false milage Description of car I sold

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Hi All

I traded in my car at the weekend through a dealer. I have just gone on the internet to see how much he was selling it for, and the mileage has changed, it has been reduced by 13,000.

Is this legal?

Regards

Hizzy
 
hizzy said:
Is this legal?
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I'm sure they could get around it by claiming it was a mistake or something. I have viewed/test driven cars that turn out to have more mileage than advertised and didn't really think much of it TBH.

I'd be worried if it was actually clocked though.
 
Hi Caveat,

I have to agree with you that they could get around it by saying it was a mistake, I did get a good price for the car considering the milage, just a little bit taken aback that they are stating its 13,000km less.

Regards

Hizzy
 
Would be interesting to get a friend to inquire about the car and see how honest the dealer is. I assume that you bought from this same dealer so it may be very interesting for you hizzy as well if it was a used car you bought.
 
Might it be a case of the car clock showing kilometres and the advert quoting miles rather than anything more sinister?
 
hizzy said:
Hi All

I traded in my car at the weekend through a dealer. I have just gone on the internet to see how much he was selling it for, and the mileage has changed, it has been reduced by 13,000.

Is this legal?

Regards

Hizzy
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Not illegal to change the mileage do it but it is illegal to sell it on claiming the reduced mileage is the real milage.As far as I know, and I may be wrong, that would be fraud.
 
Might it be a case of the car clock showing kilometres and the advert quoting miles rather than anything more sinister?
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Aha!

Around 35,000 km would equal around 22,000 miles for example - i.e. about 13,000 less?
 
Hi All

The dealer is quoting in miles and kilometres, it should be over 75,000km but instead the ad reads the following 39,000 miles and 63,000km.

Regards

Hizzy
 
The dealer seems to be selling the car having clocked it.

Does the selling price reflect a car at this mileage?

Only way to check it out is to get a friend to do some tyre kicking at the garage and ask a few probing questions!
 
Hi PaddyBloggit

In relation to your question re; Does the selling price reflect a car at this mileage? yes as in the milage that he has quoted

I've asked a friend to ring and check out the price and milage.

Regards

Hizzy
 
So .... if he was selling your 'former' car at its trade in clock reading he would be asking a lower price?

If this is the case then it seems he has adjusted the clock down and adjusted his price up. This looks like fraud to me.

Again, only way you can be sure of his/her intentions is to 'send' a buyer around to the garage to do some tyre kicking.
 
Again, only way you can be sure of his/her intentions is to 'send' a buyer around to the garage to do some tyre kicking.
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I'd just phone them myself - why not? and ask if they 'are sure' about the mileage, then reveal who you are. See what they have to say.
 
Hi All

Thanks for the advice, am going to get my dad to call out and check out the pricing and the milage. Will keep ye all updated.

Regards

Hizzy
 
Hardly seems worth the trouble to clock a car for only 13,000 miles.
 
[quote=Hi RS2K

I would agree with you, and I'm not saying that the car was clocked, but even the owner bit is wrong, it says 1 owner, yet it should be 2, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that its just a genuine mistake.

Regards

Hizzy
 
Hi All

Friend of mine just rang the dealer, she asked what was the best price he could give her considering the milage was 62,000 and only one previous owner and he knocked 950 euro off the price.

Regards

Hizzy

PS am not going to name the dealer
 
check that they are not just using a picture of your car for another vehicle.

i found a 4x4 i was interested in on a car website (not a dealers website) and rang the mobile number on the ad. the guy asked me to describe the picture i had seen on the website as he did not have a pic when he placed the ad so they used a stock image for the ad on the internet.

the did eventually go on to edit the ad to include and actual photo of the car, once the owner sent it to them.

but i can't see why a dealer would need to do this. just grasping at straws here i guess.

it does sound odd, i'd get someone to take it for a test drive... to your house or somewhere you can actually look at the mileage for yourself. then act on it once you've seen the proof.
 
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