[Puma2010]

Hi, as stated in another thread I have just become the proud owner of a puma. However, I almost bought a dud. It was a v reg 1.7 with very low miles at a very reasonable price. However, a HPI check with the RAC showed several mileage discrepancies on the NMR/ national mileage register. So for all those looking to get one, I stongly recommend getting a HPI check done, especially as they don't cost much. I obviously avoided the v-reg and found myself a geniune one.

C.

[pumapilot]

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[ianv5]

ChrisHollyPuma, on 17 March 2010 - 08:44 AM, said:

Hi, as stated in another thread I have just become the proud owner of a puma. However, I almost bought a dud. It was a v reg 1.7 with very low miles at a very reasonable price. However, a HPI check with the RAC showed several mileage discrepancies on the NMR/ national mileage register. So for all those looking to get one, I stongly recommend getting a HPI check done, especially as they don't cost much. I obviously avoided the v-reg and found myself a geniune one.

C.

Was it a red one by any chance? I looked at one earlier this year in Red with 33k on the clock! Owner had only one key, no service record/mots and log book was registered at a different address and different owner. Made my excuses and walked away!

[Puma2010]

That sounds like another dodgy one. The one I saw was a black v-reg 1.7.

C.

[bazandmaz]

Incredibly topical, I bought a 99T with full history just over 2 years ago for my girlfriend. In great nick at the time, full history and heaps of MOT's, bills etc.

Sold it yesterday to webuyanycar.com and whilst the guy was really nice about it he showed me the exact period in time when the dealer i bought it from had clocked it, to the tune of about 30,000 miles. Needless to say it affected the price of the, not drastically as we weren't expecting a lot for it due to a minor misfire but please everyone be very careful and do get the HPI done.

It's the only car i've ever bought without one and I won't be doing it again! When I went to see it I poured over all the documentation and checked back the mileage of each of the m.o.t's and they all married up. It seems however that in the year it was clocked there had been a massive spike in the mileage so it could be clocked and still show higher miles that the previous years m.o.t.

At least it is now gone but please do not buy T645WPB if you see it advertised.

Thanks, Baz and his dented pride!

[dawesy]

well worth doing. i used the 'mytextcheck' one when looking for our puma.
first one was re-listed on ebay (due to time waster) no mention of any accident damage though. a couple of things didn't sit right with it. the front bumper was slightly misaligned in the pic and it had no plates on in the ad (could have been private plates not included)
got the reg off the guy and it turned out to have several losses on it most recent a cat c loss about a year before!!!
i left it of course but it sold for £680 (think it was an r or s plate).
for the sake of £3 its well worth it

This post has been edited by dawesy: 20 March 2010 - 10:30 AM

[Puma2010]

It's quite worrying really. At least there are lots of checks we can do nowadays to help avoid such cars.
C.