This can't be legal? Milage alterations.

[avenger286]

Was browsing ebay and stumbled across this 202197618897 (ebay number)
Especially stating that taking the miles down will increase the value of your car!
Surely this is clocking the vehicle so is illegal.
To me this is blatantly advertising an illegal service on eBay.
Am I correct in thinking this?

[anonymous-user]

Mileage correction isn't illegal, passing a 'corrected' car off via sale is.

[TooMany2cvs]

Changing the mileage isn't illegal. Using an altered mileage to get more money for the car is.

I'm really not sure it's the only thing advertised on eBay that may not be 100% totally kosher...

[xjay1337]

TooMany2cvs said:

Changing the mileage isn't illegal. Using an altered mileage to get more money for the car is.

I'm really not sure it's the only thing advertised on eBay that may not be 100% totally kosher...

Quite so.

Just keep on scrolling.

[hotchy]

You think these cheap lease deals of fancy jeeps really only do 3000 a year? Im surprised its so easy though.

[shakotan]

Report Item>Prohibited and Restricted Items>Illegal items and items encouraging illegal activity>Other illegal activity concerns

[justinio]

Theres nothing illegal about changing a cars mileage.

If you try to defraud someone though, thats a different kettle of fish.

[avenger286]

I know it go's on and always has done. But this is just someone advertising it for all to see. I have reported it but its still there. To me it's just as bad as selling logbooks and tags.

[Red 4]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

He means some vehicles may be clocked to avoid excess mileage charges on lease deals.

Spend 80 quid on mileage correction, save hundreds.

It is surprising where some cars store their mileage though - it's not just the odometer.

[ghost83]

It’s not as easy on modern cars

Bmw for example store the mileage in quite a few places including the headlights apparently

Mileage correction isn’t illegal but trying to defraud someone is

[Eddieslofart]

ghost83 said:

It’s not as easy on modern cars

Bmw for example store the mileage in quite a few places including the headlights apparently

Mileage correction isn’t illegal but trying to defraud someone is

It’s stored in 3 places. Which the ‘correction’ experts are well aware of. I would think their business has boomed since MOT info went online.

[Plastic chicken]

Ok, I'll ask the obvious question..why would anyone want to correct a mileage unless it was to commit fraud/misrepresentation?

[Olivera]

Plastic chicken said:

Ok, I'll ask the obvious question..why would anyone want to correct a mileage unless it was to commit fraud/misrepresentation?

An odometer unit can, and sometimes does fail. This did happen on a car I used to own. At which point you may want the mileage set on the new odometer unit back to the original value.

[Plastic chicken]

Olivera said:

Plastic chicken said:

Ok, I'll ask the obvious question..why would anyone want to correct a mileage unless it was to commit fraud/misrepresentation?

An odometer unit can, and sometimes does fail. This did happen on a car I used to own. At which point you may want the mileage set on the new odometer unit back to the original value.

Yep, I accept that, however failure is rare, and the firm that replaces the odometer should also be able to set the new one to the original value. Assuming they fit a new one with zero miles, the honest thing to do is reset it to approximately the mileage when the failure occurred. The reality is that most people use these firms to wind back mileages.

[Pistonheader101]

Plastic chicken said:

Olivera said:

Plastic chicken said:

Ok, I'll ask the obvious question..why would anyone want to correct a mileage unless it was to commit fraud/misrepresentation?

An odometer unit can, and sometimes does fail. This did happen on a car I used to own. At which point you may want the mileage set on the new odometer unit back to the original value.

Yep, I accept that, however failure is rare, and the firm that replaces the odometer should also be able to set the new one to the original value. Assuming they fit a new one with zero miles, the honest thing to do is reset it to approximately the mileage when the failure occurred. The reality is that most people use these firms to wind back mileages.

More often that not its for kosher reasons.

[hutchst]

10 years ago my late father in law took his recently acquired S-Type to the main dealer for its 60,000 mile service. They plugged it in and phoned him to tell him it already had that service 2 years previously, and the 90,000

[mp3manager]

Plastic chicken said:

Ok, I'll ask the obvious question..why would anyone want to correct a mileage unless it was to commit fraud/misrepresentation?

Mileage correction on JDM cars from kms to miles.

[MB140]

It used to be as simple as disconnecting the Bowden cable to the speedometer at the gearbox end. Remember certain rpm/gear selected and you knew the speeds for the limits.

Reconnect before the mot and then disconnect again afterwards.

[BossHogg]

We sold a 2 year old ex patrol car with 210000 miles on the clock. I checked on the .gov mot history site and its first mot showed it had a mileage of only 30000! It's latest mot shows it has 90000 miles!

[Yipper]

This is getting quite common now on leases.

Folk get a cheap-as-chips 5000-mpa deal, and just keep winding the clock back every time it gets near the limit. Some claim they save thousands in excess-mileage charges.