Hello all,

I know the answer to this question before I even ask, avoid! run for the hills! But it's left me scratching my head. I went along to view a Hyundai i30 last night, lovely looking car, 6 years old, the full service history was there.

It stated on the ad the it had only 24000 miles, but when I arrived the dealer was quick to disclose that it had actually done 43000. He put his hands up and said it was something he didn't know when he aquired the car. The clock / computer looks to have been reset in 2013 and this can be seen by the change in millage on the MOT certificates v service book. But what has left me stumped, it didn't change owner then, it has been owned by the same person from 2012 until now. So why change / reset the millage? The dealer said this would have been done under the manufacturers warranty - but I have my doubts and can't see any evidence of it.

I know someone who works for Hydunai and said this isn't as bad as it sounds, but i'm not sure about it, obviously i'm not going ahead with the deal. It's a pity as it's a nice car. Does anyone have any experience of something like this. I have heard of clocked cars, but the guy disclosed everything as soon as I saw the car. I can only imagine the mess if I buy this and try to trade in a few years, it seems toxic to me!

Any advice from this ramble would be really appricated.

Edited by zone111 on 21/04/2016 at 13:26