How easy is it to turn back mileage?
#1
How easy is it to turn back mileage?
Im in the market for a newer IS and have my eye on a 2011 with only 40k. Seems really low milage for a car that old but anything is possible i guess. I only drive my current IS on the weekends and putting on 10k a year. I guess besides Lexus running the vin for service history and a car fax there's not much else I can do?
#2
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Run the vin on car fax. The person who bought it probably didn't drive it much. Milage on a car per year is variable. My mom's 2007 Accord only has 64k miles on it and my girlfriend has the same car (year and make) and her milage is almost 60k. Just to show you the year make does not dictate the milage.
#3
My 07 has 45k. Its not all abnormal for some cars to have low miles. Its harder and harder for people to roll back mileage now a days.
#5
Lexus Champion
not true, in most vehicles the cluster can be swapped out with one that has lower mileage. Some will report VIN mismatch issues on the canbus, but those would not normally be seen without a dealer tech tool, a regular ODBII tool would not pick it up.
#7
A few years ago I had a Honda Del Sol and worked just about 7 miles round trip from home. Drove the car for 4 years to that job and was putting less than 2k miles per year. It's totally possible.
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Im in the market for a newer IS and have my eye on a 2011 with only 40k. Seems really low milage for a car that old but anything is possible i guess. I only drive my current IS on the weekends and putting on 10k a year. I guess besides Lexus running the vin for service history and a car fax there's not much else I can do?
I drive 7 miles each way to work, about 5000k a year.
#11
Super Moderator
NJ has tough odometer tampering laws. If convicted in court, the defendant must pay triple the actual damages as well as the plaintiff's attorney fees.
#12
Turning back the mileage is a worthless idea. It is criminal.