Clocked Car alert

jdf

DeepBlue wrote:

Seemingly clocking a car is not an offence :eek: - it's just knowingly selling a clocked car that's an offence.
How does one prove that a dealer knew the car was clocked?

You don't need to prove that they knew - dealers are deemed to be experts and so should know. Claiming to not know is not a defence for a dealer.

MercMad

Wow this is an unreal thread !

Glad that the OP spotted this.........well done !

I know exactly where these guys are, pass them every day !

I feel that Ted should do exactly what RubyRed asdvised, he's the only one here with the experience AND he asked a snior partner, thats pure 100% Solicitor advice..........free !

OKenora

Seemingly clocking a car is not an offence

Of course clocking a car is not an offence, there are legal reasons to want to clock a car. The offence is in selling it with the clock mis-representing the true mileage.

el tel

MercMad wrote:

Wow this is an unreal thread !

Word.

Henry Ford III

TedKelly wrote:

Well no phonecall again today so looks like it'll be solicitor/consumer affairs route I'll be taken.

They were hoping you'd just quietly go away Ted. Time to go for the jugular my man!

tuxy

DeepBlue wrote:

The first ten minutes of the Prime Time Investigates programme of December 2005 deal with clocking.

Would like to see that. I'm getting sound and some images. Is there a better link to it?

testicle

So, any updates?

paulie.walnuts

this is a great thread in so far as the garage have been caught out, awful situation for Ted, give them both barrels Ted!!!

cgc5483

V interesting thread.

Going back to the original post where they was also a discrepancy in the description of the car. I was checking my own car on hpicheck after reading this thread. I got a bit of a shock when i inputted the old NI reg (got it from my Vehicle Licensing Cert) of my car to find out it was a Ford Focus and not the Nissan Almera I thought it was:rolleyes: By chance I had photocopied the form I had sent off to Shannon and realised that they had incorrectly entered the NI reg and the reg on this did match accordingly to an Almera on the hpicheck.

I know it seems unlikely that this happened in Ted's case since both cars are Passats but may be something to keep in mind.

GrumPy

lads, any sites like cartell.ie that wont cost me €25 smacks?

quarryman

no.

why would they charge 25 euro if it was free somewhere else?

GrumPy

quarryman wrote:

no.

why would they charge 25 euro if it was free somewhere else?

I... Dont, know...

tuxy

It just seems like a bit of a rip off for what little info you get.
There may be a site in competition with them.
But I don't think so.

Kinetic^

www.autocheck.ie

3greenrizla's

sorry for the bump, But Ted have you any updates for us on this....
I need closure.

fletch

3greenrizla's wrote:

sorry for the bump, But Ted have you any updates for us on this....
I need closure.

Yeh me too...what's the story?

Seth Brundle

me three!

Altreab

me 4

smash

ye, it's been a while

rebel.ranter

I wanna know if we need to form a Lynch Mob, begs the pitch fork!!!

Mitch Connor

I reckon SIMI or whatever they are called have got to him.... watch your backs lads.

horgan_p

i detect the faint smell of legal advice to not post anymore info here on the case

TedKelly

horgan_p wrote:

i detect the faint smell of legal advice to not post anymore info here on the case

Not far off, I just didn't feel comfortable writing anything on here until the matter was resolved so apologies for not keeping yis updated.

Last Monday week I got in touch with a solicitor who informed me to look for a full refund within 7 days. I did ask about compensation but was told if I got a full refund within this time period to accept it (quick and painless were her words). Called garage (tues) and told them what i was looking for and went in to meet manager on wed. He told me he was selling the car on behalf of someone else and that he didn't check the car as he trusted them. Pissed me off that he would take absolutely no responsibility for selling a clocked car but they did give me a full refund.

Collected refund yesterday and immediatly picked up a new car (03 Mondeo) with FULL SERVICE HISTORY. It has a lot less milage than the passatt had and cost 1500 less. Although it's not as powerful as the passatt, it's very nice and I'm delighted with the purchase.

Would really like to thank the OP of this thread and without him I would have been left with a seriously dodgy car. Also thanks to all the boardsies for the help and advice. Delighted the whole thing is over and done with.

P.S. - Department of Consumer Affairs have been in touch with me to get the reg of the car and assure me they will investigate what's going on over there.

Par72

Well done. Glad to hear you got it all sorted out. Best of luck with your new car.

TedKelly

Cheers bud

Henry Ford III

Nice one Ted. Delighted it worked out well for you.

Owen

Brilliant Ted, peace of mind for you at last, and the satisfaction that you got what you deserved at last. Well done!

TedKelly

Thanks lads, much appreciated

rebel.ranter

Nice to see a happy resolution.
Best of luck with the Mondeo.

Stephen

Good for you Ted