Odometer reading and actual car mileage

In order not to be deceived when buying a used car, it is absolutely necessary to assume in advance, that the car seller even, if he is not deliberately cheating, that may not be telling the whole truth.

This is not part of a conspiracy theory of the world, but confirmed by the experience of people in the industry, market observations used cars in our country.

The first step to determining the truth about the mileage of a car is to compare the odometer readings with the values typical for cars in a given segment and year..

Usually small cars so-called city cars cover approx 10 thousand kilometers, if, of course, they are not used as family use. Cars compact type make runs to 20 thousand kilometers, and for medium-sized turbodiesels, we can safely take from 30 do 40 thousand a year, after all, that's what a new turbo diesel is for, so that the investment in a more expensive engine pays off in the form of lower fuel consumption, and this is by no means due to the use of economical driving ecodriving. Leasing cars, companies are exposed to mileage from 40 thousand. kilometers up to a hundred.

It should be mentioned here, that more and more cars launched for sale some time ago have more seats than the meter itself, which give information about the mileage of the vehicle. Usually mileage data car can be stored in motor controllers, automatic gearbox, xenon headlamps or airbags. From these data, you can read the approximate mileage of the vehicle and compare it with the one declared by the seller. This procedure sometimes requires simple arithmetic, because the data can be saved, e.g.. during working hours. After such a calculation, it may turn out, for example, that AUDI A4 produced 8 years ago, he usually traveled at an average speed of 7 km / h.

For cars produced by the VW concern, practically all cars from Germany released on the market after one year 2000 have mileage data saved in the above-mentioned places and it is worth taking advantage of this. Of course, like any scam, also here it can take place and the data from the drivers can also be incorrect, nevertheless, such an operation already requires a lot of work and a specialized hacker crew, which not every car dealer can afford.

Service history, or as most of this term is understood by the service book, it can also provide a lot of valuable information on the mileage of a vehicle. It is also worth mentioning here, that most of the major automotive concerns have entries not only in the form of a book, but also records in the electronic database of customers and cars. Comparing these two sources gives a great guarantee on the reliability of the information.