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M35 Stagea Potential Odo Tampering

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Those three year "national" warranties are only good for making the buyer feel warm and fuzzy at time of purchase. Once you start getting into the fine-print and the silly requirements and clauses, things go downhill from there pretty quickly

e.g. servicing requirements - any car over 10 years of age needs to be serviced every 3 months/5,000km, with proof sent within 7 days. Fine for a daily driven turbo car, silly for anything else (yeah some people may disagree, but overservicing is a waste of money, imo)

then there is the consequential damage clause. which in my mind goes something like this: you oil pump fails, and you pop the motor. they will fix the pump and you cough up for the motor, since its failed as a "consequence" of the oil pump blowing up. thus, many things end up in this grey area and you end up having to fight with them as just about any issue can be lumped into this "consequential" category

plus, repairs are only partially covered, and you pay an excess for the claims too. nice little scam in other words... had i known earlier, i would have had the warranty removed and made the price lower on my 35

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Agreed the warranties are hardly even good for wiping your ass with. The 6 months dealer warranty will prove useful enough for me, the other warranty is a waste of time, but for the record it says service the car every 6 months or 10000kms which works out to be the amount of kilometres my missus does anyway.

I will read the fine print to see if it's even worthwhile following the servicing schedule though, I'm guessing it's going to be something stupid not unlike the "factory warranty" you get from a new car dealership.

I went out to the inspection guy they sent me to expecting some moron, but surprisingly the guy actually knew his shit and was quiet helpful. The car is very sound, I'm happy with it and the outcome. If I wasn't I would have returned the car and then probably had to pay more than I did for another one with the same kms, plus out of pockets, time lost, f**king around etc etc.

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My V35 had a odo change but the cabin filter sticker gave it away. Changed at 35XXX in 07/05 and sold to me in 09/11 with 32XXX on the odo.

I didnt notice until i changed the cabin filter a 18 months later. I felt so ripped off and scammed. Plus im putting a new motor in so i just got over it.

It starts, it runs, it had no accident damage and was looked after. To me now atleast anyway thats all that matters.

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