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/