This is why I never buy used cars...
04-20-12, 12:17 PM
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Don't get me wrong. I know today's systems aren't necessarily foolproof and that some guys can beat them. It's just a lot harder than back in the days of the drill and a couple of wrenches, that's all. CarFax and computerized service-records, as others have noted, also help.
04-21-12, 12:51 AM
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Modern cars have more then one odometer, I've seen cars with the mileage rolled back and then suddenly when the car rolls past a specific mileage point, and runs all the computer checks, the dash odometer mileage changed back.
This thread is mostly hearsay, I heard my friend who knows a guy who
Several cars makes, starting early 2000 have hidden engine/running timers on them
my buddy thought he was being smart, unplugged the odometer in his 97 Grand Cherokee, drove around for a year, plugged it back in and realized it still kept count
Most people who run a successful businesses are not risking their incomes for a bunch of dumb asses who leased cars and put to many miles on them.
This thread is mostly hearsay, I heard my friend who knows a guy who
Several cars makes, starting early 2000 have hidden engine/running timers on them
my buddy thought he was being smart, unplugged the odometer in his 97 Grand Cherokee, drove around for a year, plugged it back in and realized it still kept countMost people who run a successful businesses are not risking their incomes for a bunch of dumb asses who leased cars and put to many miles on them.
04-21-12, 08:01 PM
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Modern cars have more then one odometer, I've seen cars with the mileage rolled back and then suddenly when the car rolls past a specific mileage point, and runs all the computer checks, the dash odometer mileage changed back.
This thread is mostly hearsay, I heard my friend who knows a guy who
Several cars makes, starting early 2000 have hidden engine/running timers on them my buddy thought he was being smart, unplugged the odometer in his 97 Grand Cherokee, drove around for a year, plugged it back in and realized it still kept count
Most people who run a successful businesses are not risking their incomes for a bunch of dumb asses who leased cars and put to many miles on them.
This thread is mostly hearsay, I heard my friend who knows a guy who
Several cars makes, starting early 2000 have hidden engine/running timers on them
my buddy thought he was being smart, unplugged the odometer in his 97 Grand Cherokee, drove around for a year, plugged it back in and realized it still kept countMost people who run a successful businesses are not risking their incomes for a bunch of dumb asses who leased cars and put to many miles on them.
04-21-12, 09:12 PM
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Regardless of multiple odometer, people have found loopholes around that. Most of the people in the video have very recent cars with electronic odometer. BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Lexus. That means that there are ways to rollback the odo on newer cars without any problems.
04-22-12, 01:03 PM
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at the end of the day, do your research and buy from a reputable dealer who is trying to earn your repeat business, many people have bought used/pre owned with no issues.
When many signs point to something not right walk away, and if its to good to be true walk, I have pulled carfaxes on cars with mileage that did not match the last time they where serviced, having service records make the car sell
When many signs point to something not right walk away, and if its to good to be true walk, I have pulled carfaxes on cars with mileage that did not match the last time they where serviced, having service records make the car sell
04-22-12, 04:22 PM
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I don't know how you guys say check the carfax and what not but I bought a vehicule from a dealership here in Quebec. After checking the carproof details to resell it years later (this year in fact) they showed that there was an accident before I bought the car with much more kilometers than when I bought it. After spending thousands in lawers, all it did for me is that it does not show on the car proof anymore. Let's just say i'm pissed and wondering what else might be hiding in that carproof and how reliable they really are.
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