Car mileage reset

optimisticcharlie · Postby **optimisticcharlie** » January 7th, 2015, 9:29 pm

Guys, how would someone know if a foreign used dealer reset the mileage on a car, is it illegal? Ppl r so dishonest bai

supercharged turbo · Postby **supercharged turbo** » January 8th, 2015, 9:29 pm

Yes it is illegal

optimisticcharlie · Postby **optimisticcharlie** » January 8th, 2015, 9:57 pm

Yet how would you know when buying a car?

9YDMS · Postby **9YDMS** » January 8th, 2015, 10:19 pm

optimisticcharlie wrote:Yet how would you know when buying a car?

its hard to tell as most dealers have the mileage reset in japan/uk before shipping to trinidad

optimisticcharlie · Postby **optimisticcharlie** » January 8th, 2015, 10:23 pm

Smh i compared a few cars on trinicarsforsale and the same seller have vehicles 2008 and they r the same mileage, also when u compare new cars bought locally 2008 the mileage is nowhere close lowest was 68000 and when you look at RORO mileage is 32000 etc, u telling me tgose japanese dont drive

BrotherHood · Postby **BrotherHood** » January 12th, 2015, 10:05 am

This is the thing. Japan is a very big place.

Even if Japan has a very efficient and cost effective public transportation system which would make commuters use their private vehicles less, not all or not the majority of cars that come out of Japan would have been sold at the around the same mileage to a foreign market.
It is possible, provided they may have certain laws against the use of cars over X amount in mileage, but in my opinion, it is highly unlikely. I firmly believe all RORO cars have the mileage rolled back before they come to Trinidad.

Us Trinbagonians see the mileage, see the car looking all clean and nice and think we are buying a good car. However I must admit, they do look lucrative and some tend to 'stand up' well on the nations roads.
Local used for me any day.

optimisticcharlie · Postby **optimisticcharlie** » January 12th, 2015, 10:50 am

True, your best bet tho is the manufactured year, 2010 n up seems as a better buy.

black start · Postby **black start** » January 12th, 2015, 11:00 am

Trinidadians to naive :lol:

Lol@fu vehicle under 40k
Lol@unabused turbo vehicles
Lol@lady driven and mechanically sound

krack korn · Postby **krack korn** » January 28th, 2015, 11:15 am

Illegal where? not in trinidad.

everybody switching out instrument clusters, same thing.

its being done to local vehicles as well.

If it wasn't for FU we would still be getting cars with manual wind up windows from the "firm", and don't talk bout the price, never underestimate the power of competition. Best thing to ever happen to this country, think about parts and the cost and availabilty, think about what kind of cars ppl had to be driving before that.

A FU car with 200,000 km still in better condtion that one locally used on our first class roads for 100,000 km, engine is better to because higher quality fuel. lower ambient temps, less sun damage, etc.

Just use common sense when buying. Don't study mileage, buy condition.