My opinion: Don't sell your DeLorean. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "outatime81" <outatime81@...> wrote: > > I read with interest many auctions and other selling cars with "low" > miles on them. It made sense 10 years ago but now with our cars > getting on in years the "low miles" claim feels odd. > > I think most know that it is rather simple to disconnect the > speedometer from the lamba counter underneath the steering wheel and > that the angle drive was one of the most prone items to break. > > As someone who documents every mile on the car (oil changes, repairs, > fixes, upgradesetc...) What's more valuable in terms of "value"? > > I could very easily disconnect my speedometer and use my GPS to tell me > my speed and keep my car with "low miles".....but that would be > dishonest and illegal to boot! I wonder how many of these "low mile" > cars area really high mile cars with the owners either not fixing the > agle drive until ready sell or simply re-attaching the speedometer. > > The reason I ask this is that with 98K on my car the "value" of my car > is technically less than a car with less miles. But with no way to tell > except for worn pedals (that can be bought new and replaced) what is > the more desirable car? > > What car would you rather buy?.... > > A car with a 100% documented history for every mile with all repairs > documented or a car with "low miles" and no documented history? > > It's my belief there is no real way to tell is someone has shaved 20 or > 30K off their car by tampering with the speedometer. This flaw in the > design of the speedometer routing makes our cars suspect unless the > owners have clear well documented proof for every mile. > > When I eventually go to sell my car it will not be a low mile car....it > will have well over 100K BUT it's new owner will have a full history > not tainted by illegal speedometer tampering.... > > What's your opinion? > > Tom > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/