Dodgy S4 on Autotrader

[teknobod]

Just a quick warning to anyone considering buying this "CHEAP" S4 on autotrader:-

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... x_mileage=

I believe this car recently appeared on Ebay a number of times by a seller in the Birmingham area. The registration number is S569 AUA, I know this car as my mate has MOT'd it for the last couple of years, and at the last MOT in November it had 144k on the clock or thereabouts. The previous owner had it on Autotrader for £4,495 but I don't know what they let it go for. (It's actually a 1998 car and not 1999 as stated)

The price the buyer is asking is not overly inflated really looking at the price of other S4's with over 100k, but he is misleading prospective buyers by quoting the mileage as 63k.
Not surprisingly, the car has just been MOT'd again in February, presumably to hide the genuine mileage.

Just a heads up if your interested, but it really p's me off when people do this.

Andy

[travs]

I'd definitely think there was something wrong with it being that price and mileage. Are you sure its the car you're thinking of just by that one picture though?
In addition, aren't MOTs now linked up to DVLA so they'd be able to tell if the mileage has gone down?
Perhaps its just a typo and its done 163k....

[teknobod]

I know it isnt possible from the one picture alone on Autotrader, but there are too many similarities ie:- 2 lady owners, red, 63k, and the price (both times on Ebay it made about £4k )

To be on the safe side, I quoted the registration number. I just wanted any potential buyers on the forum to be warned if this was the same vehicle.

I'm not sure whether the VOSA data is hooked up to the DVLA, but there could be any number of reasons why a mileage culd have gone down (clock change etc). The annoying thing is that a buyer doesn't have easy access to this information.

Andy

[as355f1]

I had a 5 hour drive to have a look at that clocked pile of scrap, someone will get there fingerer's burnt if there not careful. Asian lad is selling it and owns a car sales so he is blatantly breaking the law

[teknobod]

I had a 5 hour drive to have a look at that clocked pile of scrap, someone will get there fingerer's burnt if there not careful. Asian lad is selling it and owns a car sales so he is blatantly breaking the law

Is it the same one I quoted (S569 AUA)?

Andy

[S4TAN]

Asian lad is selling it and owns a car sales so he is blatantly breaking the law

If you know all this why don't you shop the ghastly little bastard then? Save some poor <beep> from getting had by this piece of <beep>!

[teknobod]

Asian lad is selling it and owns a car sales so he is blatantly breaking the law

If you know all this why don't you shop the ghastly little bastard then? Save some poor <beep> from getting had by this piece of <beep>!

I have reported him both to Ebay (he is now no longer a registered user) and Autotrader (no action has been taken yet)

Unfortunately, there's only so much you can do.

Andy

[S4TAN]

Nice one Andy!

[as355f1]

ive called trading standards (did not seem bothered) and ebay, he sold it twice on ebay and i contacted both winning bidders and gave them the good news

[teknobod]

Just a quick warning to anyone considering buying this "CHEAP" S4 on autotrader:-

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... x_mileage=

I believe this car recently appeared on Ebay a number of times by a seller in the Birmingham area. The registration number is S569 AUA, I know this car as my mate has MOT'd it for the last couple of years, and at the last MOT in November it had 144k on the clock or thereabouts. The previous owner had it on Autotrader for £4,495 but I don't know what they let it go for. (It's actually a 1998 car and not 1999 as stated)

The price the buyer is asking is not overly inflated really looking at the price of other S4's with over 100k, but he is misleading prospective buyers by quoting the mileage as 63k.
Not surprisingly, the car has just been MOT'd again in February, presumably to hide the genuine mileage.

Just a heads up if your interested, but it really p's me off when people do this.

Andy

Seems like the same car has had a stack of upgrades done and is on the market again. This time on Pistonheads:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1973646.htm

By my reckoning, it's true mileage is around 160k now!!
(79k - 63k =16k, 16k + 144k = 160k)
Just a warning if anyone was considering this car.

Andy

[300gnspitzer]

I thought selling clocked cars was against the law, you know the one the police look after, surely they would be interested

[HYFR]

police are only interested in causing immense frustration for law abiding citizens