HPI applauds renewed focus by government to close down legitimate clockers
And warns motorists of the wear and tear dangers of buying a ‘clocked’ car www.hpicheck.com Long standing campaigner against so-called ‘mileage correction firms’, HPI, is applauding today’s news that Business Minister, Anna Soubry, has pledged a law change to close the loophole that enables fraudsters to wind back the miles on a vehicle’s odemeter. As many as 1.7 million* used cars with a fraudulent mileage reading could be on the UK’s roads, posing a considerable danger to other road users. Mileage correction firms are widespread throughout the UK, despite there being very few legitimate reasons for a vehicle to have its mileage altered – also known as “clocking”. Clocking is used by criminals to boost the sale price of a vehicle, often adding thousands of pounds to the asking price**. However, vehicle history check expert, HPI, warns that due to the computerised systems on modern vehicles today, clocking a car can have serious ramifications over and above a false mileage reading.