Milage discrepancy on report

SimonAW · Post by **SimonAW** » Tue May 30, 2023 4:48 pm

I am looking at a report for a car I am considering and it has a milage discrepancy. It is very minor so I have no doubt it is human error somewhere but perhaps someone who has better knowledge can explain what the below might mean with both being "DVLA" and both being rounded up to 0000?

It seems to blip up, then blip down, then return to normal.

I don't think it will be enough to put me off buying the car but I am curious..

Rockhopper · Post by **Rockhopper** » Tue May 30, 2023 4:57 pm

The DVLA entries are maybe when the car was sold and the owner filled in the mileage box on the V5 and just took a guess?

Z450 · Post by **Z450** » Tue May 30, 2023 4:59 pm

Normally when the mileage is rounded up is when a change of ownership is done with the DVLA. You have the option of adding the mileage at change of ownership point. So often when people do this they don’t check and just do a round number which is silly as very rarely is mileage a round number.

On your HPI check can you see if the mileage submissions correlate with change of ownership?

Z450 · Post by **Z450** » Tue May 30, 2023 5:00 pm

Personally it would not put me off the car

SimonAW · Post by **SimonAW** » Tue May 30, 2023 5:02 pm

Yes I think exactly as you all say, as it does correlate with a change in ownership.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue May 30, 2023 5:23 pm

Mine has the same, typo by someone as it is only like 15 miles or so but it looks odd on a report which says **** mileage discrepency ****

SimonAW · Post by **SimonAW** » Tue May 30, 2023 5:44 pm

People eh...don't you just hate them....

DevonPaul · Post by **DevonPaul** » Tue May 30, 2023 6:40 pm

Even a glance says the DVLA entries are anomolous. All are exact round numbers, when nothing else is, which is as near as dammit impossible - you'd have to get the test drive of the eventual buyer exactly right to get them to buy at those milages, which ain't going to happen. Were the 47k and 48k entries passing through a dealer?

I'd be more interested in the MOT faliures in Nov 2017 (sorted the next day to probably tyres?) and taking a month to sort the one in Dec 2020, and then no MOT in 2022 suggests the car was stood for a while.

TOMGREEN413 · Post by **TOMGREEN413** » Wed May 31, 2023 11:27 pm

Happens frequently, it's a nothing burger and wouldn't put me off a good car.

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