The trade do what they like and people who buy from them support them.
SIMI approved,Main dealers don't. We want nothing to do with it. We may take it off you but you'll get nothing for it.
People in Ireland may "adjust" there milage as a customer put it to me once, but it's not illegal. Approved dealers will have nothing to do with them.
Tried that carcheck.ie, there seems no way of finding out what milage the
car was at when coming into Ireland. Are you able to put up a link to excatly what they gave you back?
We have details of service records in the UK, Warranty work in the U.K, milage it was at when it entered the docks, the last time it was in a dealer in Ireland etc. The above seems fairly basic.
...Has anyone used HPI and could show us the detail of the check list?
I am about to buy second hand from a main dealer. Before I buy, how can I find out the name(s) of the previous owner, so that I can call them to verify things like mileage etc?
Also, should I get an independent mechanic to check the car out?
ang1170, I'll give you an example of what I mean, we had a fella trying to trade in his english import 130bhp Passat with 66k on the clock.
Full service history etc. Looked good to us. Had all his paper work stamped and dated.
Checked it out and at the moment it entered Ireland 17-10-'05, 72odd on the clock.
We don't want to trade these in, we can't sell them with any sort of warranty so why would we trade them in?
Customer tells us the same story they have been told, why should a dealer get roasted with it. Up until we got access to this info cars might have been traded in but you bring an English Import car to any dealer today and see how you get on.
ang1170, I'll give you an example of what I mean, we had a fella trying to trade in his english import 130bhp Passat with 66k on the clock.
Full service history etc. Looked good to us. Had all his paper work stamped and dated.
Checked it out and at the moment it entered Ireland 17-10-'05, 72odd on the clock.
We don't want to trade these in, we can't sell them with any sort of warranty so why would we trade them in?
Customer tells us the same story they have been told, why should a dealer get roasted with it. Up until we got access to this info cars might have been traded in but you bring an English Import car to any dealer today and see how you get on.
Two months ago is out dated at this stage. Today is what counts, maybe like I said above people may have gotten away with trading it in in the past but not any more.
If cars are so cheap in England, why did you trade it in and get an Irish car?
A dealer can do more check (esp at docks now) and we are more informed that ever. You as a private individual can't do these checks.
This man had full car check details, full history (stamped book), owners name's, car was a ringer!
Alot of people going to get stuck with these cars. If you wouldn't mind, just to see can ang1170 pm me with your chassie number and milage that you traded in your car with. I'll pm you back the details and you post them here minus the full details. Little test you could say, I'm sure you were not caught out but let's just see.
I'd imagine it's happened at least once in the past (whether intentional or not), what would be more interesting is if it is a regular occurance?Has an SIMI member ever sold a clocked or cloned car? Just wondering.
... Today is what counts, maybe like I said above people may have gotten away with trading it in in the past but not any more. ...
Profit on an Import! we won't retail a UK import.
I can safetly say nearly every car we have had in here trying to trade in and for service/repair work has been clocked that has come from the UK.
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