Dealer misrepresented mileage

Grumpy_chap

emmastevens said:

I’ve actually had both courses of my Covid-19 vaccine back in jan/March. Currently making sure 25 plus are being booked in and vaccinated, so yes I thought i would treat myself with a new car. Yes I am very angry with myself for not noticing the error, very 😡. I bought car cause of low mileage and if I had known, then no I probably wouldn’t have purchased it or might have bargained some more. 

What irks me is that in the same breath I am told car is still being used, and then on the paperwork they make a mistake and not declare the actually mileage? Am I missing something. Yes it’s my fault. 

I am not sure how your vaccination status is relevant to the mileage on the car?

What level of additional bargaining do you think you would have got for the difference in the mileage between advertised 3,500 miles and actual 6,000 miles?  I would not expect any difference.

Until someone buys it, then, yes the car can still be used by the Dealer.  Just because they advertised at 3,500 miles, does not mean they then need to park the car until sold.  In fact, better to have a car that has been kept used than one left idle.

They can make an admin error in the paperwork - I don't see it as significant.

Remember, the Dealer is listing loads of cars, they copy the advert across from the last car the same, edit the important details.  Factors like mileage do change, but can also easily be checked prior to purchase if particularly important to the purchaser.

What outcome would you actually like from this?

lemondrops69

emmastevens said:

AdrianC said:

You visited the dealer, test-drove the car prior to finalising the purchase... and only noticed the actual mileage on the way home after agreeing the purchase?

It was an online purchase, test drove car to make sure everything was ok, too many icons on the dashboard, was busy asking a questions on other features ie electric mode -didn’t think 🤔  such a big dealer would hide the mileage? 

You said  'I stressed that I had purchased vehicle because of the low mileage. ' Surely if it was that important you'd have checked it on the test drive, after all the low mileage was the reason you purchased it. If the dashboard was confusing to you maybe they could have explained it to you rather that the 'other features'?

Herzlos

emmastevens said:

I bought car cause of low mileage and if I had known, then no I probably wouldn’t have purchased it or might have bargained some more.

6000 miles is pretty low mileage unless it's a very new car or something exotic. Average car mileage is about 8000/year so assuming the car is 9+ months old then it's got lower than average. If the car is 2 or 3 months old then it's a huge deal though.

Also, assuming you're using the car and like it, that mileage discrepancy will be negligable in a year or two's time, it won't likely have any impact on warranty either as they are usually age bound.

Its understandable that in the excitement of buying the car you forgot to check, but that's not the dealers fault. I think you're pretty much just going to take it as a lesson learned and be more cautious next time.

scrappy_returns

The exrra milage is absolutely of no consequence. In real terms the value of the car hasnt changed. Maybe, just maybe 100 quid at most but you knocked a bag off anyway. Winner. Go enjoy your new low milage motor.

Jenni_D

Did you take out insurance which has an annual mileage limit/expectation? If yes, did you notify the starting mileage as 3,500? If yes then you would have already "used" 2,500 miles of your "allowance".

This is about the only reason I can see why 3,500 to 6,000 would have any significance - other than knowing the age of the vehicle (which hasn't yet been confirmed) as intimated above.

The_Fat_Controller

Don't worry, it's only been thrashed for an extra 2,500 miles by the test drivers and staff who have been commuting in it.

Penelopa.Pitstop

Grumpy_chap said:

What level of additional bargaining do you think you would have got for the difference in the mileage between advertised 3,500 miles and actual 6,000 miles?  I would not expect any difference.

What is the price of cars with 6000 miles on the clock? Is there any difference? Does £1000 discount you negotiated cover it?

I had similar experience once, when car was advertised at 4000 but in fact, had 5000 miles on the clock, when I came to collect it. It was 4 months old ex-demo. I clocked quite a lot of miles in it and liked it. This 1000 miles didn't make any difference.

emmastevens

It’s a Ford Kuga, 8 month old, and I normally drive 5000 mls per annum.  When the asking price is £28000 and you manage to get it for £27000, it hurts. I wanted to know if there was any recourse I could take. And you’ve all nicely said nop. So I guess that’s it. Thank you 🙏 

Herzlos

What engine/spec? I can see a Kuga for sale with 8k miles for £30k and one with 200 miles for £24k, so it's hard to tell if you got a good deal or not.

It's done a tiny bit above average miles for 8 months old, but you're doing below average mileage so it'll be at under average mileage in no time.

Life's too short to spend too long worrying about it though!

neilmcl

emmastevens said:

It’s a Ford Kuga, 8 month old, and I normally drive 5000 mls per annum.  When the asking price is £28000 and you manage to get it for £27000, it hurts. I wanted to know if there was any recourse I could take. And you’ve all nicely said nop. So I guess that’s it. Thank you 🙏 

It would definitely hurt if that's all you managed to get off, even with the mileage discrepancy. You could probably have got a new one for that sort of money.

Did you not check the likes of Carwow etc beforehand?