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confused about Motorcheck/Cartell results

  • 31-03-2012 11:45am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8


    Hi all,

    I've had a short visit today to a car dealer to view a car. I my opinion the car looked ok-is, few scratches and dents but that should be expected from an old car, i guess. The car had a new NCT for 2 years, it's an 06 car and the dash said 130121 KM.

    Now, I wanted to make sure the car is ok and at the recommendation of a friend I ran the plates and the VIN number through Motorcheck and Cartell. The result from Cartell was all ok. The result from Motorcheck however said there's a mileage discrepancy like so

    Odometer Contradiction: Yes Reading you entered: 130,121 Kms Previous Readings:
    26/01/2012 130,000 Kms (80,778 Mls) Source: INMR
    03/01/2012
    192,508 Kms (119,619 Mls) Source: INMR

    14/12/2011
    191,974 Kms (119,287 Mls) Source: INMR

    24/02/2011 100,182 Kms (62,250 Mls) Source: INMR
    22/09/2010 181,123 Kms (112,545 Mls) Source: INMR
    19/04/2010
    179,081 Kms (111,276 Mls) Source: INMR

    12/11/2009
    177,178 Kms (110,093 Mls) Source: INMR

    07/08/2009
    150,505 Kms (93,519 Mls) Source: INMR
    23/07/2009 156,152 Kms (97,028 Mls) Source: INMR
    08/05/2009 142,422 Kms (88,497 Mls) Source: INMR

    The things I found wrong with motorcheck are that even the car had only 1 owner , the mileage has been clocked twice while the sole owner had the car in his front driveway... that doesn't make any sense to me... And the second... how would they get odometer readings every 2-3 months ? it's not like anyone goes with their car into a service each month ? Or do they ? :)
    Now I'm more confused than when I started and I have 70 Euro less in my pocket... I would like to hear opinions about this ? Should I ignore motorcheck ? How reliable is it since the competitor says the car is ok ? I don't know who to trust anymore ...


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    it would appear the car was clocked, twice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 vladvir


    yes, I've added more info. sorry for not including everything in 1 go.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    How does the service history fit in with the dates/mileages in the check?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭Motorcheck


    If you give us a call first thing Monday morning we'll go through the mileage readings and explore any possibility that the data provider made an error when submitting the details. It's not uncommon for this to occur and is frequently down to miles being entered as kms and vice versa.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 vladvir


    Thank you all for the replies! I will call the dealer also to see if they have a service book. Somehow i forgot about this...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 vladvir


    Motorcheck wrote: »
    If you give us a call first thing Monday morning we'll go through the mileage readings and explore any possibility that the data provider made an error when submitting the details. It's not uncommon for this to occur and is frequently down to miles being entered as kms and vice versa.

    sorry, but I cannot find a contact number anywhere... can you send me a private message with the number to call ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    vladvir wrote: »
    sorry, but I cannot find a contact number anywhere... can you send me a private message with the number to call ?

    http://www.motorcheck.ie/contact


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 vladvir


    Hi Motorcheck!

    I ended up not buying this car, but someone else did before I could make a decision...

    Anyways, would it be possible for you to run this plate for me 05-C-19080

    Thanks,
    V


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 nogun


    I bought a car on turnpike rd dub from dealer in 2014 done a full cartell check and bought the car on a clear report from cartell (2011 a4 )
    When i went to sell the car 2016 to a different garage in dub they said our car was clocked showed me their motorcheck report and the car was clearly clocked b4 we bought it but cartell didnt pick it up
    But when we rang cartell about it they were able to then confirm it was clocked which was no good to me 2 yrs later
    So the garage i bought from on turnpike rd had liquidated and restarted under new company number so wasnt liable
    So cartell is more than useless please avoid only good for taking your money
    And be very careful buying a car on turnpike rd area


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