Would you ever buy a car with mileage inconsistency?

[PushingMyLuck]

Provided a car appears to run fine, and even passes a PPI, what is the verdict on this? Better or worse than a salvage title? Avoid like the plague, or take a chance on a discounted car?

How does a car even end up with an inconsistency, especially if the carfax doesn't indicate a change of ownership in that time. One year it's 120k the next year it's 80k. Does it always mean foul play? If something broke, it would just not increase, not actually go backwards.

[nota]

junk yard speedo swap ?
maybe just a cheap fix not fraud

[bhmkv]

Im aware of the car you talking about. I called on this car and the answer didnt add up. They advised the spedo was rebuilt and set at wrong miles. If this happened not sure why they wouldnt fix it.

[G450X]

I think a common swap is from the 85 mph speedometer to a 150 mph version.

I have the original 85 mph version (original to my '82) and it bugs me. I have a 150 mph version to swap, but I will document the mileage when I perform the swap. Since my SC is higher mileage (160k+) I don't think it matters as much.

I still plan to backdate my SC some day even if it might be worth more money stock -I doubt near 200k mile SC's will be $100k cars anytime soon. I want a '73 RS and I can't afford one - so my nine year older similar chassis 911 will have to suffice.

I would buy a "sketchy" odometer car if the condition supported the mileage - and if the price was right, even if it didn't! The three biggies for me are the drivetrain, paint, and having a no wreck chassis. If you check those big three off the rest of the problems are somewhat manageable.

[SilberUrS6]

He's still stirring the pot...

This question has been answered several times before.

[Pezho405]

Maybe they don't convert?
120km then Converted next time.

My x5 I changed everything to KM and so I have to remind like the inspection guy to covert using google.

[PushingMyLuck]

Pez,
Why would you need to convert?
This happens when people change out the US speedo for a Euro one that is in km?
When that happpens, do people reset the odometer to initialize at the converted total km's instead of miles?

[Pezho405]

Pez,<br>
Why would you need to convert? <br>
This happens when people change out the US speedo for a Euro one that is in km?<br>
When that happpens, do people reset the odometer to initialize at the converted total km's instead of miles?

I'm talking about what if it's the km spedo in the car already.

Just at the legal points like inspection... Title transfers... Registration..

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by Pezho405

I'm talking about what if it's the km spedo in the car already.

Just at the legal points like inspection... Title transfers... Registration..

You're getting trolled here.

The less you engage him, the better off everyone is.

[Matt Monson]

G450x nails it, drivetrain, paint and wrecks/chassis.
My '67 came from Sheridan. Yes, THAT Sheridan. Mr Small and I aren't really on speaking terms. But a friend, someone who does a little value adds reselling, bought the car. He replaced the pan, at a shop that restores RSRs and 935s. He had the engine tuned, with valve adjustment, cap, rotor, wires, new fuel pump, repro gas tank, new lines and rebuilt Webers.

Odometer said 4.2 miles when I bought it. I assume it had been stolen for another car in Sheridan and sold at some point. I got some random reset replacement. California pink slip photo copy from 1982, last time the car was road registered said 60somethingthousand miles. TMU in reality and under Colorado law.

Car is a nice repaint. Next to no rust anywhere after the pan replacement and a few fixes here and there.

Mileage of the car never mattered to me. It's all about what you want. You want an investment grade 3.2l Carrera? Pay a $10k premium and get a 50-75k mi documented car (that will likely need another $5-10k in rubber replaced in the next 3-5 years) or buy a well maintained car with 50k more miles and many seals replaced already and will drive hard for years.

I helped sell a 924 Carrera GTS Clubsport with 58k (not thousands of ,actual kilometers) about ten years ago. Car needed thousands of dollars in rubber work before it could even be driven from the trailer to the grass of the car show without leaking.
Low miles isn't always good. High miles aren't always bad. Depends on what you want from the car.

[Icepack]

You bring your garage queen 3.2 with 45k miles in for its annual state inspection. The attendant enters it into the computer incorrectly as 54k miles and you fail to notice it. You only drive it 2k miles that year and the following year the mileage gets entered correctly as 47k. There's your mileage inconsistency, and Carfax will report that as a potential odometer rollback.

[Pezho405]

You bring your garage queen 3.2 with 45k miles in for its annual state inspection. The attendant enters it into the computer incorrectly as 54k miles and you fail to notice it. You only drive it 2k miles that year and the following year the mileage gets entered correctly as 47k. There's your mileage inconsistency, and Carfax will report that as a potential odometer rollback.

This is what I was trying to say. You just said it better.

Just simple mistake or a dyslexic moment on someone's part.

[bhmkv]

I called on this car. The story didnt make much sense. I would get a ppi if your interested. Based on miles before the roll bsck it likely has around 130. But who knows it could have 200k.

[Matt Monson]

I'd trust an owner's stack of receipts from a reputible shop over a Carfax any day of the week.

[bhmkv]

This car sold.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by G450X

I think a common swap is from the 85 mph speedometer to a 150 mph version.

I have the original 85 mph version (original to my '82) and it bugs me. I have a 150 mph version to swap, but I will document the mileage when I perform the swap. Since my SC is higher mileage (160k+) I don't think it matters as much.

I still plan to backdate my SC some day even if it might be worth more money stock -I doubt near 200k mile SC's will be $100k cars anytime soon. I want a '73 RS and I can't afford one - so my nine year older similar chassis 911 will have to suffice.

I would buy a "sketchy" odometer car if the condition supported the mileage - and if the price was right, even if it didn't! The three biggies for me are the drivetrain, paint, and having a no wreck chassis. If you check those big three off the rest of the problems are somewhat manageable.

You're worrying about this too much. I had a 1980 in which I converted the Speedo. They don't swap the whole instrument they use your original speedometer and simply change the face. You get your speedometer back when they're finished. Send it to North Hollywood Speedometer.

[frank edwards]

so if you replace an mph with a kph does it go faster,did all these 50,000 mile vehicles,belong to the same little old lady that just drove to the corner store?

[E Sully]

PML Reminds me of Plecostomus

[PushingMyLuck]

Originally Posted by E Sully

PML Reminds me of Plecostomus

I just looked him up.
Wow, he spent 7 years searching for a 911 ?

When he left, he pretty much kept true to his word...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/671307-pricing-help-please-85-coupe-5.html#post6692367

[aschen]

Lol I thought you were calling him a bottom feeder