Approved used car with 2500 more miles than advertised??

[Cap2018]

Just purchased a 63 plate Hyundai i30 for a little over £6k from an approved used franchise dealer. The car drove great on the test drive, looked good on the surface and came with a 12 month warranty. The car was, however, advertised at 54,993 miles but when I checked the MOT report from today it was recorded at 57,498. I stupidly didn't check the mileage when test driving but can't imagine they've covered 2500 miles in 3 days. Is there any reason they may have advertised the car at less than it was on? perhaps using the mileage recorded at last service or something? I am due to pick the car up tomorrow but having had such trouble recently with cars am just wondering if this is something to be concerned about?

TIA

[Krikkit]

Typo when writing the ad?

If its HPI report came back OK then why worry?

[anonymous-user]

Mistake when entering the mileage for the MOT? Mine was entered as 75k rather than 72k on the MOT last time. Not a big issue, I didn't even try and get it corrected.

[Jasandjules]

Surely this is something you need to raise this tomorrow IF the mileage is higher?!?!

[Nickp82]

If the car was taken as a PX originally, the lower mileage may have been the mileage on the car when it was first appraised.

What can happen is when the Sales Manager finds out the handover is about to take place, he scribbles a retail price on the appraisal, chucks it at the guy who does the internet and asks him to load it up. Often nobody thinks to check the actual mileage on the car.

[FunkyNige]

Swap 2 numbers round on the MOT mileage and you get 54798, would that make sense as a mileage taking into account how long ago the MOT was? Would anyone clock that few miles off a car?

[Cap2018]

Nickp82 said:

If the car was taken as a PX originally, the lower mileage may have been the mileage on the car when it was first appraised.

What can happen is when the Sales Manager finds out the handover is about to take place, he scribbles a retail price on the appraisal, chucks it at the guy who does the internet and asks him to load it up. Often nobody thinks to check the actual mileage on the car.

The sales exec told me that the previous owner part exchanged for a brand new Tucson so I suppose it would make sense that they took it in for an appraisal and then had to keep the car for a couple more months whilst they waited for the new car to arrive?? I will ask tomorrow to put my mind at ease. Thanks for the response