Clocked car? The evidence is pretty overwhelming....

mickdw

Motorcheck has been very good to people on here & also very good in relation to the famous dangerous convertible mini doing free checks etc.
Surely this is what boards is all about - but if the owners here have now gone so corporate that they are not happy with this, it really makes this site a poorer place.

Seth Brundle

-Corkie- wrote: »

I dont know but Unkel must!:)

It was a car dealership in Lucan that were caught (on here) several years ago and eventually forced to close down.
The original thread was removed when the solicitors got in touch but the flow has been copied here...
http://www.driver.ie/forum/archive/index.php/t-38310.html

unkel

kbannon wrote: »

Are you serious?

No was only messin'

Last I heard was he escaped to Poland...

Car dealer in €1.33m loan case 'gone to Poland'

A CAR dealer and former client of struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne, who is being pursued by National Irish Bank to repay a €1.33 million loan allegedly secured on undertakings given by Mr Byrne, appears to have gone to Poland, a judge was told yesterday.

Remarking that it appeared “the bird has flown”, Mr Justice Peter Kelly listed for Thursday proceedings by the bank against John Madden, Tandy’s Lane, Lucan, Co Dublin, and principal of John Madden Car Sales.

PCPhoto

I can understand Kbannon's logic...... by pointing out that its a good idea to do a "Motorcheck" then by proxy he is advertising himself.

but to be fair to Motorcheck .... he has provided many people here with "free" checks , maybe its time the owners/motorcheck did some talking in order to resolve the issue.

its a benefit to motorcheck if he can find potential customers here and its of benefit to people looking for a motor to get a check done (I've never done a motorcheck .... then again... last time I purchased was 2004....might consider an upgrade next year)

jaffa20

Really i see no issue with the thread and if moderators had an issue, it should be brought to the feedback thread rather that an on thread discussion that derails it from the original discussion.

It annoys me then that we are expected to "leave it there" when nothing should have been started in the first place as it's a non issue. Leave it with the admins if there is one.

Regarding the topic, that's a massive mileage discrepancy there and i hope it gets reported. It just shows that these history checks are a massive advantage when thinking of buying. I doubt the seller is innoncent here and would love to see the checks on the other 2 cars for sale.

Hopefully we see motorcheck back again soon although i can understand why he would stay way.

darby1

thanks motor check,

i notice it costs different amounts to get reports from the motor check website, the lowest being €8

how much does it cost to get the report that you did?

do you know if any of the reports indicate if a uk imported car was an ex fleet car?

many thanks

Motorcheck

Hi Guys,

TBH the original post wasn't intended as an any kind of ad per se. There's been plenty of discussion on boards in the past about clocked cars and when this example came into the office I thought it might be one worth sharing. Clocking tends to be overlooked as some kind of urban myth but we come across it every day (sorry if this is sounding like an ad again). Maybe I should have added it to the scam thread but that could have been seen as trying to advertise to all the people who post there....?

Could a mod could send me a PM outlining how they'd like me to share this information (assuming it's of value to the forum). As you guys know I'm not precious about sharing our service with boards members. Most people who visit the forum would have a good idea of what Motorcheck is about without my posting trivial stuff designed to 'advertise' what we're about.

I've been asked above to provide some reports for the other cars advertised by the seller. Will this be okay or should I wait for a mod to give me the thumbs up?

Motorcheck

Here's a report for the Mercedes http://twitpic.com/3owbg0/full

& the BMW's here http://twitpic.com/3owc7x/full - It's showing up with a mileage discrepancy also so I'm going to check the readings on the national mileage register (www.inmr.ie) tomorrow to verify the source.

Gary ITR

Hi Motorcheck, I'm a bit tied up at the minute but I'll have a chat with you via PM later

andyseadog

Motorcheck wrote: »

Here's a report for the Mercedes http://twitpic.com/3owbg0/full

& the BMW's here http://twitpic.com/3owc7x/full - It's showing up with a mileage discrepancy also so I'm going to check the readings on the national mileage register (www.inmr.ie) tomorrow to verify the source.

'2 out of 3 aint bad'

peculiar that. possibly trying to keep the bmw under the 100k threshold to make it slightly more desirable. possibly.

stephendevlin

Dodgy clocker / dealer ........ clocking cars .. clearing cars. .. selling cars:D

mickdw

Is it allowable to record that dealers phone number on thread so that anyone that googles him in future will find this?

-Corkie-

mickdw wrote: »

Is it allowable to record that dealers phone number on thread so that anyone that googles him in future will find this?

I actually contacted Donedeal but all they said was ring the guards..:rolleyes:

I rang the seller and he told me the car is sold..:eek::eek:

Motorcheck

Too easy to change your mobile number these days.

Seth Brundle

mickdw wrote: »

Is it allowable to record that dealers phone number on thread so that anyone that googles him in future will find this?

If the number is publicly available already and can be shown to be associated with a particular advert, then yes.