Hopefully this doesn`t qualify as a dumb question...
Is there any way to tell if an odometer has been run past its mechanical
limit? That is, since the odometer in the C3 has a max of 99,999.9 is there
a way to know if the car you`re buying has 43,000 miles vs. 143,000 miles?
I`ve just always wondered if there is some mechanical way to know if the
odometer had been run through the numbers. Of course, I`ve also wondered
why odometers with this limit were ever used in the first place.
Ryan
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From: "Dad" <knockers(at)fish.net>
Subject: Re: Odometer question
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:57:29 -0400
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"RWDoyle" <generic(at)rwdoyle.removetomail.net> wrote in message
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> Hopefully this doesn`t qualify as a dumb question...
>
> Is there any way to tell if an odometer has been run past its mechanical
> limit? That is, since the odometer in the C3 has a max of 99,999.9 is
there
> a way to know if the car you`re buying has 43,000 miles vs. 143,000 miles?
>
> I`ve just always wondered if there is some mechanical way to know if the
> odometer had been run through the numbers. Of course, I`ve also wondered
> why odometers with this limit were ever used in the first place.
>
> Ryan
>
There was a time when 100,000 miles didn`t happen very often and if it did
the car was long since any good or rusted away. There is no way to "tell" if
an odometer has been rolled over if it was done on purpose. Also very few,
if any, were setup to make a visible difference when it rolled over from use
until the late `80s I think. It didn`t take much to dismantle the entire
speedometer head and reset the dials. Don`t ask, don`t tell.
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Dad
04 C5 CE Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
Last "Cars" Post on Wordpress:
Title: Porsche Carrera GT tuned by Konigseder Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +0000 Author: Safirutza
This Porsche Carrera GT has a new body kit released by Konigseder featuring alloy wheels, a new front and rear bumper and side skirts to give the car a more aggressive look, extra air vents, a larger air diffuser and a large fixed rear wing.
It has the factory 5.7 litre V10 engine that produces 612 hp and 590 Nm of torque.
More on: http://safirutza.com/2009/09/25/porsche-carrera-gt-tuned-by-konigseder/
Well where did we get to then… Last time we updated this project we were wheeling the Audi out of Chris at Kustom Kolors booth after achieving the matt finish we were looking for! This was the Friday before the Players show where the car was to be debuted. Then it all kind of went wrong for a while!
I had this crazy idea that 20’s would work on the car after selling a set of 19″s the same style that week.. How wrong could i of been. Whilst an awesome wheel we just couldn’t get the car down low enough on these wheels once the tyres were mounted ( A story in itself but lets save that one!)
The wheels (20″ Rs4’s with Yoko S-drive’s.)
When test fitted before the tyres we were feeling very smug with ourselves and though we had it nailed oh well you cant win them all, It did look nice though at this stage.
But it wasn’t to be so with a few hours before leaving for the Players show in Essex it was stressful times (For which i apoligise for my grumpyness to everyone). Chris had an Idea…. What about them wheels of Ollies S4… Humm they couldn’t work could they…? At this stage i was stressed and couldn’t even be botherd anymore but after a call to Ollie we pulled one off to give it a try and damm i think we could be out of the shit! Game on for tomorrow we will go to the ball! (I Have to say a HUGE thankyou to Ollie for helping us out!). Getting to the show was stress free with a carfull we arrived at the show to be greated with this!
More on: http://gwerks.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/project-fatality-continued/
