mileage typo or played around with??
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Hi, I have only joined very recently so please bear with me all you humour folks out there!
Basically, I have a 55-plate LEXUS GS300 SE-L that a friend wanted to buy off me, but when they checked they saw that from one year to the next, the mileage went from 37,000 to 414,000 and than back down to 45,000.
It currently has only 70k miles on the clock.
I do know a bit about cars, and can definitely say that the engine doesn't sound like it has done that amount of mileage, so how can I find out what really happened?
I am assuming after much working on it, that it was a typo by the relevant MOT center, as the average mileage the (only 1) previous owner did, was 3k-3.5k miles a year, and if you take out the second 4 in the 414,000, then things seem much more realistic, i.e. one year 37,000, than 41,000 (not 414,000) and than 45,000, and so on.
Does this make sense, and how would I go about proving this or finding out what really happened.
On the side, in the last MOT I did recently, there came up the advisory - Nearside & Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Inner bushing (5.3.4 (a) (i)).
Does anyone know more info regarding this, i.e. cost of parts, good quality/price that it can be obtained for and from where, how serious this advisory is, what causes it etc etc.
P.S. I like the humor, but pls help out as well with the issue!!
Basically, I have a 55-plate LEXUS GS300 SE-L that a friend wanted to buy off me, but when they checked they saw that from one year to the next, the mileage went from 37,000 to 414,000 and than back down to 45,000.
It currently has only 70k miles on the clock.
I do know a bit about cars, and can definitely say that the engine doesn't sound like it has done that amount of mileage, so how can I find out what really happened?
I am assuming after much working on it, that it was a typo by the relevant MOT center, as the average mileage the (only 1) previous owner did, was 3k-3.5k miles a year, and if you take out the second 4 in the 414,000, then things seem much more realistic, i.e. one year 37,000, than 41,000 (not 414,000) and than 45,000, and so on.
Does this make sense, and how would I go about proving this or finding out what really happened.
On the side, in the last MOT I did recently, there came up the advisory - Nearside & Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Inner bushing (5.3.4 (a) (i)).
Does anyone know more info regarding this, i.e. cost of parts, good quality/price that it can be obtained for and from where, how serious this advisory is, what causes it etc etc.
P.S. I like the humor, but pls help out as well with the issue!!
Scrump said:
Almost certainly is just typo, but it is going to be very difficult to prove. A huge up jump like that in one year is almost impossible.
Very easy to prove using common sense: a jump of 377,000 miles in a year would require the car to be driving at an average speed of 43mph, 24 hours a day for all 365 days in that year. 
It's a typo of 41,000 miles which would put that year's annual mileage at exactly the same as the following year - much more likely.
My current car has an MOT history like this:
21 November 2016 - 17,695 miles
14 October 2017 - 793,891 miles
28 September 2018 - 38,571 miles
I'm fairly sure that's a big enough swing for any sensible person to see it's a typo and it's not been clocked. We shall see when it comes time to sell.
It would have been a lot worse if the typo was something high, but plausible (say 60k miles) ...
21 November 2016 - 17,695 miles
14 October 2017 - 793,891 miles
28 September 2018 - 38,571 miles
I'm fairly sure that's a big enough swing for any sensible person to see it's a typo and it's not been clocked. We shall see when it comes time to sell.
It would have been a lot worse if the typo was something high, but plausible (say 60k miles) ...
I also have a typo on my MOT history.
Car went in for a test on 134,479 miles. Failed on something, sorted it that afternoon then took it back for the retest. Five minutes later it had a fresh ticket, but on the paperwork they missed the last digit of the mileage on the retest, so the MOT mileage read 13,448.
Needless to say, 12 months later the next MOT was recorded correctly at around 145,000 miles, anyone will be able to figure out it was a typo on part of the garage.
Car went in for a test on 134,479 miles. Failed on something, sorted it that afternoon then took it back for the retest. Five minutes later it had a fresh ticket, but on the paperwork they missed the last digit of the mileage on the retest, so the MOT mileage read 13,448.
Needless to say, 12 months later the next MOT was recorded correctly at around 145,000 miles, anyone will be able to figure out it was a typo on part of the garage.
BunkMoreland said:
The DVSA can correct mileage discrepancies. Both on the website and also issue a new certificate.
You will need to provide proof though.
Only in certain circumstances and within a short time frame. I tried after the mot tester inadvertently put part of the chassis number on my 64k mile Sunbeam Lotus. It shows over 400k miles for that year, dvla refused to amend it as it was months later when I sported it. You will need to provide proof though.
Still on its mot history when you check and very easy to spot it's a human error, made zero difference to selling the car.
I've had similar on a car I bought. It was an obvious typo just going on condition, plus the previous owner (elderly) was doing a consistent low mileage every other year.
This sort of thing should be picked up at the point data is entered. If a questionable number of miles is entered it should flag it asking for confirmation. That would weed out about 90% of mistakes.
This sort of thing should be picked up at the point data is entered. If a questionable number of miles is entered it should flag it asking for confirmation. That would weed out about 90% of mistakes.
driveaway said:
Thank you everyone!
I managed to get in contact with the Lexus garage that did the MOT that year, and they confirmed that it was actually 44,131 miles and not 414,132!!
I have the documents from them proving this, but i assume from the posts here that it is not that easy...?
7 days I was advised by the mot guy to correct errors I managed to get in contact with the Lexus garage that did the MOT that year, and they confirmed that it was actually 44,131 miles and not 414,132!!
I have the documents from them proving this, but i assume from the posts here that it is not that easy...?
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