Would you like to know how to avoid buying a clocked car?

Question

ok - avoid cars that have a round figure mileage like 60,000 miles or even 50,000 miles. You might find several cars on a dealers forcourt with 70,000 - coincidence? a clocker charges £10 per car and are usually busy. Any stories you can add? please do.

Answer 1

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SERVICE HISTORY OF SERVICING MOTS ETC WHICH SHOULD SHOW TRUE MILEAGE, WORN OUT PEDAL RUBBERS ETC ETC

Answer 2

all the info you need re mot/mileage of the car from the last 3 years can be found on line ..any discrepancy can be found there...

theres no point these days clocking them as the clockers know this and can easily be found out within 20 seconds on logging on the the dvla web site....

Answer 3

Rather than guess do an HPI check : http://www.hpicheck.com/newfrontend/what...

Answer 4

Have a read of this from auto express.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/buying/buyi...

I have known car traders that routinely dismantle the dashboard to clock every car which passes through their hands.

Even if you buy a car from a reputable trader you should be on your guard. Traders are supposed to make sure the mileage is correct, but I’ve seen cars that are obviously clocked at large reputable garages.

If the car has an analogue mileometer look out for scratches on the numbers and damage to screws holding the it and the dashboard. Misalined numbers on the mileometer and a steering wheel that doesn't seem to point straight when the wheels do.

Check that the interior wear matches the mileage. The steering wheel begins to become shiny at about 70,000 and look at the condition of the drivers seat for sagging trim. Check under foot-well mats, are they hiding holes in the carpet? Examine the pedals and gear stick, do they look too new or are they almost worn away.



A good way to check the car's history and also the mileage is to goto motinfo.gov.uk and input either the MOT certificate number or the number from the V5 registration certificate. This will give you all the information about the MOTs the car has gone through since 2005, what it was failed for and the mileage when tested. This won't cost you anything and it is amazing what you will find out about the car.

Free mileage check enter either log book number or mot certificate number.

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/

Answer 5

thank you i will watch for that