HPI check on an m3 I'm looking at buying

Stinky · 4 Dec 2012 at 09:29

Hi all

The HPU check has just flagged up that there maybe something with the mileage on this car! I am told its done 64,000 but the HPI doesn't believe it!

The owner has full BMW service history.

Why woukd this flag up what do I do from here??

iaind · 4 Dec 2012 at 09:44

When I did an HPI check recently the mileage section had the recorded mileages with dates - this will be MOTs, v5 changes and (I believe) participating garages for servicing.

Look at the list yourself and see what it looks like to you.

Stinky · 4 Dec 2012 at 09:47

It doesn't seem massively wrong

Date recorded Mileage reading Total
15-Jul-2004 1 1
02-Oct-2006 31,000 31,000
02-Oct-2006 31,600 31,600
02-Oct-2006 31,665 31,665
16-Feb-2007 31,923 31,923
20-Feb-2007 30,000 30,000
06-Mar-2007 30,000 30,000
19-Feb-2008 30,000 30,000
14-Nov-2008 52,689 52,689
13-Nov-2009 54,398 54,398
15-Dec-2011 59,002 59,002
08-Oct-2012 63,796 63,796

Prophet · 4 Dec 2012 at 09:47

It's not hard to find someone who can change the mileage on a BMW, so it may have been lowered.

Saying that, I'm not sure how the HPI report would know if all the MOT's etc look legit.

iaind · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:00

Stinky said:
It doesn't seem massively wrong

Date recorded Mileage reading Total
15-Jul-2004 1 1
02-Oct-2006 31,000 31,000
02-Oct-2006 31,600 31,600
02-Oct-2006 31,665 31,665
16-Feb-2007 31,923 31,923
20-Feb-2007 30,000 30,000
06-Mar-2007 30,000 30,000
19-Feb-2008 30,000 30,000
14-Nov-2008 52,689 52,689
13-Nov-2009 54,398 54,398
15-Dec-2011 59,002 59,002
08-Oct-2012 63,796 63,796

It went back in feb 07 to an unusually round number and didn't move a mile for a year. Then did 32000 miles in 9 months

It seems odd, I doubt its been clocked but the mileage has been recorded in an odd way.

[TW]Fox · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:10

Is it particularly cheap?

Stinky · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:16

It's was up for £10500 now £9750.

Could this be a lazy MOT station putting in nice round figure rather than checking??

Doesn't seem cheap all seems very good so strange this would come up

iaind · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:24

The 2 in feb could be MOTs but doesn't explain the one in march

[TW]Fox · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:24

If the mileage is accurate then its about due its first inspection 2. This is the biggest service and costs about 800 quid. If its recently had one then that's potentially a big plus point.

Stinky · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:59

It has had the inspection 2 done. Next is due in 14500 miles time! The owner now has confirmed he had noticed the problem to and had it checked out by BMW and it was cleared

bledd · 4 Dec 2012 at 10:59

Those figures are really weird..

665 miles in one day (3 records of it..?)
Then 300 miles in 6 months

Stinky · 4 Dec 2012 at 12:21

BMW say its all clear and the service history backs it all up. Dont know what else i can do. but obivously if i am thinking these things so will others when i try to sell it on.

Peerzy · 4 Dec 2012 at 12:30

Get something written down by BMW? When you come to sell you can provide the HPI printout you got for the car with the weird figures and then the letter from BMW saying the car is all fine and the HPI appears wrong.

rodenal · 4 Dec 2012 at 13:02

The best thing to do is to have a look at the book itself and see how closely what's on there ties in - it looks awfully like a silly sequence of errors tbh.

Stinky · 4 Dec 2012 at 13:33

Would this put you off a car like this??

Crimefighter · 4 Dec 2012 at 13:37

Out of curiosity, do the mileage anomalies coincide with a change of ownership?

Peerzy · 4 Dec 2012 at 13:40

Stinky said:
Would this put you off a car like this??

If it's explainable which this seems to be, then no it would not put me off.

Providing I am happy in my own mind nothing is up, and I have reasonable proof to which I can show a potential buyer when I come to sell I wouldn't let it bother me if the car was what I was after (good price, right spec, decent condition etc....).