18-05-2012, 04:19 PM
You know the old saying that 'when something sounds too good to be true.....' - well, I think it's just been proved
Being of a careful disposition when it comes to parting with £££'s, I ran an HPI check on the HDi that I was going to go and see tonight
I'd spoken to the 'owner' who turned out to be a dealer who'd got the car from a main dealer, taken in part-ex but too old to go on the forecourt - he sounded okay - car sounded straight enough - he'd surrendered the tax so would need taxing and was honest enough about a few bits of lacquer peel and a chunk out of the sidewall of one of the tyres
However, HPI check says that the claimed mileage of 102,000 'may' be slightly out.......since being registered in March 2001, the car had its mileage recorded by the main dealer at each visit and by March 2002 had clocked up 48,000 miles......72,000 miles by September 2002 and then remarkably back to 24,000 miles in March 2003!!!
330,000 miles in March 2004 (according to DVLA records), then back down to 100,000 by May 2010.....and now apparently only 102,000......1,000 miles a year for the last 2 years??
Oh, and 11 owners since 2001
You all may tell me I'm being too cautious and it's still a good price......but not for me
If anyone wants the details, let me know - located in Nelson, North West England
Being of a careful disposition when it comes to parting with £££'s, I ran an HPI check on the HDi that I was going to go and see tonight
I'd spoken to the 'owner' who turned out to be a dealer who'd got the car from a main dealer, taken in part-ex but too old to go on the forecourt - he sounded okay - car sounded straight enough - he'd surrendered the tax so would need taxing and was honest enough about a few bits of lacquer peel and a chunk out of the sidewall of one of the tyres
However, HPI check says that the claimed mileage of 102,000 'may' be slightly out.......since being registered in March 2001, the car had its mileage recorded by the main dealer at each visit and by March 2002 had clocked up 48,000 miles......72,000 miles by September 2002 and then remarkably back to 24,000 miles in March 2003!!!
330,000 miles in March 2004 (according to DVLA records), then back down to 100,000 by May 2010.....and now apparently only 102,000......1,000 miles a year for the last 2 years??
Oh, and 11 owners since 2001
You all may tell me I'm being too cautious and it's still a good price......but not for me
If anyone wants the details, let me know - located in Nelson, North West England