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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 profit margin whe...
by Michael Rochford
8 years ago -
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 out there, bot...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
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 that could be co...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
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 the end of Febr...
by Michael Rochford
12 years ago -
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 for Transport, T...
by Michael Rochford
12 years ago -
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 the top of the...
by Shane Teasky
13 years ago -
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 months for car cl...
by Shane Teasky
13 years ago -
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. At the time the...
by Shane Teasky
14 years ago -
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 buyers who think a...
by Shane Teasky
14 years ago -
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 times and conti...
by Shane Teasky
14 years ago -
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 Ireland Trading Stan...
by Shane Teasky
15 years ago -
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 can be done as th...
by Shane Teasky
15 years ago
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