Has this car been clocked? - Page 2

Marty Dolomite · Mar 1st, 2013, 19:02

My vote is a typo. why would someone clock a car 3K, it serves no purpose as the car had its 50k service and it would make no difference on the resale value.

Paffel · Mar 1st, 2013, 19:29

you've also got this handy little tool.

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-status-vehicle

LJD · Mar 1st, 2013, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marty Dolomite

My vote is a typo. why would someone clock a car 3K, it serves no purpose as the car had its 50k service and it would make no difference on the resale value.

Its a good point . would not be worth skimming off so little

Bobzilla · Mar 2nd, 2013, 07:18

Have to agree, no real point in wiping 3,000 miles of it, so more than likely merely a typo.

As an aside, once sold a car with over 150k miles on it and saw it reappear on a forecourt for sale a few weeks later. Stopped to have a look for 'old times sake' and noticed that it had been clocked back to 60k - this was on the older, manual odometers. To say that Trading Standards were less than interested was an understatement.

V60 Drive · Mar 2nd, 2013, 10:38

Typo somewhere - no benefit in clocking by so little. If it was me I wouldn't worry about it

emmerson2 · Mar 2nd, 2013, 18:22

As has already been said, no-one is going to clock a car for 3000 miles!
This is so obviously a simple mistake in the figures.

Firthy · Mar 4th, 2013, 12:28

Phoned dealer B and on their system they have it logged as 47297 being serviced in September, so it would seem not only can the person who filled the logbook out not read their own writing but they don't know which month of the year September is...

Mystery solved though.

volvo145 · Mar 4th, 2013, 21:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firthy

Phoned dealer B and on their system they have it logged as 47297 being serviced in September, so it would seem not only can the person who filled the logbook out not read their own writing but they don't know which month of the year September is...

Mystery solved though.

But do you know if the mechanic could read English and not just Polish?

SonyVaio · Mar 4th, 2013, 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firthy

Phoned dealer B and on their system they have it logged as 47297 being serviced in September, so it would seem not only can the person who filled the logbook out not read their own writing but they don't know which month of the year September is...

Mystery solved though.

Mystery solved so all is good and well? Time to enjoy!

coastie123 · Mar 4th, 2013, 22:06

Just had a quick read of this post and thought it could of been a reprint of an MOT certificate??

Mar 1st, 2013, 19:29	#12
Paffel VOC Member Last Online: May 12th, 2024 13:22 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lincoln View Photos By: Paffel	you've also got this handy little tool. https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-status-vehicle __________________ Current;'01 S60 T5 Previous; '98 V70XC, '97 V40 2.0, '94 855 T5,'02 S60 D5,'97 V70 AWD,'90 740 Turbo,'97 855 T5 Auto,99 V70 10V,'04 S80 D5,'99 V70R AWD

Mar 2nd, 2013, 07:18	#14
Bobzilla V40 2003 ('53) Last Online: Nov 3rd, 2020 16:29 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Propping Up The Bar	Have to agree, no real point in wiping 3,000 miles of it, so more than likely merely a typo. As an aside, once sold a car with over 150k miles on it and saw it reappear on a forecourt for sale a few weeks later. Stopped to have a look for 'old times sake' and noticed that it had been clocked back to 60k - this was on the older, manual odometers. To say that Trading Standards were less than interested was an understatement. __________________ ----------------------------------------------- 2003 ('53) V40, 1.8, Petrol, Manual

Mar 2nd, 2013, 10:38	#15
V60 Drive Junior Member Last Online: Aug 2nd, 2013 21:51 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: North Somerset	Typo somewhere - no benefit in clocking by so little. If it was me I wouldn't worry about it __________________ V60 DRIVe MY12 Passion Red

Mar 1st, 2013, 19:02	#11
Marty Dolomite Premier Member Last Online: May 1st, 2024 23:09 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Southampton	My vote is a typo. why would someone clock a car 3K, it serves no purpose as the car had its 50k service and it would make no difference on the resale value.

Mar 2nd, 2013, 18:22	#16
emmerson2 Junior Member Last Online: Dec 16th, 2014 21:30 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: pontypool	As has already been said, no-one is going to clock a car for 3000 miles! This is so obviously a simple mistake in the figures.

Mar 4th, 2013, 12:28	#17
Firthy Junior Member Last Online: Jan 7th, 2024 21:32 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Aberdeen	Phoned dealer B and on their system they have it logged as 47297 being serviced in September, so it would seem not only can the person who filled the logbook out not read their own writing but they don't know which month of the year September is... Mystery solved though.

Mar 4th, 2013, 22:06	#20
coastie123 VOC Member Last Online: Aug 27th, 2013 19:20 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Sidmouth, Devon	Just had a quick read of this post and thought it could of been a reprint of an MOT certificate??

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