How easy is it to clock cars nowadays?

Morby

Not looking for info on how to - quite the opposite!

Just looking at a car for sale, a 2014 Landrover Freelander 2 and it has suspiciously low mileage, no service history and no logbook.

So I'm a bit dubious as to the history of it, and wondering is it possible for these cars to be clocked?

Atlantic Dawn

It's simpler than the old days once you have the right technology. Without verifiable history I'd take it as being clocked.

With no logbook how will you end up as the owner?

bazz26

Morby wrote: »

Not looking for info on how to - quite the opposite!

Just looking at a car for sale, a 2014 Landrover Freelander 2 and it has suspiciously low mileage, no service history and no logbook.

So I'm a bit dubious as to the history of it, and wondering is it possible for these cars to be clocked?

This would be enough for me to walk away irrespective of what else is going on with it.

secman

Morby wrote: »

Not looking for info on how to - quite the opposite!

Just looking at a car for sale, a 2014 Landrover Freelander 2 and it has suspiciously low mileage, no service history and no logbook.

So I'm a bit dubious as to the history of it, and wondering is it possible for these cars to be clocked?

Run a car check on it , i bough 3 for €60 whilst helping my son buy a car in Feb 20. Best €60 ever spent, first 2 we used , my god the mileage was way off on them both, the 3rd one came back clean, all the mileage history made sense.
Peace of mind.

Arthur Daley

Whats the score with the 2018 NCT. Presumably it had one since as well. Mileage should be on that. But no logbook. Oh dear

BlakeS94

With a lot of the latest cars having a digital dash with digital odometer I would say its more difficult than its analog counterpart

CoBo55

BlakeS94 wrote: »

With a lot of the latest cars having a digital dash with digital odometer I would say its more difficult than its analog counterpart

It’s actually easier, no dismantling required and no misaligned digits to worry about, just plug and play.

Buffman

Morby wrote: »

it has suspiciously low mileage, no service history and no logbook.

It only costs €12 to replace a logbook, walk away. Not even having a partial service history is also enough to walk away.

Morby wrote: »

wondering is it possible for these cars to be clocked?

Very simple and quick with the right equipment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oW2OU7qn3g

fryup

is there still guys out there advertising "odometer correction" out there?

Mintoe

Run a motorcheck and find out, I did 3 last month and you can click a mikeage investigate button and on 2 of them they found more mileage readings somehow

French Toast

Now and again you'll see modern, digital dashboard units for sale with "mileage can be set to whatever you want".

Easier than ever before, I'd imagine.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

think i said this before , I worked with a guy from donegal who told me bout his mate that decided he wanted to sell his ford fiesta ( fiesta i think ) they got drunk one night and he decided to clock it first , they opened up the dash and instruments panel and found a note reading ' oh no , not again '

colm_mcm

That exact story has happened an awful lot of people

CoBo55

colm_mcm wrote: »

That exact story has happened an awful lot of people

Took longer than usual...

bigtimecharlie

Is it true that the dash milage is stored in one location in the code but the real mileage is stored in another part of the code?

So even if the dash mileage is changed, it will increase in step with the real mileage.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^

hope that's true

spyderski

Morby wrote: »

Not looking for info on how to - quite the opposite!

Just looking at a car for sale, a 2014 Landrover Freelander 2 and it has suspiciously low mileage, no service history and no logbook.

So I'm a bit dubious as to the history of it, and wondering is it possible for these cars to be clocked?

This is enough to make anyone walk away!

E36Ross

Clocking is old skool, Now it's mileage blockers.
https://mileageblocker.com/home-1

Basically connect it up, speedo and everything works fine but mileage won't go up.

Easy enough drive for 6 months then remove it again so effectively halfing your yearly mileage with no trace.

hanloj1

Was selling cat few years back and the buyers garage were able to tell me the mileage on abs pump was different to car. I'd changed the pump few months before

Henry Ford III

hanloj1 wrote: »

Was selling cat few years back and the buyers garage were able to tell me the mileage on abs pump was different to car. I'd changed the pump few months before

Now that's was one well specced cat.

fryup

cat'lytic converter ?

CoBo55

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Is it true that the dash milage is stored in one location in the code but the real mileage is stored in another part of the code?

So even if the dash mileage is changed, it will increase in step with the real mileage.

It's certainly true on VAG derived cars, vcds will give you the true mileage, even on an unclocked car there will be a small difference between vcds and the odometer but nothing too big.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

colm_mcm wrote: »

That exact story has happened an awful lot of people

he didnt come across as a spoofer , but you never know