Clocked Cars

[MrJingles705]

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[Wills2]

My BMW local dealer text me to say my car was due a service in 500 miles a few weeks ago, it appears they know how many miles I've done remotely as they were spot on.

I'm surprised modern stuff gets clocked and goes unnoticed.

[krisdelta]

I guess the challenge is tying together all the information so someone / an agency can take action. Maybe something action fraud should consider? Lots of quick wins at least from a consumer protection perspective.

[Thanoj]

Fiesta's seem to be something clockers are fond of. This one is advertised as having done 14,000 miles, but a quick MOT check shows that 2 months ago, it has done 18,000! Price is also quite high for a CAT D Fiesta 1.25 with a full ST conversion.

Link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-FORD-FIESTA-ZETEC-F...

[Driver101]

Thanoj said:

Fiesta's seem to be something clockers are fond of. This one is advertised as having done 14,000 miles, but a quick MOT check shows that 2 months ago, it has done 18,000! Price is also quite high for a CAT D Fiesta 1.25 with a full ST conversion.

Link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-FORD-FIESTA-ZETEC-F...

I think that one belongs in the ringers thread.

The price is really low for a Fiesta ST.

[ambuletz]

why would you go to the effort of doing that to something that's a 1.25? I can only think that maybe they bought the car cat d for well below market value, then decided they'll do the conversion and sell it well above market value of a non cat-D car, even at a premium because it's ST converted?

[Driver101]

ambuletz said:

why would you go to the effort of doing that to something that's a 1.25? I can only think that maybe they bought the car cat d for well below market value, then decided they'll do the conversion and sell it well above market value of a non cat-D car, even at a premium because it's ST converted?

It's more than likely the identity of a Fiesta 1.25 on a stolen Fiesta ST.

[lord trumpton]

I noticed this one. It states 'mileage discrepancy'

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Checking mOT history online reveals...

Test date 23 January 2013
Test Result Fail
Odometer reading 164,436 miles

Test date 28 August 2013
Expiry date 27 August 2014
Test Result Pass
Odometer reading 82,191 miles

Test date 1 September 2016
Expiry date 31 August 2017
Test ResultPass
Odometer reading 102,520 miles

So advertised mileage is 98,000
At the 1st September it was 102, 520
The actual mileage is around 190,000

That's some 'discrepancy'. Wow.

[Monkeylegend]

lord trumpton said:

I noticed this one. It states 'mileage discrepancy'

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Checking mOT history online reveals...

Test date 23 January 2013
Test Result Fail
Odometer reading 164,436 miles

Test date 28 August 2013
Expiry date 27 August 2014
Test Result Pass
Odometer reading 82,191 miles

Test date 1 September 2016
Expiry date 31 August 2017
Test ResultPass
Odometer reading 102,520 miles

So advertised mileage is 98,000
At the 1st September it was 102, 520
The actual mileage is around 190,000

That's some 'discrepancy'. Wow.

Meh, that's nothing, my last E Class which I sold with 312k miles on shows up on the MOT history site after an impromptu MOT at 79k, so a clocking of a mere 233k miles.

[Mr2Mike]

Driver101 said:

It's more than likely the identity of a Fiesta 1.25 on a stolen Fiesta ST.

Ring ring.

[Thanoj]

The price isn't low for a ST, it's only about 500-1000 less than an equivalent clean ST2. However, bells do begin to ring when you consider how much effort must have gone into converting a 1.25 into an ST of that standard. That's why I checked the MOT history and noticed the discrepancies. It was also mentioned that it could be a stolen ST with the details of a 1.25 CAT D. Could it be possible a CAT D was bought, then the details were switched over to the stolen ST, and the initial 1.25 scrapped?