clocked car

[Matt82]

ive always said you cant trust traders

a guy on another board, like me, was really proud of his pretty high mileage car. he was past 250k, and then he sold the car

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130327845256&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

days later it is spotted for sale, by a trader, with a 110k mile haircut

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...icleYearOfManufacture=1998&vehicleRegLetter=R


thread about it here
Removed link because of swearing!

bit sad really, but id never trust a trader at all

 

[Matt82]

its just a guy from another board. hes not been back on so dunno if he knows about it

 

[Matt82]

its up for double the price as well. the car has had all the consumables replaced so it probably drives just about right but idiots obsessed with low mileage will lap it up

 

[Matt82]

My old ST will be a clockers wet dream, the car felt and looked like a car that had done 30k miles.It stood at 92k when it went back, if an 'ordinary' car ;ike that can stand up well to high mileage, I dread to think how much moon mileage kraut mobiles get clocked by.

Funny thing is, technology has actually made them easier to clock.It wasnt meant to be that way when digital speedo's were launched!

my golf is on 211k miles. enginewise it sounds just like a 140k mile engine, which sounds just like a 100k mile engine.

the seats look like the day i bought the car, when it had 140k.

im not going to clock the car, it has an amazing service history and im dead proud of the number of miles its done