Buyer Beware - Sydney Used EP3 Type R

[infurNOS]

Surely when someone inspects they will see the real km on the car?!

[DakDak]

OP, you just earn yourself some rep.

[dougie_504]

I assume they wound it back or replaced it. Clearly anybody will go 'yay only 42,000 KMs!' Then say 'wtf' when they see it has 150,000 on inspection.

[charliebrown]

Have they wound back the clock on the cars odo aswell?

Yep, then the auction papers magically go missing. Every EP3 i've seen is suspiciously 6xxxx (around 20k asking price) or 8xxxx (18k asking price). However the interior is worse than that of my dads neglected 300000km corolla. Unless japanese dudes have sandpaper for pants

[itachi-kun]

You can bet pretty much all dealer imported cars are wound back, sadly its just all too common.

And LOL @ edward lee's

[bennjamin]

You can bet pretty much all dealer imported cars are wound back, sadly its just all too common.

And LOL @ edward lee's

How exactly does one "wind back " a digital speedo ?

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[curtis265]

How exactly does one "wind back " a digital speedo ?

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wind forward until you reach a desiered km reading

[itachi-kun]

How exactly does one "wind back " a digital speedo ?

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Jack the car up and drive in reverse gear obviously

[dodgyimports]

Most cars these days effectively run a very small/limited capability computer to drive functions like digital speedo, audio systems, navigation etc... changing the number is a matter of hacking the computer. there are also legitimate reasons why odometer numbers need to be changed (if part of the odometer function breaks and need to be replaced the new odometer will need to be changed to reflect the original reading) and qualified mechanics/specialists would have access to the relevant codes to make these changes.

[PHO]

How exactly does one "wind back " a digital speedo ?

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Lots of people have cracked the digital speedo and reprogrammed it.

Or you can just swap the clusters I think.

[Stevil]

Fair Trading or the MTAA/RTA should be contacted and given details, koch spanks like Edward Lee's ought to be put out of business

[DuffyFD]

I'd be like, give me it for free or i'll dob on youuuuuu