Car delivered with 1750 more miles on clock than when bought

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matthewp81 wrote: »

Evans Halshaw

There's your problem...

s_b

Notmyrealname wrote: »

In my last job I used to do 500-600 miles a day, 5 days a week.

I did a 250 mile round trip yesterday to buy stock. Took me 5hrs.

and?
nothing to do with this thread is it only that you are too tight to use other means of delivery
bet you play your own father xmas and keep your farts in a bottle to smell too at a later date:D

s_b

matthewp81 wrote: »

but its 100% the same registration number. Unless of course they've started to ring cars now??!!

not one digit different?
are you sure?
bsm do have a lot of cars you know

pendulum

You had no right to expect the mileage to be exactly the same because you left it with them to be serviced, and it's normal to take a car for a test drive after a service. I think a 1750 mile test drive is being very cheeky, but at least they can honestly say they gave the car a good road test to make sure everything was OK before handing it over to you.

(Even if the journey did benefit them)

It's probably been ragged up and down the motorway for a few hours but it won't do it any harm. I doubt you could reject the car over it but you might be able to argue it's now due a service a lot sooner than it was when you agreed to buy it due to the mileage they've put on it, as well as a small loss of value. I'd probably ask for a free service rather than money back, they might be more likely to go along with that.

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pendulum wrote: »

I'd probably ask for a free service rather than money back, they might be more likely to go along with that.

It's Evans Halshaw. They'll probably agree to give you a free service, then when you bring it in next year will have no record of ever having agreed to this.

Flyboy152

Strider590 wrote: »

It's been used as the garage runaround, fairly standard practice. I'd place bet's that it's been doing that for a while......

Well, that is one heck of a runaround, nearly two thousand miles.

And it it is not common practice to use a sold car as a runaround.

How does this happen?

Well.... Dealerships move stock up and down the country depending on where it's needed, sometimes they just continuously rotate stock.

What happens is 2 "drivers" take two cars the length of the country, leave one car at the other dealership and then both jump in the 2nd car to drive home. They also use these cars for the same purpose when dropping off customers cars AND also the same vehicles are often used as courtesy cars.

The cars are always the models that are easy to shift and a 1.2 Corsa is a prime choice in the current climate.

It's very easy to clock up that sort of mileage with that sort of use.

What if a customer bought their car in for repair and took the courtesy car to Spain for the week? It happens...... In your shoes id be pretty annoyed, but what can ye do?

If the customer had insured the car whilst it was being used as a runaround, it could have affected their cover.

Flyboy152

matthewp81 wrote: »

well this is what I'm asking! Have I a leg to stand on? Or do I have to just accept it? Surely now this is 'goods not as advertised' territory?
I'll put it this way, had we have been strolling around the forecourt and looked at the car with 15759 miles on it, I'd have said the mileage was too high and walked off. As it was 14009 was just on the cusp of being too high.

You need to discuss this with the dealer and ask them what they intend to offer as a remedy.

Flyboy152

matthewp81 wrote: »

I think this is my way of thinking Scotsbob. We like the car at the end of the day, but we are pretty disgusted with the fact they've decided to use it so heavily after they've sold it!
Am I within my rights to threaten to return to the car as a bargaining chip?

You also have no idea what has been done to the car during those miles either. I would also get them to pay for an inspection of the car and a full service.

legionare64

Why havent you asked the dealer where the miles came from .. if it wasnt a paperwork mistake..Once you have done that post up their reply instead of all the gloom merchants on here saying its been thrashed about for a week.
Once you have the dealers explanation you will be in a better position to decide if you have recourse .. Until then you dont have a argument !!

Flyboy152

legionare64 wrote: »

Why havent you asked the dealer where the miles came from .. if it wasnt a paperwork mistake..Once you have done that post up their reply instead of all the gloom merchants on here saying its been thrashed about for a week.
Once you have the dealers explanation you will be in a better position to decide if you have recourse .. Until then you dont have a argument !!

The mileage equates to two hundred and fifty miles a day, every day for a week. I would say that was close to "thrashing it."