Boring tax question (purchasing a new car)

ShiWarrior · 28 Jan 2020 at 15:16

Hades said:
Good spot about the MOT mileage drop.

OP I would recommend getting a free app such as Vehicle Smart. You can use them to check MOT history such as mileage each year, failures and advisories. They help when assessing how qeel or poorly the car has been maintained. Plus the mileage drop

I use Total Car Check
gives more than any other app (usually) or websites

weathmatth · 28 Jan 2020 at 15:34

I once had a corsa that fried its own ECU, it needed to be replaced along with central locking and instrument cluster, so the mileage on that dropped by 40k next time it was MOT'd.

Semple · 28 Jan 2020 at 15:56

TM88 said:
They are advertising it at 79k ‘warranted’ miles though. If it was just an MOT mistake then the seller would list it as 179k miles.

Ah good point then, I didn't bother checking the ad.

Would be a bad coincidence if the seller got it wrong as well! Needs a picture of the dashboard.

ShiWarrior · 28 Jan 2020 at 16:45

Semple said:
Ah good point then, I didn't bother checking the ad.

Would be a bad coincidence if the seller got it wrong as well! Needs a picture of the dashboard.

no not really, the dash would also show 79K id imagine

touch · 29 Jan 2020 at 09:52

Semple said:
Would be a bad coincidence if the seller got it wrong as well! Needs a picture of the dashboard.

How do you misread the mileage on your own car by 100,000 miles? You might not know the exact number of miles your car has done, but you must know if you're off by such a long way.
It's propbably not a typo in the advert either because it's been entered in a couple of different places.