aieromon: How do you detect a high mileage car whose odometer has been rolled back?

aieromon: How do you detect a high mileage car whose odometer has been rolled back?

Lexusgs430:
(1) vin check
(2) state of pedal wear
(3) state of steering wear + drivers seat wear

Fhemmmy:

Not totally true at all, SIr . . . In most cases, yeah.
Try and let a "Chinese" hit your ride and you will see how they will beg and apologize for them to fix the ride and dont get the police involved.

aieromon: How do you detect a high mileage car whose odometer has been rolled back?

Fhemmmy:
Not totally true at all, SIr . . . In most cases, yeah.
Try and let a "Chinese" hit your ride and you will see how they will beg and apologize for them to fix the ride and dont get the police involved.

ZIM DRILL:

you are missing the point why would let him/her go if it is a serious damage to your car ?

we are not talking of bumper scratching we talking of something that will make your car being twisted and heated to be straight etc

BizBooks:

Usually, when you are involved in an accident in the US, it is not even you that calls the
Police. Other drivers passing in the area will be the first to do that and the Police will
be there before you know it. And once the Police comes, they must prepare an Accident Report
whether the drivers have insurance or not. Such reports eventually find their way into a VIN
report.

Fhemmmy:

I dont agree with that one, cos many people wrap the steering with accessories as well as there are chair covers that could make it look mint once removed, also the pedal could be worked on. . . VIN Check is always your best source

Lexusgs430:

You will be surprised @ how many sellers would claim lower miles on bashed up worn pedal covering, worn seat bolsters and worn steering wheels.

Admittedly vin check is important, but would only be your guide in a society where vin checking facility is available. Once the vehicle is out of vin check jurisdiction, other stated factors come to play !!!!

cretin: as an auto vin report provider on nairaland..i quite agree with the 90% statistic given by bizbooks...i hv run thousands od vin reports..and more than 90% of them are salvage/junk/accidented..........looking at it from the economics point of view..u don really blame the car dealers...nigerians want to buy cars at the cheapest price price possible..i remeber a client telling me he has 2.3 million naira..and he wants a 2010 toyota camry!!..factoring in the exchange rate , freight n clearing cost..its impossible for any car dealer to bring in a clean car at such price...the only option is a junk/accidented car.

back to topic..an accidented car isnt so bad if the type of accident is stated/known....some accidents are quite cosmectic..but any car that has FRAME DAMAGE listed in the vin report is a big no no...this means that the chassis has been damaged..the car would hv stability n vibrational issues..

high mileage cars on the other hand is still dicey...cos a car with 150k miles that is well maintained with regular oil changes/maintainace is better than a similar car with 40k miles that wasnt well maintained...heard of a case where a lady didnt change her oil for more than 10k miles...n the oil dried up and the oil warning light came up...that was when she took the car to a service center!!..by then the engine was halfway gone.....the dealer adviced her to trade in the car and pick a new car..that the car will give her problems in the future........so any unlucky person who buys that car will surely be in soup...cos even though the mileage is low..the engine is gone........

toyota gearbox has a service life of about 300k from factory
honda has about 230k miles
nissan about 150k miles.

other componenets in the car hv service life like timing belt..oil pump...water pump etc

so buying any of these car models where the mileage is close to the above listed figures...then the possibilty of ur changing the gearbox is very high

thomasjohn: pls how bad is a car with frame damage?
can it be fixed?

cretin:

it could probablly be straightened out with the right macines..............but definitely not in nigeria!