can you explain (cartell/motor check)

faw1tytowers

I done a check on a car I am interested in and I am wondering about the mileage. It has the same recorded mileage for the past number of years according to the check.. Is that not weird???? Or do they just not give exact mileage do prevent others clocking?

alias no.9

Has it been for sale for a while? It's unlikely anyone will shave a few k off every couple of months. If the mileage is recorded frequently during the period, I think it's safe to assume it's been off the road and for sale. The bigger question is why none of the prospective buyers who entered the mileage onto the system went ahead with the sale?

faw1tytowers

alias no.9 wrote: »

Has it been for sale for a while? It's unlikely anyone will shave a few k off every couple of months. If the mileage is recorded frequently during the period, I think it's safe to assume it's been off the road and for sale. The bigger question is why none of the prospective buyers who entered the mileage onto the system went ahead with the sale?

Thats wat I dont get.....
Odometer Contradiction: No
Reading you entered: 39,000 Mls
Previous Readings:
21/07/200933,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
23/01/200933,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
01/10/200833,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
02/09/200833,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
25/03/200833,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
11/01/200833,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
05/11/200733,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)

No. of owners: 3 (incl current owner)
Date(s) of sale: 26/01/2010
14/09/2007
10/11/2004

First register in march 2004

Tax just out on it

there was a period of no tax in 07

Also this is teh first check done on this car according to the report

Does this make sense to you?

faw1tytowers

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What I dont get..... (never done a check before.

Odometer Contradiction: No
Reading you entered: 39,000 Mls

Previous Readings:
21/07/2009 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
23/01/2009 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
01/10/2008 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
02/09/2008 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
25/03/2008 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
11/01/2008 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)Source: INMR
05/11/2007 33,000 Mls (53,108 Kms)

Why are all the readings the same?

No. of owners: 3 (incl current owner)
Date(s) of sale: 26/01/2010
14/09/2007
10/11/2004

First register in march 2004

Tax just out on it

there was a period of no tax in 11/07

Also this is first check done on this car according to the report

Does this make sense to you?

DF1

What's the source the motorcheck companies use for checking the mileage ?
Is it the NCT ?

faw1tytowers

DF1 wrote: »

What's the source the motorcheck companies use for checking the mileage ?
Is it the NCT ?

the INMR which is a number of different ways. www.INMR.ie

faw1tytowers

anybody help???

-Chris-

Has the car been in stock with a dealer for ages?

Many people may have done a check on it, but the mileage may not have changed because it wasn't being driven.

CarMuppet

Hi I cant comment on cartel as I've neve used it.

This is just a generic comment about buying a car.. If there is even a sniff of doubt on any record/document/panel then I'd walk away. There will be another better car along.

If a car is cheaper that it's counterparts then there may be a reason.

The best if luck with your car-hunt, hope it all works out ok for you.

CM

faw1tytowers

CarMuppet wrote: »

Hi I cant comment on cartel as I've neve used it.

This is just a generic comment about buying a car.. If there is even a sniff of doubt on any record/document/panel then I'd walk away. There will be another better car along.

If a car is cheaper that it's counterparts then there may be a reason.

The best if luck with your car-hunt, hope it all works out ok for you.

CM

The check which is motorcheck same as cartell says all is above board I just cant understand if how they log the milleage. And am wondering if they dont give exact reading or in fact has this car has asme mileage for 4 years which would be weird and bad.. obviously

faw1tytowers

-Chris- wrote: »

Has the car been in stock with a dealer for ages?

Many people may have done a check on it, but the mileage may not have changed because it wasn't being driven.

I will probably have to ring motor check to see is this the case. It has had 3 owners and according to my check I am the first to query the car through motorcheck. Would sound very dodge if its been sitting idol for all that time

Tigger

mabey if you start a third thread someone will help

faw1tytowers

Tigger wrote: »

mabey if you start a third thread someone will help

Haha dont tempt me, thought the title of last one may not of explained itself so I made another one. But just seems no one has ever done a car check before. Will have to wait till I can ring the agency tomorrow.

-Corkie-

PM motorcheck here and he will sort you.

faw1tytowers

-Corkie- wrote: »

PM motorcheck here and he will sort you.

pm to you is it? I have pasted it up above... but i will send you link if you can help

-Corkie-

faw1tytowers wrote: »

pm to you is it? I have pasted it up above... but i will send you link if you can help

No PM this man!!!:D

faw1tytowers

-Corkie- wrote: »

No PM this man!!!:D

lol ok thanks!

