

This service will end under the NZTA’s announcement.

The NZTA claims that these proposed new charges are necessary for cost recovery. However, this information has already been paid for by the public in the form of licensing fees, registration fees, WOF and COF costs. It belongs to the motorists of New Zealand. We do not have to pay for it twice.

Crime and fraud statistics are high and this proposal will undoubtedly result in an increase in ordinary people getting ripped off.

Email the Minister (from the front page), sign a petition, place your comments below and continue to FB about it.

Please note this is an update to a previous announcement.

CarJam are delighted to announce immediate visibility of the “stolen flag” in our free reports. Read the rest of this entry »

and CarJam. Read on.
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“No complaints at all about carjam! I find it essential when buying stock for my yard. Thanks!” — Tony at The CarPlace thecarplace.co.nz

CarJam is pleased to announce our new Accounts program. This program is ideally suited to business users who do not want the hassle of paying by credit card for each individual report. A top-up system allows you to pre-pay for multiple reports (minimum top-up $100) and from then on simply purchase with no hassles until the time you need to top up again.
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Hey CarJammers time to migrate if you are a fan of ours on Facebook. We need to switch “faces” from carfax.co.nz (our old Facebook page) to a new one for CarJam – please spread the word about the new page here (eventually we’ll have to take down the old page carfax.co.nz).