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Hi Everyone,

I am viewing a Peugeot Tabbert motorhome (1984 - with some work needed doing £3000.00)  tomorrow but have just been told the speedo doesnt work and the mileage incorrect (not known  although a mileage was given)

My question is : Should I leave well alone and look elsewhere or is this something that can be fixed and not illegal and still worth viewing the m'home. (have seen photos and it looks quite nice!)

Its a left hand drive with documentation. I know gas checks, and damp checks need doing, but its the speedo and mileage bit that concerns me.

I will be very grateful for your thoughts on this cos you are experienced with motorhomes and I'm not!

Many thanks

Donna

We will see all the paper work tomorrow if we still go. It had an MOT in August so it should be written on that but Im not sure how many MoT Cert' there are. We have had a car that the speedo is a bit dickey but not where the mileage isn't recorded which is why I wondered on the legal bit and if fixable.

Hi,

I always have reservations about people selling vehicles with faults. If the oven doesnt work and they havent repaired it because they do't cook in the van, thats one thing, but a speedo is an essential piece of stuff thats legally required.Bit dodgy they havent fixed it.

I would keep looking. If it is genuinely broken and they havent bothered to fix it that is a good indicator that they have neglected the vehicle in other ways.

Hardly likely to have kept it serviced if they drive around with a broken speedo.

Bill

i would just say be aware ..........in belgium we have somthing like your AAA and there you can let every care check , the tell you exactly this care is still good for buy or not ,

regards carole n louis

 We have read your advice and see the common sense of your replies, so we will NOT be going to look at the motorhome. Thank you all very much for your swift replies. As the season is drawing to end for so many people we know a lot more will be coming up for sale and will take our time to find the right one.

Cheers All

Dizzywitch

Surely the MOT Certificate will state the speedo reading at the time of the test with the vehicle stationary. The tester would not know that the speedo was not working and would just record the indicated mileage, which may not have changed for several years.

Phil.