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Huntsman
Original Poster
3,590 posts
119 months
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I went to see a car, nice motor, 1995 Mercedes SL320, its got a digital odometer.
Is it possible to 'clock' these to show less miles? Or can the digital odometer be trusted?
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Ry_B
2,256 posts
70 months
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Any and every car can be clocked mate. Does it have full service history/ old MOT's to verify mileage?
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Huntsman
Original Poster
3,590 posts
119 months
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Ry_B said: Any and every car can be clocked mate. Does it have full service history/ old MOT's to verify mileage? Its got some history, invoices and some MOT's, but no service book (although I know of one unscrupulous chap that makes up service history with a fake rubber stamp). I just wonder if digial odometers are easily clocked. Is it a laptop-plug-in-OBD easily changeable thing?
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miniman
16,006 posts
131 months
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Huntsman said: Is it a laptop-plug-in-OBD easily changeable thing? Yes
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trickywoo
3,408 posts
99 months
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Huntsman said: Is it a laptop-plug-in-OBD easily changeable thing? Yup. Easier than a mechanical one.
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Huntsman
Original Poster
3,590 posts
119 months
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trickywoo said: Huntsman said: Is it a laptop-plug-in-OBD easily changeable thing? Yup. Easier than a mechanical one. Ah, thanks, that's what I wanted to know. Blimey, thats crap!
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TEKNOPUG
7,463 posts
74 months
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Yep - there are people who advertise their services to "correct" digital speedos and odometers. Few hundred quid in cash and they'll turn up with a laptop and "correct" your odometer to whatever you like....
At least with the analogue clocks it's usually possible to spot clocking (numbers don't line up true etc).
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Orb the Impaler
1,881 posts
59 months
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TEKNOPUG said: Yep - there are people who advertise their services to "correct" digital speedos and odometers. Few hundred quid in cash and they'll turn up with a laptop and "correct" your odometer to whatever you like... Yup. I know just such a chap. Met him through a local s/h car dealer.
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paoloh
8,548 posts
73 months
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TEKNOPUG said: Yep - there are people who advertise their services to "correct" digital speedos and odometers. Few hundred quid in cash and they'll turn up with a laptop and "correct" your odometer to whatever you like....
At least with the analogue clocks it's usually possible to spot clocking (numbers don't line up true etc). 75 of your english pounds
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LeeThePeople
1,302 posts
52 months
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You can reverse your car to turn the miles back, saw it on ferris bueller so its true.
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HRG
53,460 posts
108 months
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It's the bits that make human contact you should pay attention to. Gear knob, steering wheel, bolsters, these all give the game away 
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jas xjr
7,403 posts
108 months
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TEKNOPUG said: Yep - there are people who advertise their services to "correct" digital speedos and odometers. Few hundred quid in cash and they'll turn up with a laptop and "correct" your odometer to whatever you like....
At least with the analogue clocks it's usually possible to spot clocking (numbers don't line up true etc). sorry mate but people can clock analogue clocks.do not know how but i think they strip them down and put them back together rather than force them.hence the numbers can and do line up
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miniman
16,006 posts
131 months
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jas xjr said: TEKNOPUG said: Yep - there are people who advertise their services to "correct" digital speedos and odometers. Few hundred quid in cash and they'll turn up with a laptop and "correct" your odometer to whatever you like....
At least with the analogue clocks it's usually possible to spot clocking (numbers don't line up true etc). sorry mate but people can clock analogue clocks.do not know how but i think they strip them down and put them back together rather than force them.hence the numbers can and do line up Indeed but its a lot more effort than plugging in a laptop and typing in the mileage you want...
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Huntsman
Original Poster
3,590 posts
119 months
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HRG said: It's the bits that make human contact you should pay attention to. Gear knob, steering wheel, bolsters, these all give the game away Yes quite, it was a couple of those things that got me wondering.... Thanks all.
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BIG BAVARIAN
437 posts
79 months
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Use this website to verify mileage,you will need the reg number/v5 cert no and or the mot cert. number though, hope this helps http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/internet/jsp/ECHID-Inter...chap on another forum, found out his audi had been clocked with this helpful website.It only goes back to computerisation in 2006 i think.
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MrV
2,679 posts
97 months
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Huntsman said: HRG said: It's the bits that make human contact you should pay attention to. Gear knob, steering wheel, bolsters, these all give the game away Yes quite, it was a couple of those things that got me wondering.... Thanks all. Bearing in mind it is a 14 yr old car what mileage is it showing at the moment ?
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bimmer_87
159 posts
56 months
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I dont know if this is true but here goes:
Apparently when you go to a BMW dealership, they use data from your key, they plug it into a key reader, gives your chassis no. mileage, service info etc.
Even if you 'clock' the dash odometer, the true mileage is still logged in the ECU and Key! so if you ever want to check if it all stacks up on your bmw, just take your key to a dealership!
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stockver
302 posts
62 months
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LeeThePeople said: You can reverse your car to turn the miles back, saw it on ferris bueller so its true. Evidentally you only saw up until the point when they actually attempted this. 
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valve bounce66
2,124 posts
83 months
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on some cars the mileage is also stored in the CEM also,had a car in that was 2 years old for a warranty issue,speedo showed 11k ish looking at the car it had all different tyres on all 4 corners the brake discs and pads were shot,bonnet stone chipped,looked in the CEM module showed 90k ish ! and fault code stored said mileage manipulated ! mentioned to customer (lease company) they picked the car up straight away ! never to be seen again.
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va1o
11,547 posts
76 months
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Quite worrying that this sort of thing still goes on, its a big problem for the car industry,
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