Odometer reading???'s
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One owner can mean something, and sometimes it doesn't. My uncle bought plenty of new cars, but he never took care of them. He would flip his ashes at the ashtray, not in it, and seldom hit the mark. The entire carpeted transmission hump on his cars looked like napalm scars. Dirt? Grease? It'll wear itself off in about 100 years...
Nope, one owner cars don't always mean it's pristine. But if the owner was an OCD on keeping the car neat and clean...whole 'nuther story. Hope you get good mileage out of it. Congrats on getting a good one.
Nope, one owner cars don't always mean it's pristine. But if the owner was an OCD on keeping the car neat and clean...whole 'nuther story. Hope you get good mileage out of it. Congrats on getting a good one.
No, first number zero means either actual miles follow, or it is 1XXXXX miles (or 2XXXXX, etc).
These cars record to 99,999.9, after that they rotate to all zeros and start over, meaning they are 100000+
OK,so here is how it works....
If all 6 dials have the same color layout (usually black with a lighter colored numeral), it's a million-mile odometer, and it would be 70, 000
If the first 5 dials are all the same, and the one on the right has a different (usually reversed) color layout, it's a 100000 mile odometer, and the odd colored one is tenths of a mile. Then it would be 7000 miles (or 107,000...207000, etc.
Million mile odometers in North American market cars typically began in the 1990s. All originally-equipped G bodies had 5-digit (+tenths) odometers
Of course, there are some vehicles that have other layouts, some with 7 dials, but they're not terribly common, IME
Anything old typically gets logged 'exempt' regardless of being actual miles or not,
although, there is technically an exceeds mechanical limits option.
Sometimes, rarely, someone in the tax office will care enough to try to mark an actual mile figure on an older vehicle title application but even then at the state level when they process it often it gets sent out stamped 'exempt' since older cars and trucks are age exempt from reporting.
This is true. It really depends on the state laws, and who the DMV "teller" is that you see at the office. Here in SC, they will mail your new title to you when you fill out the application. You can mail it in or stand in line at the DMV office to do this. Also, for a fee, they can print you out a title IMMEDIATELY if you wish right there at the DMV office if your paperwork passes muster (which I will always do now in perpetuity since they "lost" my Ford Focus title mailing it out and I had to wait in line again at DMV, then pay again to get a replacement title of something they didn't deliver in the first place). Years ago, they were total dlcks if you had ONE mistake or missing any info. "THIS IS WRONG! COME BACK WHEN YOU GET THIS FIXED!" Nowadays, it's not quite as bad, as they'll try to assist and explain what is needed at least.
And if you have the right teller, they will put the actual mileage on the vehicle title if you ask them nicely. It's not a big deal if it's over 100K to roll with an "exempt" stamp, but a bona fide low-mileage car, IMO, should be continued to be documented as such if it may matter to you. Documentation can make a difference when/if you go to sell. Also takes away the vagueness of an "exempt" stamp because some people view this automatically as a rollover, to which was already correctly pointed out as simply to mean "not applicable due to age". Helps avoid confusion, if possible.
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