Car advert - would you be suspicious?

[Degudodger]

Guys,

So after nearly two years of owning the Jetta i have decided a change of car is on the cards. Nothing wrong with the Jetta just that i fancy a change. As much as i would like a GTI my daily commute is circa 80 miles means Diesel and German.

Spent the past couple of days mooching round Autotrader and found a 2007 Golf GT TDI 2.0 within my budget and after talking to the seller it seems to be a genuine car but i have my suspicions it might be clocked. The advert states the car has 115k miles on the clock but when i did a mileage check it states the last recorded mileage was in Jan 2012 at 115,854. So if the car is genuine what has it been doing for the past five months!

Advert
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201221473447417/sort/default/usedcars/transmission/manual/maximum-age/up_to_7_years_old/price-to/6000/price-from/3000/model/golf/make/volkswagen/page/2/postcode/so224ea/keywords/tdi_2.0/radius/60?logcode=p

Should i be suspicious? 

[n13cah]

Maybe the turbo blew in Jan and been waiting to get it fixed?

[Andy]

Ask the seller about the issue

[Degudodger]

Sent the guy an email so lets so why he says.  

[jhtrophy]

Just check mot certificate, service history etc, can't see point in clocking a car and putting to 115k

[MC71]

Sure theres a genuine reason. It's already done 115k so no point in knocking off 5k - 10k or so, he/she wouldn't really be making any extra money from the sale.
 

[edd666999]

personally if in doubt walk away.

You will always have a voice in the back of your head that it could have been clocked

[Frodo-anni]

Does it have to be 5dr?

http://www.automotive-cars.co.uk/285934/used-cars.htm

3dr model, similar money, with highline, mfsw, 95k. good clean car.

[Oli]

The advert states its a dealer, maybe he just hasn't managed to shift it for the last 5 months?.

[PSW]

personally if in doubt walk away.

You will always have a voice in the back of your head that it could have been clocked

x2 plenty out there

[pipston]

it looks very suspicious to me, the steering wheel is so shiny its a massive giveaway this car has done A LOT of miles, like others have said its a buyers market so if i were you id move on.

[Degudodger]

Completely agree. The seller has yet to reply to any of my mails and when i phoned him earlier this afternoon the first thing he said was "Ah yes, the guy who wants the moon on a stick" kind of says it all really!

[Greeners]

Really don't understand why traders treat customers like this!! 

It's not like it's easy out there at the moment!! I hope he never sells another car!! 

[rich83]

Completely agree. The seller has yet to reply to any of my mails and when i phoned him earlier this afternoon the first thing he said was "Ah yes, the guy who wants the moon on a stick" kind of says it all really!

To which you should have responded...  "ahh and you must be the guy who wants it ramming up your ass..... "

[Degudodger]

Pretty much it, just couldn't be bothered to argue with him so called him a jackass and put the phone down on him.

The search for a sub £6k GT Tdi Golf with less than 100k on the clock continues........