DriveDNA

Know whether to buy the car or motorbike — before you buy it.

DriveDNA reads the record, spots what matters, and helps you decide what to ask, what to check, and whether to walk away.

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Cars & motorbikes. Free — MOT history, red & green flags, verdict preview, running costs, recalls. No signup. Then unlock the full report — finance, write-off, theft & the full verdict.

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⚖️ Walk / negotiate / low-risk verdict 🩺 Catch chronic MOT patterns 🔍 See anomalies most checks miss
The anomaly engine

See what the record has been trying to tell you.

DriveDNA reads the full MOT timeline for patterns most checks leave buried — recurring faults, worsening advisories, suspicious gaps, mileage oddities, and signs a car or motorbike may be moving into a more expensive or riskier phase.

DriveDNA anomaly engine: a used car annotated with the patterns a standard check misses — recurring brake advisories (high risk: brake wear flagged in 3 MOTs in a row), a mileage timeline anomaly (480 miles driven between an MOT fail and pass), hidden monthly cost (£650 finance became about £1,200/month once fuel, tax, insurance and servicing are counted), and a DriveDNA verdict of Negotiate with an estimated £1,400–£2,100 of leverage.

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The verdict

Not just data. A decision.

DriveDNA turns the record into a plain-English verdict — Walk away, Negotiate, or Low risk — and shows exactly what set that call.

🛑 Walk away

Stolen, outstanding finance, a serious write-off, confirmed clocking — dealbreakers, spelled out plainly.

Two cars after a collision — a red SUV with heavy crumpled side damage, the kind of write-off history a DriveDNA check surfaces before you buy.
🤝 Negotiate

Fixable issues and their real cost — leverage to talk the price down, not just a list of worries.

A used Ford Fiesta with an estimated £780–£1,250 cost-to-fix tag — the kind of priceable issue DriveDNA turns into negotiation leverage.
✅ Low risk

A clean record and what's genuinely reassuring about it — the risk the record shows, not a green light to buy.

A clean, well-kept grey Mercedes coupé with a Low Risk gauge reading — the reassuring, clean history a DriveDNA check confirms.

And it shows why — not a black-box score, but the ledger behind the call:

What set the call — priceable issues and repair costs, maintenance and mechanical concerns, mileage and MOT considerations, previous damage or write-offs, and history patterns that matter.
What's in its favour — strong MOT pass record, usually sells through, sensible mileage for its age, no outstanding safety recall, and passes more reliably than its peers.
What we couldn't see — finance, write-off and theft not checked yet, timeline gaps, and service history not visible in the data; unknown isn't the same as clean.

So you can see what's a dealbreaker, what's leverage, and what still needs checking.

We separate risk from uncertainty.

A thin record is not the same as a bad car, and a tidy-looking record is not the same as a safe one. DriveDNA shows what's genuinely reassuring, what's genuinely risky, and what still needs confirming.

Already own the car? DriveDNA keeps working.

Track running costs, stay ahead of servicing and reminders, watch for changes in your car's health, and get a clearer keep-vs-replace view as the story changes.

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Check the car — or motorbike — before it checks your wallet.

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Free check, then the full report when you need it. Prefer the app? It's in private beta on iOS — request access.