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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