RAC Passport results, HPI check discprency

insomniac_ut

Hello,

Am planning to purchase a slightly used car and found two odd results in the RAC report that I had purchased,
- There is a mileage discrepancy of 500 miles between the number of the report (source DVLA) and advertised by the dealer (I have a photograph of the odometer). The DVLA number is higher and was reported 2 weeks ago.
- The number of previous keepers is listed as zero

I realize 500 miles (5500 vs 5000 miles) is not much and am not overly concerned, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts.

Thanks.

PS - Is there any difference between the RAC check and an HPI check?

forgotmyname

When you say no previous keepers i presume its a 1 owner vehicle and it wont have any previous keepers until you buy it.

5000 / 5500 an easy slip when keying in the mileage.

AdrianC

"Here, Dave, how many miles on <insert vague description of car?"
"Oh, I dunno. About 5 and a bit thousand, I think."
"Ta. I'll put 5500."

Nobody is going to clock a 5,500 mile car to 5,000.

insomniac_ut

forgotmyname wrote: »

When you say no previous keepers i presume its a 1 owner vehicle and it wont have any previous keepers until you buy it.

5000 / 5500 an easy slip when keying in the mileage.

I thought that at minimum the previous keepers would be 1, i.e. the original owner. Didn't realize the count begins at zero.

Thanks.

insomniac_ut

AdrianC wrote: »

"Here, Dave, how many miles on <insert vague description of car?"
"Oh, I dunno. About 5 and a bit thousand, I think."
"Ta. I'll put 5500."

Nobody is going to clock a 5,500 mile car to 5,000.

Cheers. It was actually the other way round, the report had more miles than are on the car. I spoke to the dealer and they've said it was an admin error on their part.

AdrianC

insomniac_ut wrote: »

I thought that at minimum the previous keepers would be 1, i.e. the original owner. Didn't realize the count begins at zero.

The person whose name is on the V5C is the current keeper. How many before them?

DUTR

AdrianC wrote: »

The person whose name is on the V5C is the current keeper. How many before them?

My current and previous car, showed zero as you describe on the V5.