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Originally posted by Rick Lee
I wonder if I should contact the state's dept. of weights and measures.
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A state "consumer affairs" department, or state attorney general's office might be interested.
It also could make a great story for the local news (assuming the rental company doesn't buy advertising from the local station). Try to contact a reporter who you think might be interested in making it to the national news circuit; if their local story is picked up by the networks, they know they increase their prospects for career advancement.
It would be fairly easy to check the accuracy of the odometer for a given trip. If it was just one truck, there wouldn't be much of story, but if it could be demonstrated that a fleet of vehicles all had "rigged" odometers it could be news.
One note, on rental trucks, they'll often swap out the stock wheels/tires with smaller ones. It makes for cheaper tire replacement, makes the deck of the truck bed lower, makes the speedometer read higher than the actual speed (keeping drivers from speeding), makes the truck less likely to roll over if operated improperly -- all of which are "good" things from the renter's perspective. The increased mileage on the odometer does cost consumers more and should be compensated for if billing is done on a per-mile basis.