paanu basahin itong meter??

[OTEP]

The red one is the odometer (total distance travelled by the car). It cannot be reset. It is against the law to tamper with it. On your example it reads 170,206kms.

The blue one is a trip meter. Total distance travelled since the trip meter was last reset. On your example it reads 577.4kms.

Distance is usually in kilometers except in some imported vehicles wherein it is in miles (roughly 1.6Kms to a mile).

Mileage usually quotes figures from the odometer.

[DonT]

Sir OTEP, can you shed more light on the law which prohibits tampering of the odometer.

I am not in favor of the odometer to be reset or reversed. Unfortunately, a lot of 2nd hand dealers are doing this. Do we have any idea what are the penalty of this action under the law?

[OTEP]

AFAIK, there is still no local legislation specific to this act. At least none that I know of. I was pertaining to legislation in foreign markets.

[DonT]

I see..pero I think that dapat meron magsulong ng law na ito. Kasi definitely na pandaraya ito. Very valuable information kasi ito para sa isang car owner. It would determine when to replace critical parts of the car before breaking down.

The thing is dapat cguro yearly or everytime mag renew ng registration, maganda cguro i reflect sa reciept yung odometer reading para madali mahuli kung inatras.

my 2 cents.

[mbeige]

Some cars present themselves brand new with a lot of problems, while some have so many miles/km but nary a problem. Why? It's all about maintenance. You can judge from the looks and the equipment use (wear and tear) if the odometer has been tampered with. Whether you suspect it or not, always ask for maintenance records.

Basically read it this way. Odometer reading is read xxx,xxx miles or km, while the tripmeter below it will read xxx.x miles. The tripmeter only goes up to 999.9 miles or km, while the odometer can go to 999,999 miles or km, after which it rolls over.

The trip meter can be reset to 000.0 when filling up to calculate fuel economy, or when calculating distance travelled. The odometer, on the other hand, cannot be reset. There will be two buttons usually on the dash, some have one. Pressing one of them will reset the tripmeter.

FWIW, I've seen several cars on eBay that are 10-15 years old yet only have 2xxx miles on them, another had 4xxx miles. The pictures proved it, as in halos bago sila, parang fresh off the showroom floor. Owners were old men if I remember correctly, and both were parked in an airconditioned garage. Grabe!

[X-isle]

another follow up question, kelan ba umiikot ung last digit na nasa red box?? every 100 ba ng nasa blue box? every 10 ba ng nasa blue box? or sabay sila nung last digit ng nasa blue box ng ikot???

[funkngruvn]

sabay lang ang ikot ng nasa blue box at nung nasa red box.. kumbaga kasi kung hindi mo nirereset o kunyari walang reset yung nasa blue box, yung nasa red box e yung total na naikot ng nasa blue blue box kapag pinagadd add mo yung readings ng nasa blue box..
medyo malabo ata? pero basta yun na yun kung magets mo sinasabi ko?