As you may have gathered I recently acquired my first Falco after many years on Bandit's and to be honest I am still getting used to the difference but am quite encouraged to do so. As much as anything because my experience on this site has been so positive especially compared to many other sites I have to go on for other stuff.
That said the issue I have is this. The bike I bought seems fine and I am stunned by the overall stability and ease of riding for the most part. Howver after I completed the purchase; and yes I did do a HPI / Experian check; I discovered that the mileage has not been recorded accurately at a couple of MOT centres.
As an aside I have since discovered that the check companies generally use the V5 voluntary information to check the mileage and if you don't know, I didn't, this site is where I checked the mileage according to the MOT history. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ow ... G_10020539
Now I am aware of the issue with the mileage / kilometer resaet, thanks to you lot
and am open minded enough to believe this may have been the case here. However if I had known that this was the case I would have waited and bought a different bike (still a Falco so don't panic just one with a more accurate history.In simple terms what would you do ? and has anyone had to get the VOSA mileage corrected?
So far I have discussed this with the seller and I have found out that the seller appears to have been aware of this before the sale and may have been ... shall we say somewhat economical with the truth when asked about the mileage.
We have exchanged various emails etc and I have asked them to provide documentary evidence to support the mileage. They say rhey cannot / will not do this. Now I have contacted Consumer Direct very useful BTW http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentc ... /index.htm
and have discussed the matter with them the answer being there are 4 options as the mileage was advertised then the bike doesn't match the description and the remedies available are as follows.
Accepttance of the goods
documentary evidence to correct
partial compensation
return of bike and claimimng of costs, to point of priot to sale. Menaing travel costs insurance anything related to the purchase of the bike basically.
With the seller we have arrived at the last of the points. Though I have said I would cosider the third, aprtial compensation option. My view being I wouldn't have bought this particular vehiocle if I had been aware of any issue. Certainly I would not have offered the same price.
So I am sorry if this is long but I thought there were a couple of pointas worth bearing in mind from my experience in that the vehicle checks need to be supplemented by your own other checks, Experian/ Autocheck is rubbish in my experience and the infformation and website unreliable.
Scarily some of the Govt Direct sites are well worth a look and have some good information and services I can't fault the service from Consumer Direct.
Again though would you carry this through to the small claims court and has anyone else had something similar? I have been through the small claims process before and was surprised to discover that the defendant doesn't generally get costs even if they win
At the moment and genuinely I am considering selling the bike and getting a slightly newer one and againfor the avoidance of doubt I would only be looking for a Falco as much as anything for the positive knowledgeable,and friendly reception I have had on here, if nothing else thanks for that just wanted you all to now it is appreciated by those that benefit from it
