The clocked cars of Donedeal

darragh o meara · 10-08-2019 02:55AM #1

A thread to highlight the blatantly clocked cars for sale online.

Here’s a gem to get you started:

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https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb/22629721

For sale today with 115k kms but....

275 k Kms last Oct 18 ( I reckon that should be miles as it would fit in with previous MOTs or it was clocked twice )
215 k miles last April 18

Shows up on the private hire list too ðŸ˜€

Taken from this thread and found by polo cluvie

https://www.boards.ie/b/thread/2058004717#110932355

tuxy · 10-08-2019 03:39AM

Good idea putting the Reg here.
Have you reported it to donedeal? I went to view a car 2 years ago and found out it was clocked when I checked. I reported it to donedeal and it was removed. He kept reposting but I got it removed within 12 hours every time, I Included the car report in my contact with donedeal.

MSGSM · 10-08-2019 06:20AM

171 Ford Fiesta

- 17,000 miles
- 1.2 litre
- Northern Reg so VRT comes into play.

Selling for â‚¬7000

Would be a great car if true but surely that can't be legit.

colm_mcm · 10-08-2019 07:12AM

MSGSM wrote: »

171 Ford Fiesta

- 17,000 miles
- 1.2 litre
- Northern Reg so VRT comes into play.

Selling for €7000

Would be a great car if true but surely that can't be legit.

Wrong thread. Cars can realistically do 8500 miles per year without being clocked.
Price is a bit on the low side though.

J.R. · 10-08-2019 11:06AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Cars can realistically do 8500 miles per year without being clocked.

I only do 7,500 miles a year on my car......14 km over & back to work each day

My wife does about 5,000 miles a year......only drives to work on wet days, walks otherwise.

My daughter has a mini - does about 3,000 miles a year...only driven at weekends and in the evenings...cycles to work

Although always wary of low mileage (and rightly so) I would query the owner as to why it is so low...could be genuine.

10-08-2019 11:08AM

Friend of a friends traded in her 141 Fiesta a few weeks ago. Under 30k km on it.

darragh o meara · 10-08-2019 11:52AM

Probably best to stick to cars that are actually clocked and for sale. Putting up the reg should make it easier if someone googles it and stop someone getting landed with a lemon.

punisher5112 · 10-08-2019 11:55AM

Do a screen shot of car and ad as when taken down all is lost.....

banie01 · 10-08-2019 12:01PM

J.R. wrote: »

I only do 7,500 miles a year on my car......14 km over & back to work each day

My wife does about 5,000 miles a year......only drives to work on wet days, walks otherwise.

My daughter has a mini - does about 3,000 miles a year...only driven at weekends and in the evenings...cycles to work

Although always wary of low mileage (and rightly so) I would query the owner as to why it is so low...could be genuine.

Agreed, I got rid of my 172 Clio last week with 16k Kms on it.
Low mileage isn't all that rare IMO and is often a reason to get rid of a car.
Capital tied up for not enough use.

Comhrá · 10-08-2019 04:03PM

My 161 A4 has 35k kms done since I bought it new. Hoping to change in 2020.

Will be hoping the low mileage makes it easier to sell/trade.

Polo_Cluvie · 10-08-2019 04:12PM

We've wandered off topic here lads lol

tuxy · 10-08-2019 05:25PM

Comhra wrote: »

My 161 A4 has 35k kms done since I bought it new. Hoping to change in 2020.

Will be hoping the low mileage makes it easier to sell/trade.

I hope you went for a diesel doing that's a crazy amount of driving in that space of time!

colm_mcm · 10-08-2019 05:32PM

tuxy wrote: »

I hope you went for a diesel doing that's a crazy amount of driving in that space of time!

At least he’ll get a decent trade in figure.

Comhrá · 10-08-2019 09:15PM

My 161 A4 has 35k kms done since I bought it new. Hoping to change in 2020. Will be hoping the low mileage makes it easier to sell/trade.

tuxy wrote: »

I hope you went for a diesel doing that's a crazy amount of driving in that space of time!

It's a petrol, 1.4 tfsi S Tronic.

For Forks Sake · 10-08-2019 11:39PM

MSGSM wrote: »

171 Ford Fiesta

- 17,000 miles
- 1.2 litre
- Northern Reg so VRT comes into play.

Selling for €7000

Would be a great car if true but surely that can't be legit.

I'd be more concerned with the possibility of finance owing than the mileage on that tbh

TopTec · 11-08-2019 09:13AM

Clocking seems to be back in vogue, both here and in the UK. Have been looking at campervans recently....

On UK EBay, oldish one, 1997, higher end of price for year, with picture of dash showing 70k miles. Quick check with DVLA shows last 2 years MOT's showing 114k miles.

Bid was up to 7 grand sterling. Contacted seller who said that the picture of the dash was a mistake, taken by his father! but refused to declare that on the auction which had an hour to run.

I reported it to Ebay but van was sold at £7,500. Never heard anything back and vehicle never re-appeared.

Ireland needs a computerised, public accessible system like the DVLA.

TT

Phileas Frog · 11-08-2019 11:43AM

Well this thread has tangented into an utter waste of time now...

biko · 11-08-2019 06:02PM

This thread is not a good idea. And it went off the tracks pretty much immediately.
Do not post reg numbers without 100% proof car is clocked, and even then threads like this are too open to people posting wrong information by mistake or on purpose.
Boards isn't going to take risks over mistakes posted by anon accounts.
Take your proof to https://www.ccpc.ie/consumers/cars/car-clocking/

The clocked cars of Donedeal

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