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Pan-European mileage register will be vital in the war against clocking
This week, European MEPs have voted in favour of a resolution that would see ‘clocking’ (winding back the mileage reading of a car to increase pr...
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Car clocking firms to be outlawed but is the legislation robust enough?
Car clocking is a subject to which we often return, and it’s never a happy duty. The sad fact is that there are still huge numbers of car sellers...
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Car Clocking is costing the Irish Consumer up to €60m annually
The European Parliament’s Transport Committee calls for a pan-European mileage database in an attempt to stamp out the practice of car clocking t...
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Car Clocking still a major issue in Ireland
Car clocking was finally criminalised in Ireland when the amendment to the Road Traffic Bill proposed in January was enacted into legislation at...
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Car Clocking to become a criminal offence
Clockers thought to cost car buyers up to €60m in inflated car values annually are to be criminalised under Irish law Leo Varadkar the Minister f...
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Ireland AM Features Motorcheck.ie & Car History Checks
Yesterday Motorcheck.ie released new statistics demonstrating the dangers associated with buying a used car in Ireland. The story quickly went to...
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Car Clocking Boss of 'Mileage Correction' Company Jailed
Following an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the UK, a Swindon based trader, Colin Michael Ogle, has been jailed for nine mo...
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Car Dealer Fined 1,200 Euro for Car Clocking
Last December the National Consumer Agency released news of a conviction they had secured against a Galway trader for the sale of a clocked car....
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FAQ - Is this car clocked?
Thanks to some recent publicity around the dishonest practice of 'car clocking' we are now receiving some really good questions from private buye...
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Motorcheck.ie Highlights Car Clocking on RTE News
Most of our readers already know that Motorcheck takes the issue of car clocking very seriously. We've highlighted the problem on this blog many...
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Car Clocking Grips Northern Ireland
A recent investigation by BBC NI has uncovered a rise in the practice of 'car clocking'. In its report the BBC points out that the Northern Irela...
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I think my car was clocked. What should I do?
At Motorcheck we see issues around a car's mileage reading on a daily basis. Unfortunately if you're buying privately there's very little that ca...