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Adjust mileage

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  • 08-10-2008 12:27pm
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    NordicDiver
    Registered Users Posts: 456 ✭✭


    Need to adjust mileage on a 08 passat, does anyone know if there is a place that does that in Galway or Dublin ?

    Think its not illegal to adjust unless u sell it on.


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    why do you need to adjust the mileage?


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    jamesO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭jamesO


    Sounds like a dodgie one, any way most diagnostics such as vagcom can detect the real milage even if it has been changed as it is stored in the ecu.

    jO.


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,245 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Is this thread a joke or a troll?

    (In before it gets locked down)


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    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,667 ✭✭✭maidhc


    NordicDiver wrote: »
    Need to adjust mileage on a 08 passat, does anyone know if there is a place that does that in Galway or Dublin ?

    You will find driving the car in either of these places has the desired effect on the odometer.


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    NordicDiver
    Registered Users Posts: 456 ✭✭NordicDiver


    maidhc wrote: »
    You will find driving the car in either of these places has the desired effect on the odometer.

    i know but it will take some time..not a troll post by the way. Sure there must be places that do this kinda service ?


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    kluivert
    Registered Users Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭kluivert


    If you are adjusting your mileage up wards for VRT purposes remember that the Revenue have a mileage allowance for petrol and diesel cars.

    No point in adjusting your car to 100k miles, Revenue will not accept that.

    Unless your car is NI or UK reg with less than 6k miles and you wish to avoid paying the Vat, clever!


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    Thoie
    Registered Users Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Actually, on a slightly related topic, after a bad service at one point, my odometer stopped working. It's now working again, but in the interim I probably did about 500-1000 miles. It's not a major deal as the car is old and I'm unlikely to be selling it on to anyone, but it's irritating me from a service point perspective. Is it possible for a main dealers to adjust the mileage? Would they have some way of checking the actual mileage rather than just my estimate (I'd probably plump for 700 as a midway point)?

    Would it just be expensive hassle?


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    NordicDiver wrote: »
    i know but it will take some time..not a troll post by the way. Sure there must be places that do this kinda service ?

    BIK puposes I'd say??

    I was screwed with BIK last year, was going to put the car on bricks and stick the cruise control :)


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    Ferris
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭Ferris


    Onkle wrote: »
    BIK puposes I'd say??

    I was screwed with BIK last year, was going to put the car on bricks and stick the cruise control :)

    I heard a tale of someone doing that but the motor for the fan packed it in and they cooked the engine:eek:.


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    NordicDiver
    Registered Users Posts: 456 ✭✭NordicDiver


    Onkle wrote: »
    put the car on bricks and stick the cruise control :)
    Not a bad idea.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,450 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Please state why you want to adjust the mileage, NordicDiver.

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    smoke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭smoke


    NordicDiver wrote: »
    Not a bad idea.


    For some funny reason the name Ferrest Bueller has just entered my mind...


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    egan007
    Registered Users Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭egan007


    Maybe the OP had the unit replaced and needs it adjusted?

    There are legit reasons for getting an odometer adjusted....


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    charlesD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭charlesD


    smoke wrote: »
    For some funny reason the name Ferrest Bueller has just entered my mind...

    Lol, yeah that didn't end up working out too well did it...

    I am curious as to the reason for wanting to do this. I welcome being disproved, but can not think of a positive/legal reason for wanting to advance or retard your mileage.

    Where I live, doing so is not by itself illegal, but you must fill out a mileage disclosure form stating that the mileage listed is not the actual mileage any time the title changes hand. This results in reduced car value or legal ramifications if you fail to report the mileage.


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    siralfalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭siralfalot


    kluivert wrote: »
    Unless your car is NI or UK reg with less than 6k miles and you wish to avoid paying the Vat, clever!


    not a bad idea at all!! :D


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    S.I.R
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭S.I.R


    NordicDiver wrote: »
    Need to adjust mileage on a 08 passat, does anyone know if there is a place that does that in Galway or Dublin ?

    Think its not illegal to adjust unless u sell it on.

    i can do it with a laptop but tbh... if you sell it without declaring or settingti back to the correct milage to the best ofyour knollege.. i do 4 years in prison.... and Yes i will find you when i get out...



    i dont do this anymore for anyone.... only myown cars... which are normally only 100 miles on them from rebuilds or such.


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    this thread goes to prison before anyone else does because of it


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