Mileage Discrepancy HPI check Advice

[OctaneV8]

Looking to buy a car, all service history and MOTs show steady increments on the mileage, no big jumps except an HPI check shows mileage going from 49,000 to 490,000 a few years ago - subsequent years of MOT cert mileage shows 52k, 60k, 70k etc. so this looks likely to be a typo, by an MOT tester perhaps?

Anyone had any issues with this before? Any "side-effects" to be concerned about?

Just put a deposit down on a private sale and due to pay in full and collect tomorrow. Please share if you've had a similar experience. Thanks

[OctaneV8]

After using the search function it sounds like it is worth just clearing it up with a letter to the National Mileage Register (NMR) or apparently it "falls-off" after 4 years according to this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Butter Face]

Mistyped digits by the MOT tester!

[confused_buyer]

HPI's mileage check doesn't have access to or take any account of MOT mileages.

I suspect someone has entered too many digits when doing a check themselves which it does include.

Almost certainly an entry error.

[anonymous-user]

confused_buyer said:

HPI's mileage check doesn't have access to or take any account of MOT mileages.

I suspect someone has entered too many digits when doing a check themselves which it does include.

Almost certainly an entry error.

Yep, probably somewhere like Kwik Fit, etc

[confused_buyer]

St John Smythe said:

Yep, probably somewhere like Kwik Fit, etc

I doubt it. It will be from either someone entering too many zeros on a V5 or too many when doing an actual check.

The NMR does not* include MOT mileages so it will not have come from any MOT values.

*which is just one of the many reasons it is pretty rubbish and has to be taken with a huge silo full of salt.

[anonymous-user]

confused_buyer said:

St John Smythe said:

Yep, probably somewhere like Kwik Fit, etc

I doubt it. It will be from either someone entering too many zeros on a V5 or too many when doing an actual check.

The NMR does not* include MOT mileages so it will not have come from any MOT values.

*which is just one of the many reasons it is pretty rubbish and has to be taken with a huge silo full of salt.

I had a car few years back that had incorrect mileage entered on the register. It was by Kwik Fit on a fleet/company car thing.

[confused_buyer]

St John Smythe said:

I had a car few years back that had incorrect mileage entered on the register. It was by Kwik Fit on a fleet/company car thing.

Ah, yes, if they've serviced it and it has been paid for by a lease company as part of a contract hire then sometimes it goes on the NMR. I think it is the lease company which enters it though.