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hi guys just a quick question

was looking around a few car dealers nearby my house today(wont name names :O ) and noticed a few strange things. There was a number of skylines and soarers in the back part of the yard that were not yet available for sale. Quite a few of them were missing their instrument clusters. I have observed this before at the same dealership(s) before.

I saw this about six months ago when i was looking at quite a nice wine red r33 that was one of the dealers it was not yet ready for sale. It had part of its dash removed but the instruments were still there the k's were about 115k for a 95 series 1.5. It was quite distinctiive because it had painted door inserts. I saw the same car again about two weeks later in the lot for sale for about 23 grand but what really freaked me out was that the odometer said it had only done 75k k's. I am certain that this was the same car as the painted door in serts gave it away.

Am i being paranoid or is this dealer really dodgy and swapping gauges or just winding back the k's

Is there any way to prove how many k's the car has done?

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doesnt the sevs process make it harder for the dealers to wind back the k's? or do they not log the amount of kilometres on the odometer until the car is registered?

im not too sure what the process is but i thought sevs was meant to make it hard for dodgy dealers to bring in crappy cars

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thanks blitz

i have mentioned it to a mate of mine who is a police officer and he has suggested the same thing.

will give the motor traders association a ring and let them know what i saw and they can take it further.

I dont like not getting what i paid for but i suppose thats why it pays to be observant

i think that the guys who run these car dealerships must think that people have rocks in their heads. a car that only has 74k k's on the clock that has a shift lever and steering wheel that look they have come out of a taxi that has done 500k k's

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