Easiest way to fiddle mileage
 

Found out that my 911 might be worth more if I can wind the clock back a bit.

Currently has 125,000. More realistic if it was 35,000.

Would it be easier to :-

a) Buy a new speedo with the relevant mileage

b) Stick a drill in the back of it and wind it back

c) Put it in reverse for the next 6 months

d) Drill a small hole in the glass and fiddle with the digits.


Any further ideas ....................

jail bait is right.

Alright, given the post today about disconnecting the speedo on an '88, this is obviously a troll. One post.

Don't get riled up. Just ignore it.

LOLLL sorry Milt , was too good to miss !

Effen funny!

So I bit, big effin deal.

As I said, don't get riled up. I've been waiting for a time to say this: we all make mistakes, we make fools of ourselves now and then, we make faux pas.

But, by tomorrow morning, no one can remember who said what, only the good stuff about what to do to these cars to keep them running in top shape.

Think about it. You saw something really stupid said here. Who was it? :D

You're cool. :cool:

Man I'm lost.

Wayne!!!!

Are you a chick? If so, please post pictures of yourself...

Leland? Are you back?

Just rotate the tires (front to back) and drive it south of the equator for the next year, you should be fine..trust me!

Jeeze...I used to unhook the speedo cable on my dad's '56 Buick, so he wouldn't know how much cruising my buddies & I did. But these newfangled cars with electronics controlling everything? I wouldn't have a clue...;)

I'd just buy a new speedo with no miles on it, put it on the shelf until I was ready to sell, install and presto, instant no mileage car!

two post in the post count???


i think it is the same guy.

Wow, how old are you? or did your Dad just have some classic cars?

I've heard of people doing the same to Hobbs meters as well.:eek:

...yes, even those with "redundant 2nd ones"!

I'm like Grady...so old, I can remember when dirt was rocks! Dad's '56 Roadmaster was just 2 years old when I first unhooked it's speedo cable.

Keep breathing...you may become as lucky.

Dantilla,

+1 - I wish Leland would come back. He is funny and doesn't take himself too seriously.

Mark

Buy a speedo with 34,000 miles. Start in LA then drive west for 1000 miles until you reach 35,000 miles. :rolleyes:

This only got moved to OT? With such an obvious troll and dual registration (he admitted that), I'm really surprised.

I am proud that my 88 carerra has 168,000 and counting. Would post a pic but every time I have tried it fails so I gave up.

I test drove an '88 a couple of years ago. It had 30k or so miles on it. Halfway through the test ride I noticed a black rocker switch on the left side of the dash, near the ignition. Very, very factory looking - but I'd never seen a switch in that location before so I flipped it down...

Yep, the speedo died immediately. Flipped it up and the speedo came back to life. I remarked on it to the owner and got one of those...

"well I'll be damned...."

Yeah, right. I might have been damned if he hadn't forgotten to disconnect his speedo bi-pass switch. Pretty neat trick, really and really easy to do.

Watch out for unexplained switches and always check the gasket around the speedo during your inspection. Those gaskets are a bit fussy to get back in neatly and might be an indicator of speedo tweaking.

I would be very, very careful with comments like this! :)

I grew up driving MY (not my Fathers) 1950 Mercury, then had a 1957 Chevy and so on. Back in the 1960's when many of us got our drivers licenses a 1950's era car was still about the best many of us could afford!

My 1950 Merc was given to me by my Brother. He said "you get it started (it had been sitting in the back yard for 6 months) and you can have it!" I bought a new 6 volt battery and got some fresh gas (at 19.9c a gallon) and an hour later it was my first car!

Joe

;)I smell dust....did somebody fart?

Wasn't the golden age of speedo turning in the 60's & 70's? You'd bend ice picks in various ways and use them to turn the number wheels, normally without removing the unit from the dash. I think in the 80's manufacturers started making the counters so a white spacer would show up if a wheel was turned.
Jim

Tell him to buy a used odo from GAD/PAP. At least we can sit back and laugh while he gets ripped off. :)

Fire with fire.

i think you should go into your local motor vehicle dept. and ask them if your method of changing mileage is correct.

plan on leaving your car there for awhile and make sure you take a shower before hand because you probably wont get another for some time to come and BIG LOUIE at the graybar notell motel doesnt like smelly white honkies.

at the very least you will meet new and very interesting people with lots of time on their hands.

i know for a fact there are openings here at the 5 - star resort "tent city" down on durango street. the accomodations are beyond belief. if you have done this to large numbers of cars.........FLORENCE will be your next stop and i hear the food there is very good. 3-hots and a cot!

I've not turned an odometer, but I've had to go into my console on my '89 Chevy truck twice. Once to fix the gear indicator and once to fix a trouble lgiht so it would pass smog. I was right down to the wheels on the odo. I don't know what year they changed to readouts, but one could do anything to the Chevy wheels from what I could see.

There is always the Ferris Bueller method....

Yeah. Go Ferrris!!!