Hi All,

I'm hoping that someone can give me advice on how to proceed to get my car legal by showing the correct mileage. I know it's a long read but bear with me on this please.

In 2007 I bought a rundown 300ZX from a dealer called Redline Autos based in north London, I think, (and who magically disappeared in 2008) for £2000 knowing it had no MOT and needed work. The mileage shown was around 55,000 KM's - which should have set alarm bells ringing as the drivers seat bolster was worn but I wanted the car.

I spent a fortune during 2008/9 getting the car up to scratch, interior/seats, bodywork/spoiler, tyres, windscreen, exhaust etc., while trying to keep the car as original as possible. When it was first MOT'd in my ownership the mileage was showing just over 55,000KM's.

Before we could use the car I was taken ill, in hospital for 10 months and came out paralyzed from the waist down. The car was put in the garage until such time as I was fit enough to drive it. It never happened. The car was MOT'd and kept running and in good condition, but was garaged from 2009 to date.

We decided to sell the car recently and a prospective buyer advised that the DoT website showed the mileage in 2006 as 103,782KM's, the current mileage shows 55350KM's. Obviously I was tucked up when I bought the car but way too late now to worry about that.

Does anyone have any ideas how I make this right/legal. The DoT website is worse than useless so any advice, recommendations etc,. would be gratefully received.

Thank you.

I'm thinking about it ?.

Sorry to hear that life can be very unfair. It’s possible it was converted to miles but that should have been 64,000 ish. Unless documentation from the shipper no one can tell the true mileage of any imported car. The MOT person will put whatever they see on the Speedo on the certificate. For that age of car it should sell on condition and inspection. Good luck.

Edited August 8, 20214 yr by Bones28

I suspect a lot of these cars show the wrong ,miles and as said above they should be sold on condition and a notice that the miles is  incorrect. It would be easy to change the mileage in the clock but you would be guessing on the right miles so best to just leave it. 

On 08/08/2021 at 16:08, Gaz 300 said:

I suspect a lot of these cars show the wrong ,miles and as said above they should be sold on condition and a notice that the miles is  incorrect. It would be easy to change the mileage in the clock but you would be guessing on the right miles so best to just leave it. 

I agree - with most of these cars being the thick end of 30 years old now, mileage is of no consequence. Sure if there is history and old MOTs to corroborate a car's mileage, that's a great selling point. But even a verified low mileage is inconsequential if the body work is rotten, or the engine is on its last legs. 

Many thanks for the comments. After talking to various people plus Trading Standards it turns out that there's an easy fix.

Take the original 2006 mileage of 103,000km's, add the certified mileage of 5,000km's whilst in my ownership so 108,000km's is the actual mileage -  around 67,000 miles.

As long as I tell any prospective buyers that the odometer is wrong and the actual mileage has been calculated as above, I'm in the clear legally.