Terms of service & disclaimer

Forecourt is a data-driven research tool. Every number on the site — risk scores, fix-cost estimates, days-on-market, demand rankings, live trade + retail valuations, condition-adjusted buy/pass verdicts, AI-estimated repair costs — is computed from public sources (DVLA, DVSA MOT history, Marketcheck UK, gov.uk fleet registrations) plus paid commercial sources (UK Vehicle Data via One Auto, Anthropic Claude) using our own algorithms.

It is not 100% accurate and it is not advice. We do not see the actual car. We can't tell you whether the previous owner looked after it, whether the engine has a knock, whether the timing belt is original at 110,000 miles, or whether someone's painted over rust. A physical inspection by a qualified mechanic is the only way to know any of that.

You use Forecourt to inform your decision. The decision itself — to buy, to walk away, to price a part-exchange — is yours, and the risk that follows from it is yours. We accept no liability for any loss arising from acting (or not acting) on anything Forecourt shows you.

Specific examples of things we get wrong sometimes:

• MOT advisories may be misclassified — DVSA testers write free text, our matcher is good but not perfect.
• Fix-cost bands are typical UK independent-garage ranges. Main dealers, specialist shops, or unusual parts will cost more.
• Market data (days-on-market, prices) lags real-time by up to 24 hours and is based on listings, not actual sale prices.
• Live valuations (trade + retail, 8-tier UKVD ladder) are mileage- and condition-adjusted estimates from a commercial data provider. They assume a typical car of that derivative at that mileage — they don't see your specific car's condition, service history or modifications.
• AI repair-cost estimates from Claude are based on the text you type plus the make/model/year. They are a fast sanity-check, not a quote. A garage inspecting the car is the only way to get a real number.
• Risk scores collapse multiple signals into one number. Edge cases exist — always read the full breakdown.
• If DVLA, DVSA, UKVD or any other source has stale or incorrect data for a vehicle, we will show stale or incorrect data too.

Beginner (£19/mo or £137/yr — includes 25 live valuation scans a month) and Dealer (£79/mo or £575/yr — 80 scans, compare-5, saved plates with notes) subscriptions are processed by Stripe. Prices are exclusive of VAT where applicable. Re-scanning a plate you've already looked up is free and doesn't count against your monthly quota; the data is served from our 30-day cache.

Cancel anytime. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period — you keep access until then, we don't bill again. Manage from your dashboard's “Manage billing” link (Stripe-hosted portal).

UK consumers have a 14-day cooling-off period under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 for digital subscriptions. If you haven't used the paid features within those 14 days, email us for a full refund. After 14 days or after you've used the paid features, refunds are at our discretion — but we're reasonable, ask.

If a payment fails, Stripe will retry. After repeated failure your account drops to Free tier. Your data stays put.

When you sign up we store, in a UK / EU-region database (Neon):

• Your email and name (from your sign-up).
• Your subscription plan + Stripe customer ID.
• The plates you've looked up (so we can show your search history on the dashboard).
• Plates you've scanned for live valuations (for quota tracking and to skip charging you again for the same plate).
• Dealer-tier saved plates and your private notes on each.
• If you used the “Email me this report” capture on /reg: your email, the plate you asked about, and whether you opted in to weekly market notes.
• AI repair-cost queries you ran (the text you typed and the response), so you can refer back.

We do not store payment card details — Stripe handles that under PCI-DSS. We do not sell or share your data with third parties for advertising. We use industry tools (Clerk for auth, Stripe for billing, Vercel for hosting, Resend for transactional and marketing email, Anthropic for AI repair-cost estimates) — each is bound by their own published privacy policies.

You can request deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by emailing getforecourt@gmail.com. We'll action it within 30 days as required by UK GDPR. The full privacy notice is at /privacy.

You agree not to:

• Scrape, mirror, or republish data from Forecourt without written permission.
• Resell access to your account.
• Attempt to circumvent rate limits, paywalls, or security controls.
• Use Forecourt to make decisions that affect anyone's safety (e.g. a car you're reselling to a member of the public without a physical inspection).

We may suspend or terminate accounts that breach the above. We will tell you why and refund any unused subscription time.

Forecourt aggregates from sources that allow commercial use:

• DVLA Vehicle Enquiry Service — make, year, fuel, tax status.
• DVSA MOT History API — model, mileage history, advisories, failures.
• Marketcheck UK — live used-car listings, days-on-market, price stats.
• DVLA VEH0270 — UK new-car registrations (context only).
• UK Vehicle Data (via One Auto) — per-plate live trade + retail valuations on the 8-tier UKVD ladder. Only queried when you explicitly trigger a paid scan.
• Anthropic Claude — AI repair-cost estimator. Only queried when you submit a description in the “Estimate repair” field.

We are not affiliated with DVLA, DVSA, UKVD, One Auto, Anthropic or any vehicle manufacturer. Vehicle and model names are the trademarks of their respective owners.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Forecourt's aggregate liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to the service is limited to the amount you have paid us in the 12 months prior to the event giving rise to the claim. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential losses (lost profits, business interruption, missed opportunities, etc.).

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or anything else that can't be limited under UK law.

We may update these terms — typically to reflect new features or changes in regulation. Material changes will be notified by email and posted to this page. Continuing to use the service after the change counts as acceptance.

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. Any dispute is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Contact: getforecourt@gmail.com