Z3 on ebay with mileage errors?

[Tfp]

Not my car.

And appologies if it's anyones on here, but I'm only trying to look out for org members.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z3-Y...999370?hash=item4b34d62fca:g:eo0AAOSwkvFaX5nl

There's one obvious mistake of 117,000 miles.

But going back to the first one in 2006 it shows 49,000 miles.

Reg G20 HEL

 

[Sean d]

I have messaged the seller and reported it to Ebay,

 

[Sean d]

Just looked again and it appears that the tester could have made a mistake as it jumped 70k in a year and then went back down, maybe had new clocks for the test and reset afterward.

 

[Tfp]

Just looked again and it appears that the tester could have made a mistake as it jumped 70k in a year and then went back down, maybe had new clocks for the test and reset afterward.

That's probably a mistake on the MOT testers behalf.

It's the first one in 2006 that's the worry, 49k, then 22k the next year.

So actual mileage about 70k.

Still quite a low mileage Z3, so maybe the seller just needs to explain this.

 

[Jjim]

Something is not right with the MOT history. Just feels dodgy. May not be, but I would steer clear.

 

[Ianmc]

A key selling point seems to be "only 43K miles".

 

[raymond]

The "Go To Hell" number plate is trying to tell me something ! Maybe the odometer needs an exorcism. Holy water and crucifix needed for test drive

 

[lightning]

Something funny going on there.

2012 mileage “unreadable” l imagine the 30,000 miles it “lost” in 2007 means it was given a haircut before sale by the first owner after high company mileage.

Or even by the dealer....we were looking for a Polo back in 2001 and the local main dealer had a dozen low mileage used ones in stock.

I discovered they were ex airport hire cars and the dealer had somebody in to clock them all. I know this because the guy who clocked them was one of my customers and he said “don’t buy one of those...” it was not illegal as long as the dealer put a sticker on the speedometer saying the mileage “could not be verified” !!

Shocking. And at the main dealer too. I hope they cleaned up their act since then.

 

[mrscalex]

Something funny going on there.

2012 mileage “unreadable” l imagine the 30,000 miles it “lost” in 2007 means it was given a haircut before sale by the first owner after high company mileage.

Or even by the dealer....we were looking for a Polo back in 2001 and the local main dealer had a dozen low mileage used ones in stock.

I discovered they were ex airport hire cars and the dealer had somebody in to clock them all. I know this because the guy who clocked them was one of my customers and he said “don’t buy one of those...” it was not illegal as long as the dealer put a sticker on the speedometer saying the mileage “could not be verified” !!

Shocking. And at the main dealer too. I hope they cleaned up their act since then.

A VW main dealer? That is absolutely shocking whenever it happened in history but 2001 is really quite recent. Around that time mileage on MOTs was introduced and I think that's been a brilliant move to audit history.

 

[mrscalex]

A reasonable explanation wouldn't cut it for me with this one. It's there in the MOT history for ever more and the damage is done. If it was wrong it should have been corrected at the time.

£3.5k with 43k miles. Hhmm stretching it a bit. With that history? I'm not sure I'd pay half of that. I'd just move on to the next car.

 

[Tfp]

A reasonable explanation wouldn't cut it for me with this one. It's there in the MOT history for ever more and the damage is done. If it was wrong it should have been corrected at the time.

£3.5k with 43k miles. Hhmm stretching it a bit. With that history? I'm not sure I'd pay half of that. I'd just move on to the next car.

The seller would have more luck in declaring it's done around 70,000 miles, but I agree, the info is there for all to see and doesn't encourage you to think it's been a well cared for car.