Looking at a car tomorrow... conflicting mileage reports

Ham · 24 May 2011 at 21:41

I'm taking a look at a car tomorrow. I'm quite keen so did a quick MyCarCheck and the mileage results are as follows -

We have the following mileages recorded for this registration:
• 128,000 miles recorded on 22 Sep 2005

• 128,000 miles recorded on 5 Sep 2005

• 128,424 miles recorded on 9 May 2005

• 43,600 miles recorded on 15 Jul 1999

The car can be seen here (listed at 66k miles). There's a disclaimer below the mileage check "Please note that mileages are supplied by third parties and are not validated. " - Think I should avoid?

Dabbles · 24 May 2011 at 21:44

Run awaaaaaayy!

Aero · 24 May 2011 at 21:44

Dabbles said:
Run awaaaaaayy!

jigger · 24 May 2011 at 21:45

What do you think you should do?

Jono8 · 24 May 2011 at 21:46

It has clearly done more than 66,000 miles....

Ham · 24 May 2011 at 21:47

Bit of an impulse post and reading it back the answer is a somewhat obvious. I'll mention it to the seller and avoid!

Scrutinize · 24 May 2011 at 21:49

Can you chheck the previous MOT's online for mileage if you have enough details off the V5 etc?

Seem legit to me..this is the car you are looking for.

Django x2 · 24 May 2011 at 22:13

No, you can't check the mileage of someone elses car online. The MOT information is purely there to tell insurance, tax databases that the car has an MOT

Scrutinize · 24 May 2011 at 22:23

Yea but with the right details you can see all the previous e MOTs which include mileage details.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/DG_10020539

Did this with my wifes last car.

Scrutinize · 24 May 2011 at 22:24

Django x2 · 24 May 2011 at 22:25

True, if he gets the V5 DRN, he can check

Ham · 24 May 2011 at 22:30

Nice one. I'll see if I can get him to send me the V5 document number

Scrutinize · 24 May 2011 at 22:33

Make sure you get him to send you pics of the VIN numbers on the chassis too if mileage is in question.

If dodgey he either won't respond or it will be the age old engine swap rhetoric.

loaky · 24 May 2011 at 22:33

Yeah i'd be treading very careful, for all we know the current owner might not know. If it's as easy as changing the clocks over then someone in the past might of. Having said that though I suppose that would have caused issues at MOT times if it comes back as being lower than the previous year..

Ham · 24 May 2011 at 23:09

Stumbled across a very similar one with slightly better spec which includes lots of paperwork/all MOTs - link if anyone's interested

Don't think i'll bother persuing the first car.

Scania · 24 May 2011 at 23:19

Ham said:
The car can be seen here (listed at 66k miles). There's a disclaimer below the mileage check "Please note that mileages are supplied by third parties and are not validated. " - Think I should avoid?

Just been serviced by a trusted local garage.

Funny how they have to slip the word trusted in, same place probably did the mileage haircut.

Walk away from the first one without a doubt.

Rich1988 · 24 May 2011 at 23:22

Dabbles said:
Run awaaaaaayy!

clocking is bad mmmkay, someone could have bought it on 128k used is as a taxi till 200k then clocked it back to 128k, unless of course the website has an error.

Sonea Fifer · 25 May 2011 at 00:39

Rich1988 said:
clocking is bad mmmkay, someone could have bought it on 128k used is as a taxi till 200k then clocked it back to 128k, unless of course the website has an error.

How many 17 year old Mazda MX5's have you seen as taxi's dude? :confused:

I do see your point though, it is quite possible that the website has errors which could occur in conflicting mileage reports. Best way to be sure (if possible) and as previously mentioned is to check the previous MOT certificates.

Rich1988 · 25 May 2011 at 00:51

the taxi comment was a bit of a joke but yea not written in a very good way

dave_beast · 25 May 2011 at 01:03

Possibly when the miles were recorded they were "rounded up"??