Citroen DS4 - Mileage

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 13:02
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - Le122

Just did a hpi check on a car i was thinking of buying. The car is advertised for 61000 and the mileage check flagged up a discrepancy. The last record goes down a small amount rather than up. Does this look strange or could there be an explanation?

recorded Recorded by Mileage reading Total 07/01/2015 Manufacturer 38814 38814 19/01/2015 BVRLA 39188 39188 11/03/2015 Manufacturer 42001 42001 10/05/2015 Manufacturer 45417 45417 03/07/2015 Manufacturer 51286 51286 09/10/2015 BVRLA 62925 62925 24/06/2016 BVRLA 62359 62359
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Fri 2 Sep 2016 13:50
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - RobJP

Ask the vendor. Simple. And yes, quite feasibly a simple case of 'fat finger' when entering the mileage.

I'd be more concerned by the fact that it's sat around on a forecourt and done no mileage for nearly a year.

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 14:42
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - daveyjp

Enter the reg and do an MOT check:

www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 15:21
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - Le122

I did and it had its mot in jan 2016. Dont have the figure to hand but it was around 53000 miles. The car is currently advertised with 61000 on it. Could it be that the last 2 figures shown above are estimates or something? If i took those out of the mix all would add up. Im trying to get rid of my car which unknown to me was clocked so obviously i dont what that happening again. The car is originally from england but now in northern ireland so i can only get info online on it before it came here.

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 15:42
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - RobJP

So the MOT in January 2016 was 53000 miles. But the mileage recorded in October 2015 was 62,000 miles ?

And you're actually even considering buying, having been stung with a clocked car in the past ?

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 16:08
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - Le122

Sorry just rechecked and it was 59698 at mot. They just dont seem to be very big numbers to clock by. Well compared to mine anyway. Its the bvrla entries that are confusing me. Especially since the last one is a tiny bit less. Just thought they would maybe be some sort of estimates. Maybe not

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 16:44
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - Ian_SW

Looks like a fat finger by the leasing company in Oct 2015. That probably was 52925, not 62925. Then the mileage increases by date on both MOT and HPI records. It also means it wasn't sitting around on a forecourt.

A classic example of garbage in garbage out use of computer databases causing undue worry. Probably nothing suspicious about this car at all.

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 17:03
Citroen DS4 - Mileage - Le122

Aw i thought that was it. Thank you very much for your help

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