So many mistakes in this RC card; buy or walk away from car?

I thought the RC might be fake, but the same details are reflected on the RTO's portal for this vehicle.

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I am currently looking for a car for my father and have set my heart on a new 4th Generation Honda City. My father however has his heart set on a Skoda Rapid 1.6 TDI (used), but it is tough to find a good example (we live in Nashik).

He finally managed to find a 2012 Skoda Rapid 1.6 TDI Ambition which was Central Mumbai registered (MH 01). The car looks fine, and its engine feels good too, however, on seeing its RC, I can find multiple mistakes:

• The car is a 1.6 TDI Ambition, however its RC says 1.6 MPI Ambition, i.e. Petrol.
• The car's engine capacity is given as 1798 CC which is the Octavia or the Superb I think.
• The car's unladen weight is given as 1454 kg and RLW is 2074. I am not sure which car is 1454 kg, but the RLW of 2074 kg is for a superb.
• The owner's name is wrongly spelt as well.

I thought the RC might be fake, but the same details are reflected on the RTO's portal for this vehicle. It seems the owner had lost his RC and had a duplicate issued because the RC says Purpose : DUP.

This makes me wonder what's happening and how can one RC have so many mistakes and whether to trust this car or not.

Would you all please advice if you have seen any instances of so many mistakes in one RC or could there be something fishy?

Here's what BHPian aargee had to say on the matter:

I don't know about other states, but in TN, our RTO folks are worse! When we paid green tax for our Activa, they simply could not copy manufacturer as HMSI & instead wrote it as Hero Motors in the new RC!! It's a simple copy paste job!!

For my S-Cross, they wrote the manufacturer as Shrikumar Trailers!! I mean who the hell is Shrikumar Trailers & why would they manufacture Suzuki S-Cross? These guys are fit enough to keep talking all day, munching vada & drinking tea on time & ofcourse best at undertable business!!

I tend to think they make such intentional mistakes so that, we get back & pay for rectification.

Here's what BHPian JithinR had to say on the matter:

If the vehicle number, chassis and engine number match perfectly, I wouldn't be bothered by the rest. Like others have mentioned, our RTOs are incompetent (rather why blame the entity, a lot of Indians are incompetent at their jobs).

Maybe the owner was scared to even go to the RTO to get his name corrected. These days, since a lot of the RTO services are moving online you should be able to update any incorrect details in your new RC relatively easier.

Here's what BHPian condor had to say on the matter:

Like Jithin says, registration number, chassis number & engine number are the top 3 important details.

Small mistakes do happen. Is the name of the owner's father spelt correctly - and can you check against his aadhar card (his & his father's name)

If you buy this vehicle, then when selling the possible buyer will check your name details. Hence, the current mis-spells are a concern only for this transaction.

Generally speaking, not just RTO's, but the mis-spells happen in most government offices. especially in translation of names. And one typo cascades across to other records

However, I normally am a bit wary of duplicate RC's., unless I know the seller or unless the seller can provide a copy of his original RC card.

Here's what BHPian saket77 had to say on the matter:

Insurance companies look for these small incorrect details to deny claims. This is especially true when claim amount is hefty.

I don’t think it is worth breaking your head over this particular car. Plus, the engine fuel type is also incorrect. RTO can demand extra amount plus some penalty if the car is indeed registered as petrol despite being a diesel, as it can be seen as an attempt to save road tax.

In all, I would give this thing a miss.

Here's what BHPian Anuruddhs had to say on the matter:

There were couple of mistakes in my car RC issued from Noida. I noticed them when I got the RC first time and got them resolved. Story does not end here. They introduced new errors and now my 7 seater became 6 seater in RC. I again went ahead to fix that but now euro 4 became euro 3. I got it fixed again to euro 4 but again 7 seats have become 6 seats. They lost my original file also which was found after 3 months of efforts after that I have given up now.

Here's what BHPian no_fear had to say on the matter:

My MV Agusta F4 is registered as MV Augusta on my RC. I asked them to fix it. I was told Agusta is "wrong spelling" and correct one is Augusta.

The RTO babu's logic was Mumbai Delhi Rajdhani is called August Kranti and not Agust Kranti.

Words fail me.

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