possibly silly question..
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possibly silly question..
what does it mean when someone says a car has xxx 'original' miles? is there such a thing as un-original miles?
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sure.
the dash could have been replaced
engine
trans
or even someone turning back the miles manually.
other than that, umm...i guess they just mean that the miles are correct? or they just think its a good selling point?
the dash could have been replaced
engine
trans
or even someone turning back the miles manually.
other than that, umm...i guess they just mean that the miles are correct? or they just think its a good selling point?
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Originally Posted by wjcollier07
sure.
the dash could have been replaced
engine
trans
or even someone turning back the miles manually.
the dash could have been replaced
engine
trans
or even someone turning back the miles manually.
I can be defined in many ways, to me it would mean that the mileage on the odometer is the true mileage with the original motor and trany set up. In other words, what you see is what is there.
In some cases, when people change the motor they reset the odometer, which can be considered a no no.
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It all depends on how its written. For example, if I am selling my car and I know it has 190K on the clock, some will write it as 190,xxx which means that they do not know the exact mileage as of the posting time but gives a general idea that it has 190+K miles on it.
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Originally Posted by BLACK94SSEi
It all depends on how its written. For example, if I am selling my car and I know it has 190K on the clock, some will write it as 190,xxx which means that they do not know the exact mileage as of the posting time but gives a general idea that it has 190+K miles on it.
Face it, some of drive the same miles over and over again, thus my car has just over 57 original miles, but due to the number of times I've driven those miles....
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Originally Posted by MOS95B
Originally Posted by BLACK94SSEi
It all depends on how its written. For example, if I am selling my car and I know it has 190K on the clock, some will write it as 190,xxx which means that they do not know the exact mileage as of the posting time but gives a general idea that it has 190+K miles on it.
Face it, some of drive the same miles over and over again, thus my car has just over 57 original miles, but due to the number of times I've driven those miles....
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Originally Posted by crzydmnd72
Originally Posted by MOS95B
Originally Posted by BLACK94SSEi
It all depends on how its written. For example, if I am selling my car and I know it has 190K on the clock, some will write it as 190,xxx which means that they do not know the exact mileage as of the posting time but gives a general idea that it has 190+K miles on it.
Face it, some of drive the same miles over and over again, thus my car has just over 57 original miles, but due to the number of times I've driven those miles....
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I believe it'* a throwback from the days when odometers only had 6 digits...when you hit 99,999.9 miles, that was the last of your "original" miles and the ODMeter rolled back to 00000.0. Consequently, when you had a 5 year old car with 5,000 miles on it you'd say they were original miles to inform potential buyers that the car didn't have 105,000 miles. That way they would know you're a liar.