21 replies to this topic

[tiger99]

It is a perfectly legal procedure when used for a legitimate purpose, such as replacing the speedo. The dodgy backstreet cowboys have known about it almost for ever, so surely it hardly matters that it is mentioned here?

[Miniman1987]

i found out a way (my dad told me ) if you take the speedo apart so you can see the mechanism you can move the didgets to the left then put it to 000000 and slide them to the right, and hey presto zero miles, worked perfect on mine.

Yes... of course... but for legal reasons, please do not post the method here.

What are the legal problems with doing this? Surely if it's to keep the mileage of the car accurate, it can't be all that wrong

[dklawson]

The problem is just what Tiger said. The legal issue is not with someone who resets a new speedo to match the old one they are replacing. The issue is people rolling back the miles on their car's odometer prior to putting the car up for sale.

[Frank the Tank]

If you have several weeks to hold an electric drill you can advance the odometer that way. However, it simply is not practical. I typically put the math in my replies to these threads but not today. Suffice it to say that it can literally take weeks to advance an odometer over 100,000 and back up to some lower value using an electric drill.

Challenge accepted.

[Carlos W]

If you have several weeks to hold an electric drill you can advance the odometer that way. However, it simply is not practical. I typically put the math in my replies to these threads but not today. Suffice it to say that it can literally take weeks to advance an odometer over 100,000 and back up to some lower value using an electric drill.

Challenge accepted.

Over 41 days in fact, 24 hours a day at 100 mph!

[Frank the Tank]

Over 41 days in fact, 24 hours a day at 100 mph!

Damn it, I only get 38 days leave.

[brad-the-bear]

ok then i just posted that method for legit reasons, the reason i used it was because i bought a second-hand centre biinicle with 90k on the clock! my old speedo read 26k so i put it back to what it should have been.