its pretty naive to think that a 8-10 year old car consistently has under 80000km on it.
a low-mileage example would be around the 80-100000km mark
most 2005 mps3, sportivos etc have around the 100k mark give or take and both these cars are quite similar in market niche and therefore common usage patterns as the ep3.
if it was genuinely low kms, then chances are the original owner used it as a track car.
its pretty naive to think that a 8-10 year old car consistently has under 80000km on it.
a low-mileage example would be around the 80-100000km mark
most 2005 mps3, sportivos etc have around the 100k mark give or take and both these cars are quite similar in market niche and therefore common usage patterns as the ep3.
if it was genuinely low kms, then chances are the original owner used it as a track car.
Most of it comes from the fact people believe Japanese people don't travel in cars as much on average as Australians. This is true but not by 30% margin =|
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Most imports that do come into the country legit, not tampered odometer, chopped or rebirthed, are most likely gonna b low kms anyways, well when compared to ADM cars that is, japan isnt a large country, they do half the amount of kms the average australian car does, so considering this, its fair to say that u do sort of expect a low km car anyways if it was a legit car without tampering....
I do remember reading awhile back in magazines its a common sight for sellers to wind back odometers before sending it to the auction houses, as we all know lower kms means more likely buyers, im not sure if there is any real hard evidence into this, but i suspect this does ring some bells especially when you see a 20 year old car with 80,000kms in the auction house LOL, unless the auction have log books to back up the kms
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