Bought a clocked car

bigjl

It amuses me how many alarm bells the OP ignored.

You see they blokes, and we all know who they are at auction, who buy all the clean and tidy high milers.

They pay a price so unrealistic to the high miles that it is usually obvious what they are up to, i mean the same faces visit almost every large auction site in reach of East London, you can normally spot them hammering up the A12 in their minicabs on auction day.

Sometimes the bargain isn't worth it, as in the OP's case.

But the OP is in a awkward position as they now have to inform any buyer that the mileage is wrong and legally they are in a crap position, one that many find themselves in when they either buy a car at auction in a hurry, which i have done, or they get caught up in the moment and think they have a bargain.

But seriously believing the logbook story is just plain mad.

No matter what anybody says a lot of carclocking and these kind of cons are no longer carried out just by shaven headed essex boys, and unless you remember this then many more people will be getting mugged up in the same way as the OP.

If i was the OP i would change the cambelt and run it for another couple of years, then get rid through eBay and say the miles are incorrect, if you keep it long enough they will be correct again!

Flyboy152

carlandjulie wrote: »

The reason i was told by TS they will not be persuing it is because off the extra effort needed to actually get him and they can not get the funds to get the prosecution.
At the end of the day he is giving them the run around they would not get from 90% of people living legitimally and unfortunatly i bet alot of the other 10% are foreigners who know they can get away with it because their hard to trace.
If enough effort was put into it they could and would get him as he has commited a crime and forged legal documents and will keep doing ot until people stand up to him with legal backing and stop this sort of thing.

But I doubt that they didn't pursue him because he wasn't white.

Flyboy152

pitkin2020 wrote: »

Your sentiment is honourable but you can't protect every idiot out there who doesn't take the time to check the paperwork. A HPI check only checks if there is any accident damage recorded or outstanding finance, it doesn't tell you the car has been clocked or if the cambelt is due to be changed. It seems you went to see a car the HPI was clear so it must be a good buy. The clues were there right in front of you, first being the V5 not in his name (claiming not to be a trader), secondly the lack of receipts for major work. You have made a mistake but you have a car that has been reliable and hasn't cost you any real money so far. You could have bought a genuine 65k car for 3 grand that could have been a money pit.

I'm not saying its right what they have done but you can't be complaining about how tight your money is then your willing to spend everything you have to fight this crusade that TS with a whole legal team at their disposal can't win. At the end of the day its your money, if you take them to court the most your going to get is compensation, which is unlikely to get paid. You won't get these guys put away or even stop them from continuing. There may even be information that TS are holding back from you, which maybe the reason they aren't pursuing right now, they just might be the smaller fisher in a larger pond so to speak. just because action doesn't seem to be happening right now doesn't mean its all stopped investigation wise.

It can do if you ask them to and pay the additional fee, also it can be insured against such occurrences.

pitkin2020

Flyboy152 wrote: »

It can do if you ask them to and pay the additional fee, also it can be insured against such occurrences.

I thought they only checked against the V5 if previous owners when changing had submitted the mileage at the time of change, which only a very small amount of people bother to fill in.

Flyboy152

pitkin2020 wrote: »

I thought they only checked against the V5 if previous owners when changing had submitted the mileage at the time of change, which only a very small amount of people bother to fill in.

Everytime a car is searched on HPi, it asks for the mileage to be inputted. As well as accessing the MIB database, I believe (although not verified) they also access the MOT database, where mileages are recorded as well.

marlot

OP - Make sure you report this chap and his cronies to HMRC so they can chase him for the tax he owes. Though I suspect they too will find it hard to pin them down.