Iong distances before the selling dealer zeroises the odometer - my VW Touareg covered some 800 miles from factory to the shipping port for some reason as they normally go by train.
Is that not illegal? Very dodgy.
I believe with VAG cars, a dealer can, using official factory diagnostics connected online to the factory, reset the odometer a maximum of 2 times before vehicle registration takes place within a maximum mileage limit, not sure how much but remember it was a low number, maybe 200 miles max in total. This will be recorded in the factory records, but don't know if joe public can ask to access that information or whether there is an obligation to declare it
I read that the ECU has an immutable copy of true mileage that dealers can access. Of course most dealers would not bother to check, it takes time and money and what would they gain, a monetary loss when they find they've been had?
according to a major vehicle information company, one in 11 used cars has been clocked – a 45% increase on five years ago.
That is only those examples that have publically accessible records that don't add up, i.e. mainly MOT and maybe service records. Someone savvy would perform clocking at points and values that don't raise red flags, ie not showing implausible backward mileage jumps and being believable. So the numbers will be likely much higher
I see a massive number of high end cars being driven by yoof, and parked in poor neighborhoods in a northern town where wages are low. Many in areas of low end rental HMO areas with maybe company cars, maybe PCP/lease. But I suspect the PCP/lease brigade running Tesla/Range Rover/BMW/MB/Audi are running on minimum payment 5000 mile contracts with minimum mileage declared on insurance too, probably with other creative lies. Of course, negates the need for expensive servicing. 5000 miles pa is nothing and easily exceeded with commuting and daily running around
The Canbus blocker method is news to me, and shows how creative criminals can be, I am surprised that car manufacturers haven't got security up to scratch.
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