sold a opel Senator 3.0 in 1989 with 138k on the clock and saw it for sale in kent 5 years later with 79K on the clock !!!!!!

My father had an Austin Westminster 3.0 that he sold in 1968 and we saw it for sale in 1976 at a garage in southend FHU 131D

Astra GTE 16v sold in 1991 used to see on a regular basis

Carlton GSI 3.024v sold in 2000 after 8 years of ownership and used to see it driving around gatwick .

Ford Fiesta 1.4tdci PXd at Dealer used to see it loads local

I saw my W-reg Astra on Autotrader a couple of months after I'd traded it in and most of my other private cars were seen once or twice after trading but never any of my company cars.

It amazes me how people still get away with clocking cars, especially on older tatty looking cars, surely even Stevie Wonder would spot a clocker a mile off.

I went to look at a Vauxhall Omega last year, hateful car in truth but you have to see em to know, claimed mileage of 47,000 on a 2000 reg, perfectly realistic but no history with it and the pedals looked like they've had considerable wear and the steering wheel and gearstick had gone smooth. I noted down some info that i could get and looked the car up online and found at its last MOT it had 103,550 odd on the clock, which to be honest, was alot more like it.

Saw my Mazda - well it was not mine but was 1 digit difference S757 *** instead of S758*** - Same make/model, same colour etc.

I was walking to a Glasgow car park topick up the car to go home........ scary moment. From memory the 1st owner of both was a Midlands based company some 250 miles away.

The boss of a company I worked for in the mid 1970's had a 1968 Land Rover Series 2 that I used to drive occasionally. A few months ago I saw it for sale on Ebay - 35 years on!

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I remember when i was a kid my Dad had a Granada 2.8 Ghia and you could open the door with a butterknife LOL!

Last year I spotted the Passat GL TDi estate that I sold in 2001 at 120k - still looked in good nick.

Having sold my '66 Suzuki Super Six bike in 1972, it was the subject of a restoration article in Classic Bikes around 1994. 'Phoned the proud owner and filled him in with a few details of its chequered past... (we both reckoned, for different reasons, that it had been production raced in its youth)

My old fiat punto diesel 1-9.Still chucking along ten years old.Part exchange at three years.

Talked to the owner a pizza delivery man,he was going to scrap it soon he wouldn't spend any money on repairs .

Nice little car drove it all over europe no bother top speed 90mph.

Yesterday I had reason to pass the Jag dealer and saw my X type on display - its looking cleaner than when I traded it and looking at the price tag they won't make much on it.