Salvage Auction Jargon
In the damage description of each salvage vehicle in the online salvage auction you will come across several technical abbreviations, which are explained below:
- O/S
- Off-side (which means the driver’s side of the vehicle)
- O/S/F
- Off-side front
- O/S/R
- Off-side rear
- N/S
- Near-side (which means the passenger’s side of the vehicle)
- N/S/F
- Near-side front
- N/S/R
- Near-side rear
- NROV
- The vehicle is not recorded on the HPI register
- U/S
- Un-serviceable (the part specified is no good)
- S/REC
- Stolen recovered
- F/S/H
- Full service history