152 Irish car with mph Speedo clock

perrier

I looked at a 152 VW polo today with a mph clock. It doesn't have kph in the background. I presumed it was from the UK but it's not coming up as an import. It's a VW main dealer and the salesman didn't have clue and will get back to me. Any ideas?

Toyotafanboi

How did you verify it isn't an import?

JoeA3

It has to be a UK car.

perrier

Ran a check on it. Its clear.

I would have expected the clock to have both mph and kmh in the background at least.

grogi

Are you sure it is mph? It might be km/h, but this Polo is extremely slow and loud, so 100 km/h seems like 100 mph...

The logbook will have an indication if it was imported second hand or originally registered in Ireland.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

perrier wrote: »

Ran a check on it. Its clear.

I would have expected the clock to have both mph and kmh in the background at least.

My OH drives a Polo and the speedo only displays kph.

Always thought that was a bit strange.

perrier

grogi wrote:

Are you sure it is mph? It might be km/h, but this Polo is extremely slow and loud, so 100 km/h seems like 100 mph...

grogi wrote:

The logbook will have an indication if it was imported second hand or originally registered in Ireland.

Yeah I thought the same thing at first but when I drove it, it was definitely mph.

Meeeee79

Did you pay for a full report on the car on cartell or a similar website?

An import would not show up on some of these websites unless you pay for the full report. My car is a UK import and the only website that shows this from the basic free information is motorcheck.ie - have you checked there?

perrier

Meeeee79 wrote:

An import would not show up on some of these websites unless you pay for the full report. My car is a UK import and the only website that shows this from the basic free information is motorcheck.ie - have you checked there?

I work in the insurance industry and ran the checks but nothing comes up.

Also this is a main dealer. They cant offer an eplanation but they've now offered to change the clock out but it all seems odd.

Meeeee79

perrier wrote: »

I work in the insurance industry and ran the checks but nothing comes up.

Also this is a main dealer. They cant offer an eplanation but they've now offered to change the clock out but it all seems odd.

Sounds a bit odd alright. I bought mine from a main dealer and they knew the full history of the car and where it had come from which is what you would expect.

mickdw

Dont touch it without getting an explanation that properly checks out.

Worst outcome is that its a ringer of some sort so get a full and proper answer if buying it.

Alanstrainor

Seems like a bit of a red flag to me. Plenty of other Polos out there. I'd leave this one.

Odyssey 2005

Guaranteed that if the op doesn't buy this car the clock will be changed pronto and the next punter will be none the wiser.!
Personally I'd pass..

Deadwards.com

Ring Volkswagen Customer Service. they can check the reg to see if it is an import. I haven't heard of an Irish Polo with MPH before.

exaisle

Deadwards.com wrote: »

Ring Volkswagen Customer Service. they can check the reg to see if it is an import. I haven't heard of an Irish Polo with MPH before.

Yup. Exactly. They'll tell also tell you if it was ever serviced in any VW dealers and what the mileage was at the time.

That said, it being an import would not put me off buying it...but only if everything else checked out. I've bought all of my cars in the UK for the past 20 years or so...

perrier

exaisle wrote:

That said, it being an import would not put me off buying it...but only if everything else checked out. I've bought all of my cars in the UK for the past 20 years or so...

exaisle wrote:

Yup. Exactly. They'll tell also tell you if it was ever serviced in any VW dealers and what the mileage was at the time.

Yes I'll give VW a call.

Odyssey 2005

That said, it being an import would not put me off buying it...but only if everything else checked out. I've bought all of my cars in the UK for the past 20 years or so...[/quote]

It's not the fact that the car is an import that the problem is?It's the fact that the dealer didn't volunteer the info. Same happened to me 18 months ago ,went to look at an e class in finglas and I had to coax it out of the dealer that it was an import..was obvious because the clock was also in mph.!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Surely it comes with paperwork showing service history and purchase details? Has it been serviced in Ireland since new? Perhaps it was bought new in the uk but never registered over there and registered as new here?

perrier

Spoke with VW ireland they were good to deal with. The car is definitely not an import and the configuration of the car when bought specifically asked for an mph clock.

dodzy

perrier wrote: »

Spoke with VW ireland they were good to deal with. The car is definitely not an import and the configuration of the car when bought specifically asked for an mph clock.

How is that ?

JoeySully

little old lady/man driver so

bazz26

dodzy wrote: »

How is that ?

BMW here did similar. When ordering a brand new BMW and if you don't select the "speedometer dials in kph" box from the options list then you will get the default UK speedometer dials which are in mph and kph.

I'm guessing the original owner just could not get their head around the mph > kph thing.

Stallingrad

Could it have been ordered here by a UK/NI customer, or a customer thinking of moving to the UK in future and then pulled out?

Mintoe

Stallingrad wrote: »

Could it have been ordered here by a UK/NI customer, or a customer thinking of moving to the UK in future and then pulled out?

Wouldn’t be uncommon for an Irish vw dealer to source a brand new car from uk main dealer stock, this would simply explain the mph clicks and hence not classed as a used import as would have been registered here new so would be the same as any new Car in Ireland, a new import,

Pm me the Reg and I’ll find out for sure for you.

Highly unlikely 1st owner here would request mph clocks when ordering new build car

perrier

Mintoe wrote:

Wouldn’t be uncommon for an Irish vw dealer to source a brand new car from uk main dealer stock, this would simply explain the mph clicks and hence not classed as a used import as would have been registered here new so would be the same as any new Car in Ireland, a new import,

Mintoe wrote:

Pm me the Reg and I’ll find out for sure for you.

PM sent. Thanks for the help.

Isambard

I think UK cars would have km/h as well as mph. COuld have been imported from somewhere else. It needs properly checking for sure.

exaisle

Isambard wrote: »

I think UK cars would have km/h as well as mph. COuld have been imported from somewhere else. It needs properly checking for sure.

VW have said the car was definitely NOT an import....

Mintoe

be careful, when most people talk about imports they usually mean used imports and not new imports

Zubeneschamali

Isambard wrote: »

I think UK cars would have km/h as well as mph. COuld have been imported from somewhere else. It needs properly checking for sure.

Nope, looking at online images, they have mph only:

Henry Ford III

I thought it was mandatory for new cars here to have kph only speedometers?

R.O.R

I ordered a 3 series a few years ago with the MPH speedo. Driver lived ROI (just) but spent most of her time in NI, so the request was for the MPH clock, so it's possible and didn't cause any issues with registration - think it was 2011 or 2012

jimmycrackcorm

Alanstrainor wrote:

Seems like a bit of a red flag to me. Plenty of other Polos out there. I'd leave this one.

dodzy wrote:

How is that ?

Isambard wrote:

I think UK cars would have km/h as well as mph. COuld have been imported from somewhere else. It needs properly checking for sure.

For someone living in the south but working across the border it is advantageous to have both mph an kmh.

bazz26

Revenue adjust OMSP depreciation values on a monthly basis, not calendar year basis.