Little sticker on the speedo (cannot prove mileage)

[Davey_BPM]

When I bought my 172 on Friday I noticed this sticker on my speedo

says "The mileage on this unit cannot be proven so "some agency" has to assume that it is incorrect"

this is going to cause problems if I ever need to seel it isn't it?

 

[DrR]

Pull the sticker off?

And you bought it?

 

[LegoHead]

Pull the sticker off?

That seriously made me lol.

 

[Icarus]

It's a standard thing, don't worry about it.

For what ever reason the seller cannot fully trace the history of the car as such they cannot prove 100% that the mileage is correct - hence the sticker. It came about because of completely straight garages getting sued for selling cars they couldn't have had any idea had been clocked. As such lack of 100% proof of mileage = cop out sticker.

Cheers
M

 

[Alan]

Hmm...ringer much..

 

[mark smith87]

standard disclaimer. Nothing to worry about normally.

 

[Mells]

Yup standard.

You should be able to check the cars MOT history online. IIRC that has milages on it.

 

[iimushroomzii]

Pull the sticker off?

Lol! :approve:

 

[Davey_BPM]

Pull the sticker off?

And you bought it?

heheh yeah obviously as soon as I saw it I pulled it off

wasn't there during the test drive so yeh i've bought it

cheers for your replies people

 

[Dangerous_dave]

ask 'daniel' on here he is a car trader i think

 

[fUbAr]

ask 'daniel' on here he is a car trader i think

indeed. However its already been answered. Its a "get out of jail free" sticker for the dealer.

 

[///AMG]

IIRC its all to do with it not being illegal to "correct" the mileage on a car but its illegal to sell it on knowing it's been done

 

[Jamesstone]

You guys say about rigging the milage but surely the current MOT cert will clear it up?

E.g... car has its MOT in 2008 - 60k on the clock.. 2009 car goes in for MOT & has 30k on the clock... surely the MOT tester will relise thats not right & even if he did & was bent surely he cannot just change the whole history of the car on the data base?

 

[Tom84]

the mot computer does not show the mileage on the last mot so you can ever tell

 

[joe81]

just a standard thing this, most big garages do it on vehicles they took in on a part ex

 

[Davey_BPM]

the mot computer does not show the mileage on the last mot so you can ever tell

they should!

Problem Solved! lol

I wonder why they don't do that