What do you think of rolling back the mileage?

I remember a 348 for sale on ebay maybe a year or year and half ago where the seller had such a problem and stated in the description of the car the odometer had been rolled back by the last owner, I can't remember how he found out, but sued the guy and won and was selling at a discount because of the high miles and he was awarded a nice judgment, so rolling back the odometer just for the sake of resale is fraud.

 

I would have thought that didn't need saying.

 

It can't. Anything can be abused and is. The fact remains it is a needed and required service, no different than picking locks. Odometers have been getting changed for the right and the wrong reasons since they were invented.

Why is everyones panties in a bunch now?

 

So, like I said: There are potential legitimate reasons for this, and obvious illegal possibilities. I don't think the guy offering the service is necessarily breaking the law, but clearly some of his clients might be attempting to.

I sent the advertiser a note through eBay Messages, suggesting that he join this discussion. He sent me back a message saying that he would. I'm eager to read what he has to say. . .

 

I'm in favor of rolling back the miles, but only if done the correct way: By putting the car in reverse. If you want to knock off 5 miles, then that's 5 miles in reverse.

At least it worked that way on Ferris Bueller's day off.

 

Actually, it did not work in Ferris Bueller's day off. Ferris wanted to crack open the speedo and roll it back by hand. That is when his buddy kicked the car off the jack and out of the back of the garage to it's demise.

 

i understand that it is pretty easy to unhook the odometer on the earlier cars, but i would NEVER even stoop to that level. Everytime I see a 348/355 with less than 10,000 miles on it, the first thing i think of is odometer scam