Interesting article in latest Which magazine.

"Seat clocks own cars"

Car giant Seat has admitted clocking its cars before they're delivered to dealerships

A customer watched, shocked, as the car dealer clocked his Seat IbizaThe practice is normally associated with rogue second-hand dealers who turn back the mileage on cars so they appear less used. But Seat admits its cars have a facility, which it says is used in factory testing only, that resets the clock. But it's not just a factory secret. We discovered it after the trick was used by a Seat dealer in front of a customer.

The customer arrived at the dealership in Wakefield to collect an ex-demo

Skoda's can do the same I understand its 2 times as long as it has not gone over 90 or 100 miles.

they are not the only ones that change the clocks! On my saxo VTS I had to get the clocks replace due to an error on them just prior to me p/x it in.

I saw it on sale in the forecourt with it's "warrented" mileage as 3k less that what it should have been.

Ok it was only 3k which isn't alot but it's the point of it

Interesting article in latest Which magazine.

"Seat clocks own cars"

Car giant Seat has admitted clocking its cars before they're delivered to dealerships

I have owned a Seat Toledo 1.9 TD from newI and by pressing the trip reset button for about 30 sec-60 secs, you could reset the Odometer, but only during the first 1,000 miles. I think it