milleage reading.. can be changed?

[fireblade]

i was at buendia auto center one time. i asked about the mileage of an exsior in display. sabi nung mama, "88." pagtingin ko sa odo, nakita ko "68." sorry if this post is conclusive. hindi ko naman sigurado. pero marami na rin ako nabasa about tampered used cars, both digital and analog odo. mayroon din dito sa better living, ung ayala shuttle driver na naka-barong, pansin ko mukhang inistop niya ang speedometer niya. sa mga may balak pa mandaya ng odo, baka karmahin kayo sana! hahaha.

OT : You must be referring to the shuttle driver near Big C along Russia Street. Yup he is normally in Barong, anyway I am also from Levitown.

Back on topic:

Yes digital meter can now be tampered especially by used car dealers. Hold on to your seats but even service booklets have tampered entries. I am talking to experience. Saw this really nice Rav owned by actor Marvin Agustin in a gas station being sold. A week later it was already in CarsR US along Edsa near Greenhills with a different meter reading. Saw the service booklet and verified with Toyota, whoaaaa , the entries are fake. Moral of the story, validate the service booklet with the casa. Bought a GLI before on a weekend and made a contract with the seller that if the warrranty booklet has been tampered he will return the money. Galing daw sa Ayala Alabang yung dating mayari kaya mababa yung metro at may service booklet pa, guess what I returned the car two days later after talking to the original owner and Toyota Alabang. Bottomline, be very wise and resourceful.

[fireblade]

[SIZE=6]By the way, one of their (used car dealers) most favourite line is ganyan na yan ng dinala dito. Wala akong alam diyan![/SIZE]

[OTEP]

Just don't trust the odometer. Check out the general condition of the vehicle. A properly maintained high mileage unit can still be a better deal than an abused low mileage one.

[XTO]

sir correction lang po.
nowadays, it can be done in less than 1 hour.

tsk tsk! garapal na pala talaga ngayon! mali ang nabalitaan ko.

[Hanren]

tsk tsk! garapal na pala talaga ngayon! mali ang nabalitaan ko.

Yung sa amin dito sa Baguio may nagaadjust daw ng car mileage kahit digital...naka advertise pa nga sa local daily eh.. ang charge nya 5k ang kapal nga eh..

[katsudon_ph]

eto classis example, I sold my pickup with odometer of 130,000++km, then kanina gumala me sa isang 2nd hand car dealer and lo and behold andun ung sasakyan ko na of course much higher na ung price... but also tampered na ung odometer.. naging 36,000km na lang sya.

.. to think ang dahilan nya gagamitin raw sa farm and hindi sa buy and sell hehehe.. the buyer is also a tsikot member i think.

[katsudon_ph]

my pickup is already digital odometer. )

[bratski]

my bro in laws bmw has 9000km odo reading when he bought it. Nung dapat papalo suppossedly sa 10k naging 30k ang reading, he was furious about it and sold the car right away. ang technique sa digital odometer ay i-short yung ilang lcd digit sa display to make a lower mileage reading. ex yung 8000 pwedeng maging 6000 by shorting the upper right portion of the number 8 etc.. 5k ang singil sa ganitong job according to a friend who's into buy and sell

[1D4LV]

Just don't trust the odometer. Check out the general condition of the vehicle. A properly maintained high mileage unit can still be a better deal than an abused low mileage one.

yup. agree with this.... i've seen a CRV who is driven once a week from baguio and back dahil andun yung business ng owner...

after two years, the CRV has logged more than 125000 kms... pero nung nasakay ako minsan still feels brand new, ni walang kakalampag-kalampag.. the aircon is still cold and the body is still makinis...

[mbeige]

Very true Doc, maintenance is more important than overall mileage. Heck, our MB wagon has 372k miles (598k km!) and it runs strong on the highway at 120kph. 400k km more to go and we get a free Benz!

Another thing to note is if you constantly drive the car on the highway, that is much (and I mean MUCH) better than driving it in city traffic. Kaya kung puro highway miles, that's better than having a low mileage city driven car.