stt Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 We are having a bit of a debate with the garage my mum bought her car from. There is a sticker on the cam cover which has the mileage of 98957k and a date of 10/6/18. After speaking to the garage they have told us that this is the date when the cam belt is next due to be changed. After searching around a lot of forums we have discovered that this is usually the date and mileage when the cam belt was last changed. If this is the case, the car has been sold to us with around 100,000k more than is on the speedo. Ths mileage was originally verified as being correct. Top price was paid for the car because of the low mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I was under the assumtion it was to say when it was LAST changed. So what does the speedo read?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 it's usually last changed isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 What's the mileage reading now? What model Toyota and how old is it? Probably best to go to a Toyota dealer or get someone to translate it. Hard to prove anything though, need to start looking back at the history of the car really. If they say it's due a belt change at 98,957 km (approx 60,000 miles), this would mean that it's already had a belt change since new. This would be indicated by the label having a specific figure instead of just 100,000 km, if you see what I mean! If it has got such a low mileage it should still be awaiting it's first belt change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stt Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 Its a 2.5 twin turbo soarer,Its a H reg and the clock says that the mileage in Kilometers is 37,000 so as you can see the difference is a little more than acceptable,The normal belt change is normally due 100 to 140,000 km so Im more than sure that the mileage isnt what its meant to be,Now the problem is that I have a very good relationship with the garage in question and im trying to be diplomatic about the fact that they have supplied a car that they said the mileage is warranted and in reality its bollox,As you can appreciate my mum aint best pleased as she feels shes been ripped off some what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absz Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 i read that as timing belt changed on 10/6/98 at 98857km Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I wouldn't be happy either, definately suspicious. I wonder what happened to the previous MOT's, mileages are recorded. The DVLA must have a record of these though. Is the previous owner listed on the registration document. Companies are available who check on mileages and history. http://www.bimta.co.uk can check on the mileages on vehicles before they were imported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stt Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 I think a word in someones ear is in order somehow,If the mileage is 98k seven years ago and the clock reads 35k now how will we ever know exactly what the real mileage is on the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Is there any other obvious wear and tear around the car?? Maybe worn seats etc.... something to give it away that it's done more miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stt Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Well being honest not really,The steering wheel was knackered which is pretty common on those anyway bit the interior does really seem to give that much away about the car though,Starting to get seriously peeved with it as my mum is going on one permanantly about it. :thumbdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Does the odo only go up to 5 digits or something? like it's clocked over at 100k and started again? Are they easy to clock other than that? Definitely a 'done' figure though they wouldn't put such a precise figure as the 'to do' mileage!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stt Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 The clock will deffinatly run over 100k kms,It just means that the car has 6 years of which we dont know whats happened on the mileage so if it done almost 100k in the first 7 years up until the belt change then how many more has it done??,Weve decided to go pay them a visit on Saturday morning and see what they have to say about it,If they decide against taking any action then I think a call to trading standards might be in order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelG Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Think its time to get someone official into looking at it mate. Sounds very fishy. Then again it could be a bit of confusion, either way the garage owners arse wil be twitching ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 You thought a 13 year old car may feasibly have only done 23,000 miles? Unless it was an obvious 'weekend' type car, I'd be very wary of such low mileage. Even if it was genuine mileage that would suggest it had been sat unused for 5-10 years, which isn't going to do a car any good either. Hard to believe anyone would clock a car to such a ridiculous figure though. Obviously it should have had it's cambelt changed due to age by now anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stt Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 We had the cambelt changed when the car was first imported so that isnt the issue,If you do a search on Autotrader there are a few cars that come up with a exceptionally low mileage on them which is why we werent so curious,The garage in question I have a very good relationship with hence the fact that I thought they wouldnt try to rip me off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Before you complain too vehemently, the date on that sticker refers to 2006 (their year calendar currently runs from 1989 being year 1), so what the garage claims sounds correct. Maybe the cambelt is on a 7 year / 80,000 km schedule and was changed in 1999 on schedule, with the car having done 18957km? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stt Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 The year stated on the sticker is 1998,The Japese year does work from 89 but the numbers are wrote in reverse,The year 10 means 1998,Heres a convertor I found to check the years,the mileage wrote in pen on the sticker is 98,851 kms and the expected cambelt change is between 100 and 140,000 kms on this car,So you can see what i mean?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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