I was just reading the trading post and I realised there is alot of VLs out there that claim to have "genuine" kms in the low 100 000s. I know there are some out there but probably 80% of the ads claim this. I noticed the same thing when I was looking for my VL under a year ago and when I had a look at some and most of them were complete ****ers that looked more like they had 1 100 000 kms on them. I was just wondering if there was an easy way to find out if the kms are genuine, without logbooks or car history. Or do you just have to check the condition etc...
It's better with log book's and history from new! You can tell if the odometer reading is put back,most doggey car yard dealer's do this! Check motor wise and body then you can take it from there! A low km VL is easy to spot ...
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80% of those 80% are probably dodgy, whether the owners know it or not. The speedo's in these things are fragile and most don't keep working much past 150,000km's and have been replaced. So the speedo may have only done 123,000 but the car has probably done more like 270,000.
No sure fire way to find out if the mileage is genuine but a couple of things to check -
1. Is the odometer actually working ("Oh, I'm sure it only stopped working last week !").
2. Log books or reciepts where the mileage is logged higher than the car is now showing (No brainer you'd figure, but you'd be surprised). Ask to see some reciepts, they may not have noticed the shop included the km's.
3. Wear on drivers seat and pedals (Not always a good indicator but may give you a clue. The floor pad doesn't seem to wear much, unless the previous owner was partial to stiletto's).
4. General wear and tear on the body. Also not a 100% indicator but if the body is crap you could almost bet your life the engine has copped similar treatment, ie last saw an oil change when Keating was PM.
one of my old mans mates was test driving a VS he was going to buy, had 90,000kms on the clock, went for a spin, felt really good, then he looked up in the top corner of the window to see the "next service date and milage sticker" xx.xx.xx date and 180,000kms on next service ...
hahaha yeh I've seen that too when looking at cars. "When & when did you last service it?" - "A month ago at X" - /look up and see the sticker and then look at the speedo and theres 17k difference.
I went to look at a car that supposedly had 180000 kms on it. I got there and the odometer said 000000 and there were no logbooks either!
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