Absurdum

I'm sure it's just an administrative error on the INMR's part, perhaps the car wasn't serviced at a participating garage since the first reading they are showing or something like that. If it was doing like 100km a year I'd be suspicious!

faw1tytowers

Absurdum wrote: »

I'm sure it's just an administrative error on the INMR's part, perhaps the car wasn't serviced at a participating garage since the first reading they are showing or something like that. If it was doing like 100km a year I'd be suspicious!

Hmmm yeah its like 2004 car and 39,000 on clock and 3 owners... I just had to check for genuine miles but as you can see I am more confused now as all the reading are the same. The car was sold 6 months after it was first bought and the next 2 owners had it 3 years. It has been taxed all the time so I presume its been on the road. It will be a great buy for me if the mileage is genuine I just need to be sure. The car is in a garage 4 hours from me so I want to be pretty sure before I go trekking down to view it.

-Chris-

Look for the service book, if/when it's stamped they should be including the mileage.

Motorcheck

Hi,

I'll check the mileage readings for you tomorrow.

faw1tytowers

-Chris- wrote: »

Look for the service book, if/when it's stamped they should be including the mileage.

Service book has a record or 33,000 in 2009, its the only record but I would presume and hope that the previous owner did get his 3 free services from his warranty. So only 6,000 done on car since then....

faw1tytowers

Havent heard from Motorcheck and so I rang the service who informed me the car took over a year to sell. The second owner put it on the market it seems after 3 months and it was not taxed. When it was eventually bought last year that person has had it a year and had an NCT and The only service record is from the garage he bought it from then @33,000.
SOOOOOOO car has been on road past year, but as to why owner 2 wanted to sell the car so soon after buying and why it took sooo long to sell..... Makes me wonder. Cant really afford a full inspection of car, but I still want the car... Would the rest of ye just walk at this point?

Absurdum

yes, briskly

-Chris-

Yup

xual

Cars....

Here is an example of lets say a toyota car.

Bought 2007 1st owner.

Traded back into garage after 2 years against a new car. Garage can't sell it for some reason.

Big dealerships don't like having ageing cars hanging in their lots so they knock them on to smaller dealers. This actually requires a change of ownership. So your now on the second owner and mileage hasn't changed.

The second dealer tries to sell the car but in fairness no one has been buying cars in a while. I spent the last three months looking at cars and the number of times the mechanic has come out with a battery kit to start the engine simply because the car has been idle for 6 months or more.

They NCT the car. Mileage recorded again with little or no change.

Its possible for a car to move through a few dealers and spend a year or more in a lot.

Just because its possible doesn't mean its acceptable. I would personally walk away from any car I have a doubt over. unless he is offering a 12 month warranty.

xual

Sorry just looking over the bit where you said tax was out for a period in 2007.

Just to be aware. If I hit your car and fecked up mine. Your car wasn't to bad and we therefore agreed to sort it out with out notifying anyone. I paid you off and started to fix my own car. That little secret will never be recorded. I could even trade the car to a wheeler dealer who would fix it on the sly.

That happens a lot too.... I would definitely walk away from this car. Other cars will always come. There is a never ending flow of cars on the go.

faw1tytowers

xual wrote: »

Sorry just looking over the bit where you said tax was out for a period in 2007.

Just to be aware. If I hit your car and fecked up mine. Your car wasn't to bad and we therefore agreed to sort it out with out notifying anyone. I paid you off and started to fix my own car. That little secret will never be recorded. I could even trade the car to a wheeler dealer who would fix it on the sly.

That happens a lot too.... I would definitely walk away from this car. Other cars will always come. There is a never ending flow of cars on the go.

Thanks for that Xual. Yes I think I will forget about this one and move on. I would definitly be worried about if it had crashed previously too. So will leave it at that.

faw1tytowers

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Renault/Scenic/1.6lt-Dy/201108201369222/advert?channel=CARS

This is the car btw. I got the price down to 3,800. Sooo hard not knowing is it genuine it could be a good car.. or not.

Motorcheck

I've just sent you a DM with an update.

faw1tytowers

Motorcheck wrote: »

I've just sent you a DM with an update.

Thanks for that.