SIMI & Statistics

billbond4

Just a funny thought occured to me while listening to the radio this morning, theres an ad on the radio for BMW sterling used cars from the UK.

Now a while back the SIMI came out with a statistic that 30% (i think thats the percentage as I couldnt find the number on the SIMI website) of UK cars are clocked, so applying that rule to the BMW sterling cars, 30% of those cars are clocked too.

Statistics are funny things, 80% of people agree

Drummerboy08

The SIMI talk through their ar*e.

Owen

billbond4 wrote: »

Now a while back the SIMI came out with a statistic that 30% (i think thats the percentage as I couldnt find the number on the SIMI website) of UK cars are clocked, so applying that rule to the BMW sterling cars, 30% of those cars are clocked too.

I think IIRC, the SIMI's statistic at the time applied to privately imported cars. The BMW sterling collection are cars registered in the UK from new, and are only about a month old. Not much point in clocking a car that young really if you think about it.

But as DB said, the SIMI generally talk out of their arses.

robtri

not all crap this time, the actual fugure is believed to be around 18.5%...

http://www.cartell.ie/site/servlet/viewNewsItem?id=13

http://www.corkindependent.com/motoring/motoring/shock-aa-report-shows-18.5-per-cent--of-used-u-k-car-imports-have-false-mileages/


it is a bit scary.....

Tipsy Mac

How do BMW calculate a correct sales price for a car when the extras may have to be taken in to account at the VRT office and could rise the cost substantially when the car is registered here.

Owen

It's very easy, BMW manufacture the car, so they know the list of equipment fitted to it. They have the Co2 emmissions of the car, so they get the OMSP of the car including all it's extras which 90% of the total value, and work it out from there.

ednwireland

wonder what the clocked car figure is for ireland, considering when i was looking there were quite a few suspicious low mileages on diesels (but it could just be me i didnt actulally ending up driving the length of the country to look at them) bought one 30 minutes away in the north did a hpi check the log book matche the service record quite happy its got genuine mileage