Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:45:04 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Odo/Trip Counter
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That kind of law is symptomatic of our lawmakers penalizing the very
people they are supposed to be working for. The shop guy could lose his
license...he says..The car owner can't get his speedo fixed like he/she'd
really like it to be fixed...There are all kinds of extra ramifications
about 'vehicle mileage' written into these laws governing disclosure,
certification, etc etc...Great, but it doesn't stop anyone dishonest from
setting their mileage wherever they want if they are trying to make a buck
cheating on a car sale...
It only stops honest people.
Joy, when she get ready (or her heirs, hopefully many years from now) to
sell her van, will have to 'explain' to perspective buyers why her van has
a "questionable' odometer reading and then produce some piece of paper and
convince the Tire Kickers that that paperwork is valid and real,....on and
on...Just a bunch of fluff...Good intentions by the various DOTs..but the
only people being held back are honest vehicle owners and shops..The crooks
just find a way around that rule/law..
Don
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> I've had my odometer conk out twice. First time a friend helped me replace
> it, we set it to roughly what the mileage should have been. (I'd driven
> from Louisiana to North Carolina with it broken, so I didn't know for
> sure.) Second time it was replaced at a repair shop. They did not reset
> it
> to the actual mileage, said that is illegal. They did give me an official
> statement that documented what the mileage was before they replaced it. If
> I should ever do something as dreadful as selling Matilda (only marginally
> better than selling my firstborn, of course), I'd pull out that document,
> if
> I can find it, to show the buyer what the mileage actually is. (No one
> would believe that she's only got 22,000 miles on her!)
>
> So if you want to be legal, you might have to put up with a new mileage
> reading. If they fix it, rather than replacing it, then presumably this
> isn't an issue. Try calling your mechanic and asking!
>
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Spend the money and send it off to Overseas Speedometer. They'll clean
> > it, fix it, and set the mileage to whatever value you want. Quite
> > reasonable too.
> >
> >
> > On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:42 PM, PB wrote:
> >
> > Mine just konked out within the past week, but the speedo still
> >> works. How
> >> complex of a job is fixing an odometer, and will the mileage be
> >> returned to
> >> zero if they fix it? (I hope not. I like to keep things as
> >> accurate as
> >> possible.) Is it a costly repair? Is the speedometer likely to
> >> konk out
> >> soon, too?
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> Patti
> >> 90 Westy Automatic
> >> 106,000 miles
> >>
> >
>
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