How difficult is it to take a pic of the milo before it went back? it would be hard to dispute photographic evidence.

Have you any mileage logs to back up your 23k miles? I have a lease car and have to submit a mileage return every month to show the split of business and private miles.

Yeah, daft mistake. The mileage didn't even enter my head when I was cleaning out the car before the inspection last weekend, as I knew it was nowhere near the 30,000 limit. Won't be making that mistake again. I don't have any mileage logs, so looks like I'm reliant upon the MOT being completed shortly and a record of the mileage being available online after that.

I suspect the guy doing the inspection has mistakenly entered 33... instead of 23... in the keypad my Wife said he was using to enter the details. It's something I would possibly have picked up on, had I physically been there at the time.

I've heard back from the finance company this morning. It looks like when I've reset the in-car display etc, it also reset the vehicle dash to display the mileage in KM's, rather than miles. So the recorded 33,394 was actually in kilometres, which equates to around 20,750 miles. The invoice has now been cancelled.

Learnt from my mistake. Always take a pic of the mileage, even if well under the limit, before handing the car back.

You must have copies of service invoices. These should show the mileage at and between services and also crucially how many miles you averaged per annum. Although not proof, that with a request for the finance company to delay the case until the vehicle is MOT'd should do the trick. They must know they are dealing with a normal decent customer who is pointing out an error, they can surely cut you some slack. Good luck.

Cheers Concrete