Rangey185
Active Member
Evening,
MOT is due next week, and me being the idiot that I am didn't think to check the odometer readings on the MOT to the actual reading on the cars odometer.
Just noticed now that for the past 4 years the reading have been 132k, 138k, 144k, 150k... I bought it last November with 188k on the clock and it's now done 127k.
Rang the MOT garage, he said we put in what is on the clock, so the garage I bought it from must have put it back. I bought it 2 weeks after the most recent MOT, and the MOT was spotless. The car, in the condition I bought it in was in pretty good shape, but there were sections that wouldn't have passed a normal MOT (rust holes in boot floor and sills, for example).
Now, the guy at the garage said I should be fine as when I take it in for it's MOT they will just alter the odometer reading to what it's currently at, but what do I do when I come to sell it or if someone reports it and then the DVLA or whoever deals with that sort of stuff comes knocking?
I know it's my fault for not checking last year, but it honestly makes me feel really stupid. Also, my engine now has done 160k miles rather than the 127k i thought it had done, so I'm gonna book it in for a big service.
Thanks for any help.
MOT is due next week, and me being the idiot that I am didn't think to check the odometer readings on the MOT to the actual reading on the cars odometer.
Just noticed now that for the past 4 years the reading have been 132k, 138k, 144k, 150k... I bought it last November with 188k on the clock and it's now done 127k.
Rang the MOT garage, he said we put in what is on the clock, so the garage I bought it from must have put it back. I bought it 2 weeks after the most recent MOT, and the MOT was spotless. The car, in the condition I bought it in was in pretty good shape, but there were sections that wouldn't have passed a normal MOT (rust holes in boot floor and sills, for example).
Now, the guy at the garage said I should be fine as when I take it in for it's MOT they will just alter the odometer reading to what it's currently at, but what do I do when I come to sell it or if someone reports it and then the DVLA or whoever deals with that sort of stuff comes knocking?
I know it's my fault for not checking last year, but it honestly makes me feel really stupid. Also, my engine now has done 160k miles rather than the 127k i thought it had done, so I'm gonna book it in for a big service.
Thanks for any help.