Hey,

I recently went to buy a car that I'd won off ebay - would've been the third I've bought off there now. The mileage of the car was quoted at 100k and said this on the clocks, the owner also had 3 years worth of MOT's that proved this as legit.

However, since buying the full version of VCDS, I take it everywhere when I or my friends are considering buying a new VAG. I had checked the car for fault codes - all clear. Then packed the laptop away, it was only when I was on the phone to the insurance company that I had remembered I hadn't checked the mileage, even though I was convinced it would be fine.

It came back reading 180,000 and I was absolutely gob-smacked. I told the insurance company I had to call them back and broke the news to the seller, who'd innocently bought it from a local garage six months ago. Although he was probably convinced I had made this up to back out of the sale, I shook his hand and headed to the nearest VW garage to see if they could give me any advice. They checked the cars service history just from the registration and proved it had been in 3 times with a mileage over 100,000, in 2004 and 2005. I then took the print out back to the seller who said he would be in contact with trading standards and fight for a refund from the garage.

It's now been nearly 2 weeks and I've just heard from the seller who's now saying that he intends to keep the car because of lack of proof against it being the wrong mileage. And claims it's not against to law to own a clocked car, but to do the clocking would be. Is he right? What would you have done in his position? I would personally have gone for the refund and appreciate I've had a car for free for 6 months without any depreciation.