Help me with this problem. My brother is looking to buy this mustang for 8k or so. The car looks nice.
However, there seems to be a weird problem. The owner says that the speedo reads 250k miles. He says he was running the wrong speedo for 4 years ? He believes the mileage is closer to 130k. Is this possible.
Considering a normal car driven 10k a year. Four years ago, the car would have had roughly 90k. 250k-90k= 160k on the speedo with only 40k actually driven. Keep in mind these are rough gestimations. So an incorrect speedo can quadruple the mileage showing on the speedo? ?
We will be getting a carfax on the car to confirm the SPEEDO story, but can anyone give me their advice as to getting a FISHY car like this. I am in no way calling this guy a liar, as i dont know him from adam, but i lack the knowledge in speedo gears to be able to believe this story.
Thanks,
Chris
However, there seems to be a weird problem. The owner says that the speedo reads 250k miles. He says he was running the wrong speedo for 4 years ? He believes the mileage is closer to 130k. Is this possible.
Considering a normal car driven 10k a year. Four years ago, the car would have had roughly 90k. 250k-90k= 160k on the speedo with only 40k actually driven. Keep in mind these are rough gestimations. So an incorrect speedo can quadruple the mileage showing on the speedo? ?
We will be getting a carfax on the car to confirm the SPEEDO story, but can anyone give me their advice as to getting a FISHY car like this. I am in no way calling this guy a liar, as i dont know him from adam, but i lack the knowledge in speedo gears to be able to believe this story.
Thanks,
Chris