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From: Dug Wilder on 3 Aug 2010 10:34
What amusing phone call might be made to a not very nice bloke and his not
very nice pal, who are re-advertising a car for sale that actually looks
reasonably good, supposedly a lady owner, and only a small milage on it; but
in reality is a worn out piece of rubbish. And they know this full well.

It's easily gone right around the clock. Somebody is going to get really
stung by these dishonest people. So what might one (legally) say in a phone
call to give them a sleepless night and think twice before cheating someone?


From: Onetap on 3 Aug 2010 11:10
On 3 Aug, 15:34, "Dug Wilder" <bluesta...(a)mail.invalid> wrote:
Complaint to local trading standards?

From: Chris Whelan on 3 Aug 2010 11:17
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:34:44 +0100, Dug Wilder wrote:

> What amusing phone call might be made to a not very nice bloke and his
> not very nice pal, who are re-advertising a car for sale that actually
> looks reasonably good, supposedly a lady owner, and only a small milage
> on it; but in reality is a worn out piece of rubbish. And they know this
> full well.
>
> It's easily gone right around the clock. Somebody is going to get really
> stung by these dishonest people. So what might one (legally) say in a
> phone call to give them a sleepless night and think twice before
> cheating someone?

Private sale or trader?

Chris

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From: js.b1 on 3 Aug 2010 11:32
If you can get the V5 details etc, you can bring up the last 4-5 years
of MOT in terms of mileage, advisories, failures and so on. That way
you can a) justify your claims and b) make it clear what the real
condition is.

I recall the number of "LCD odometer resetting service companies" is
vastly greater than the actual number of failures would ever require
for the entire world since their introduction. You can check mileage
via many means, from inspection of pedals, seating, bodywork, inside
the sills, battery acid, slop in various components such as bushings
to engine mounts, windscreen wear. UK weather is pretty severe and a
high mileage car will have noticeable weak spots identifiable when
looking around the same model, ie, 40k genuine vs 90k clocked even if
motorway.
From: Chris Whelan on 3 Aug 2010 11:52
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:32:39 -0700, js.b1 wrote:

> If you can get the V5 details etc, you can bring up the last 4-5 years
> of MOT in terms of mileage, advisories, failures and so on. That way you
> can a) justify your claims and b) make it clear what the real condition
> is.
>
> I recall the number of "LCD odometer resetting service companies" is
> vastly greater than the actual number of failures would ever require for
> the entire world since their introduction. You can check mileage via
> many means, from inspection of pedals, seating, bodywork, inside the
> sills, battery acid, slop in various components such as bushings to
> engine mounts, windscreen wear. UK weather is pretty severe and a high
> mileage car will have noticeable weak spots identifiable when looking
> around the same model, ie, 40k genuine vs 90k clocked even if motorway.

I think the OP already knows the car is misrepresented; he wants to know
what he can do about it.

Chris

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