It has an electronic odometer, I think. An LCD display. Can that type be
"rolled back"?

Oh, yeah, I am suspicious. I'll be asking some questions when I get around
to bringing it in, as the dealer told me to do, for the reversing and the
then necessary balancing.


"ravelation" <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote in message
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| LanningREMOOVE@THIScox.net (Lanning) wrote:
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| >Thanks, George, that's really good to
| >hear your advice about doing a CarFax
| >check and favoring toe-in. I'll certainly
| >do the web check, and probably I'll
| >never rest until I get a good shop to do
| >an alignment.
|
| In reading your story, it's made me feel suspicious about that car, too.
| I'm sure it's not out of the realm of possibility that the odometer has
| been turned back by the dealer and the car you're driving was a dealer
| car for the year before you bought it. You may be drifting because of an
| accident and the frame is bent. If that was truly a new car with only 30
| miles, why were the tires mounted as if they had been taken off and
| remounted from the factory delivery, unless they were aftermarket
| tires....then it could make sense.
|
| I'd be an unhappy camper if I were you. A new car shouldn't experience
| considerable drift, imo. The dealer should be making good on alignment.
| And if aligning the car doesn't correct the problem, I'd request a frame
| examination, or more work to resolve the problem. I hate drifting cars.
| You're constantly working to drive them.
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