HPI check and the national mileage register

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I put a deposit down on a car yesterday and did a HPI check on it today. The national milage register found a descrepency against it as follows

Date recorded Mileage reading Total
20/Apr/2011 23,000 23,000
19/Jun/2012 39,800 39,800
19/Jul/2012 30,000 30,000

The guy bought it in October 2012 on 30k miles, the MOT's tally up as do the services, the june reading looks like it could be a mistake?...

How accurate is the nmr? From what I can tell they can take information from people hpi'ing a car for a starters without needing verification.

Do you guys believe half of what is on these registers? Would it stop you buying a car?
 
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Same thing happened to me. It was an error. People aren't going to go and clock off 9k.

If everything else tallys up then it wouldn't bother me.
 
I have a very similar discrepency on my bike's MOT doc, something I didn't notice until later that year and confused the hell out of me for a few mins as I was comparing my bike's mileage to the MOT doc :D. I thought my bike had been counting backwards in it's old age.,

Must happen all the time, especially if the system lets you put a lower mileage in compare to the previous MOT.
 
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You are correct the NMR is totally unreliable, it takes mileages even from HPI checks that other people make so could put any old thing in it.

One of our cars had this problem, I could see what had happened the previous owner had done a HPI check and typed in the wrong number and they had logged it.

Check the MOT mileages and service book, if all is well ignore them

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Just had a chat to him, he is going to send me my deposit back and I said I would think about what to do next.

Here is all the information I have from VOSA (backed up by his mot certs) and the service book and service receipts he has:

First registered 30/12/2008

Service Nissan Glynn Hopkin Ltd 14/07/09 10,337 miles
Service Nissan Glynn Hopkin Ltd 29/07/10 21,087 miles
MOT 05/07/12 29,908 miles
Service Independant 01/08/12 30,322 miles

He bought the car after using mycarcheck with no problems 14/10/12

MOT 24/07/13 35,500 miles


I think the car seems legit, unless the previous owner before him was trying to cover up another missed service, but hardly seems worth it for 9k miles, looks like an input error somewhere?

the car is a nissan 350z btw being sold with 38k on the clock, it drove fantastically, little cosmetic touch ups required and of course a p3 service over due, but otherwise lovely.

not sure what to do, he mentioned taking some money off, but I'm unsure if it will cause me problems later when I come to sell.
 
Unless its very keenly priced I'd buy another. Nissan servicing is quite cheap and its such a basic thing that I'd want another car
 
pepsilol said:
Same thing happened to me. It was an error. People aren't going to go and clock off 9k.

If everything else tallys up then it wouldn't bother me.
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This.

It will be a mistake. People want to shave off 40-50k miles to increase the value of the car they're trying to flog, not 9k.

If the MOT's and services tally up and you're buying it from someone who you believe to be vaguely trustworthy - i would have no problem with it whatsoever.
 
BAcon said:
9k or 12 months, so by time wise it's missed 2 unfortunately, and by mileage it's due now
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Definitely 12 months?

A lot of cars say every X amount of miles or every 24months. If it is every 12 months, that's quite excessive as you may only do 2k miles in it a year and it would need a service the same as if it had done 9k miles? :confused:

Personally, if i was completely happy with the car, the fact it's only done 9k miles between one service and 5k since the other - it wouldn't matter to me. Just as soon as you get it, give it a full service. This can be a negotiating points as if the service is indeed due every 12 months and it's been missed, it's likely not going to make any difference to the car, but may be used to get money off.
 
Gaygle said:
Definitely 12 months?

A lot of cars say every X amount of miles or every 24months. If it is every 12 months, that's quite excessive as you may only do 2k miles in it a year and it would need a service the same as if it had done 9k miles? :confused:

Personally, if i was completely happy with the car, the fact it's only done 9k miles between one service and 5k since the other - it wouldn't matter to me. Just as soon as you get it, give it a full service. This can be a negotiating points as if the service is indeed due every 12 months and it's been missed, it's likely not going to make any difference to the car, but may be used to get money off.
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http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/31107-service-schedule-for-a-350z/

I don't particularly mind the missed services, as its not a high mileage car, we had agreed a price I was happy with yesterday until I found this. He did mention possibly reducing the price further. I know I would be happy buying the car, its just the hassle I am thinking of when I come to sell it.
 
I doubt you'll have any issues when selling the car due to the mileage; as long as you have evidence to back up the history then I don't see the issue.

Mine was flagged for a mileage discrepancy when I HPI'd it, but it was obvious from the supporting documentation that somebody had made a typo somewhere along the line.

Obviously make the most of the seller being worried that he might lose a sale, but don't let that put you off. What I'd be more worried about affecting the future value and saleability of the car is an incomplete service history.
 
Missed services matter more from a resale point of view than anything else. I simply wouldn't consider a car with missing history (or a missed service or two) unless it was very lowly priced as I would be wondering what else hadn't been done.

Its a new car, there is no excuse for not servicing as per the schedule. Unless there are dated receipts for oil changes and mileage records of when he has done them, as that would probably change my mind.

If its priced the same as cars with complete history, don't touch it - there's no need to.
 
58 plate, 38k miles, GT spec, no nav, black with tan interior, rays alloys, £9k

Small car park ding on the door which I would get sorted, few marks here and there like the other 350's I've seen. Otherwise it was ok! Car felt exceptionally tight compared to the 68k mile car I tried last week.
 
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