not as odd as spending your time looking these things up.
This.
But to suggest reporting it? You get shot down as a grass
I'll repeat the same question I asked earlier, specifically relating to the odd milage noticed.
Report to whom, and for what?
I googled those 143, 55, 322, 200, 141, 23 mileage numbers and got this...
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/who-runs-your-bus?intcmp=44680
I think we can all draw our own conclusions there.
Umm, yes, that’s the very definition of a broken speedo. The driver pin could be broken and only just catching on each revolution causing it to only work intermittently, I’ve seen it happen with flow meters and gearboxes at work, it’s really not unusual.
If it’s a special model the clocks are probably unique, maybe that’s why it’s not been replaced. I really can’t see how it can be construed to be a “dick move” when nobody here knows the truth of the story.
If only the person who's owned it for six years and drives it to a garage every day knew someone who could fix it - good job it worked every time it was MOT'd... 🙂
I don't really see the issue. Anyone who wants to buy it will check the MOT history, see the mileage figures and run.
If anything I think the car is devalued because of this.
good job it worked every time it was MOT’d
That's an interesting point.
I have never seen an MOT test a speedometer beyong having operational lighting and nothing crazy going on. Not saying it doesn't happen, but actually checking the speedo works beyond this is barely feasable. The car is only ever on low speed rollers to check braking function so they won't know if that needle barely moves or now.
I have never seen an MOT test a speedometer beyong having operational lighting and nothing crazy going on
Odo operation isn't part of the test.
Noone has yet come up with an answer to the 'who would you actually report this to?' question. There's nothing illegal about owning a car with a broken or clocked odo.
pondo -
That’s kind of part of my question, think it’s been answered.Posted 18 hours ago
There’s nothing illegal about owning a car with a broken or clocked odo.
Yeah I think tis just misrepresentaion at sale that is the issue, so agree, nobody to report to anyway. Apart from Pondo reporting to work at the funpolice.
If only the person who’s owned it for six years and drives it to a garage every day knew someone who could fix it
Yeah, no. If its had a gearbox swap it may not be running at the same ratio. If the clocks are broken then you would need a whole new set which, again, if its a special model would require tracking some down first.
But that's immaterial, the fact still exists that nothing they are doing is wrong or illegal except in your head. Why don't you just write an angry letter to your local newspaper and give us all a laugh when you turn up on APILN. Remember to pull a proper fummin face and do lots of pointing.
Thanks be to Jesus that I just don't care.
Apart from Pondo reporting to work at the funpolice
Clocking cars is just a bit of fun - every day's a school day! Thanks all for... Well, just thanks. 🙂
Clocking cars is just a bit of fun
Nobody bar you and perhaps general thinks this is being clocked. And, once again, for the umpteenth time it's not an offence unless it's misrepresented at the point of sale.
Pondo - regarding reporting uninsured and untaxed cars do you repeat your checks a few weeks after reporting?
If yes then do any of the vehicles get taxed or insured? - curious to see if reporting has any results.
Anyone who wants to buy it will check the MOT history, see the mileage figures and run.
If anything I think the car is devalued because of this.
Maybe. Maybe not. Somebody will buy it without checking.
It does beg the question why anyone would intentionally clock the miles so low as to be completely unbelievable? Which maybe does point to another reason (that the odo simply doesn't work).
What you need to do is set up alerts for the exact make and model coming up for sale in the area on eBay and Auto Trader. When it does, then you can pounce.
Nobody bar you and perhaps general thinks this is being clocked.
Sure - 884 miles in six years on a car I see driven most days, sounds totally legit, HAS to be that dodgy speedo cable, right? 😀 But it IS just anecdotal and no-one cares, so don't worry about it.
And, once again, for the umpteenth time it’s not an offence unless it’s misrepresented at the point of sale.
Ah, so he IS just doing it for fun - fair play, who even knew that was a thing! 🙂
Pondo – regarding reporting uninsured and untaxed cars do you repeat your checks a few weeks after reporting?
If yes then do any of the vehicles get taxed or insured? – curious to see if reporting has any results.
Mmm, not directly - only if they keep parking like eedjits on the yellow lines or across the pavement. I can think of a few that HAVE subsequently been taxed, and a couple that haven't, I suspect very little happens when these things are reported, but I don't know. I'm sure the police have much more important stuff to do than chase these gits up.
It could equally be that they are running it into the ground and scrapping it, therefore don't want to spend any cash unless absolutely necessary.
And I thought my old hobby of collecting pencils was weird.
Jesus wept you need to get a life and start actually reading what's being written rather than what you think people are saying. I've explained already what (could be) the case. As have plenty of others. I won't be wasting any more time on this tedious nonsense, there's some grass outside I need to check is still growing.
Remember to pull a proper fummin face and do lots of pointing.
And crouch in a 'dunapoo' pose.
Clocking cars is just a bit of fun – every day’s a school day! Thanks all for… Well, just thanks.
TBF I think we all know that the person probably is clocking the car and on another thread we'd be baying for their blood and demanding sausages brayed into lawns, wee in their shoes etc, but it's more fun laughing and pointing at you for your abject weirdness about it.
Jesus wept you need to get a life and start actually reading what’s being written rather than what you think people are saying. I’ve explained already what (could be) the case. As have plenty of others. I won’t be wasting any more time on this tedious nonsense, there’s some grass outside I need to check is still growing.
You think it's a dodgy speedo cable, right? I think that's less likely than it being clocked - all we have here is a difference of opinion, that's all. Bye. 🙂
Is this going to be one of those weird turn-around threads, where the OP reveals that someone has. in fact, reported him for clocking his car when he only drives it 150 metres a day to his job at the corner shop, so the mileage is absolutely genuine? 😀
Why not offer to buy the car? If the mileage is represented then BAMM! You have your case.
Not sure how you prove the mileage is wrong though. You have only circumstantial evidence. Unless you let on that you know more, like the fact that it gets driven every day. And you do a test drive to check the function of the odo.
Somewhere on .gov or DVSA there is an online list of all the checks and interpretations in the MOT test. Please show me the paragraph that says the odometer is tested and has to be working.
Please show me the paragraph that says the odometer is tested and has to be working.
This would be the relevant section:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/7-other-equipment
The odometer doesn't need to be working, but... Easiest way to disable the odometer is to disconnect the drive cable - either at the back of the speedometer, or at the sensor/drive gear at the gearbox. Doing this would also disable the speedometer (edit)- which *does* need to be working (endedit)
Would the drivers insurance company be interested in how many miles per year he was actually doing vs how many he said he was doing?
do cars with digital odometers still use a cable? how old is the astra?
'08. Not quite at the stage yet where I'm peaking in through the window to see if the odometer's digi or analogue. 🙂
But... those cars are a proper PITA.
Odometer cables from gearboxes... Lol!
In some societies your behaviour is normal and expected.
Aye, East Germany and the USSR spring to mind.
I think you should diversify. Hosepipe ban on the way, think of the opportunities to report transgressions. Curtain twitching nirvana.
Dod this plan ever go ahead? Sounds ideal.