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I8AFRE wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
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In old cars jack the car up, put it in reverse, put a brick on the accelerator and come back in an hour and your car has only done 10,000km :lol:
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Supplanter wrote:In old cars jack the car up, put it in reverse, put a brick on the accelerator and come back in an hour and your car has only done 10,000km :lol:
lol... i dont think it matters... when you take your car for service the mechanic should know when/if the engine needs a rebuild !! they spend their whole lives doing this... and the fact is... winding back your odometer could in fact increase the amount you can sell a car for... and in the end ... money in pocket is all that matters !!!
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you cant wind back Ks after the car has arrived in australia...

because in NSW everytime u go do a pink slip they write your kms done...

obviously your km cant be lower... than the previous year :lol:

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jonowong wrote:you cant wind back Ks after the car has arrived in australia...

because in NSW everytime u go do a pink slip they write your kms done...

obviously your km cant be lower... than the previous year :lol:

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hehe, but you can still wind it back.. if you've done 50,000k's in a year, you could wipe off 48,000k's & noone would be the wiser if it doesn't appear on any records..
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manofwood wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
Ferris Bueller style 8)
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mr-charisma wrote:
manofwood wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
Ferris Bueller style 8)
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My FTO is a 94 GPX manual with 77,000 on the clock.

it had about 56,000 when i bought it almost 2 years ago.

i'm pretty sure that changing the clock on digital readouts is not that simple of a job, so i'm pretty confident that it would be a correct. ;)
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maggsy wrote:i'm pretty sure that changing the clock on digital readouts is not that simple of a job, so i'm pretty confident that it would be a correct. ;)
It is when you know a bloke called Hamid & he takes a box full of clusters away & comes back with them all 100k less.... then asks for $500 cash.
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Bennoz wrote:
maggsy wrote:i'm pretty sure that changing the clock on digital readouts is not that simple of a job, so i'm pretty confident that it would be a correct. ;)
It is when you know a bloke called Hamid & he takes a box full of clusters away & comes back with them all 100k less.... then asks for $500 cash.
my friend in ahmed in lakemba actually does that
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8O WTF that sucks :thumbdown:
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I8AFRE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
manofwood wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
Ferris Bueller style 8)
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hehe, Ferris Bueller is a timeless classic 8) .. If I ever have kids I will make them watch it. :P
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mr-charisma wrote:
I8AFRE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
manofwood wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
Ferris Bueller style 8)
Geez showing your age a bit there charisma ha ha jk
hehe, Ferris Bueller is a timeless classic 8) .. If I ever have kids I will make them watch it. :P
so you can get your car stolen by your kids :lol:
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jonowong wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
I8AFRE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
manofwood wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
Ferris Bueller style 8)
Geez showing your age a bit there charisma ha ha jk
hehe, Ferris Bueller is a timeless classic 8) .. If I ever have kids I will make them watch it. :P
so you can get your car stolen by your kids :lol:
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sublime19 wrote:
jonowong wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
I8AFRE wrote:
mr-charisma wrote:
manofwood wrote:Yeah on the old style dials (starion's i think), where you could jack up the car start it, put it in reverse and put a brick on the accelartor. the computers inn cars from 90's onwards were built a lot more complicated than that.
Ferris Bueller style 8)
Geez showing your age a bit there charisma ha ha jk
hehe, Ferris Bueller is a timeless classic 8) .. If I ever have kids I will make them watch it. :P
so you can get your car stolen by your kids :lol:
STFU jono gtfo you noob k*nt!! =P
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Hi. I am the proud new owner of a 95 manual fto gpx. Car was imported in July this year with 48,000kms. Interior is immaculate plus the car was inspected by both racq and another mechanic. Love my car to death!! :D
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Bennoz wrote:
maggsy wrote:i'm pretty sure that changing the clock on digital readouts is not that simple of a job, so i'm pretty confident that it would be a correct. ;)
It is when you know a bloke called Hamid & he takes a box full of clusters away & comes back with them all 100k less.... then asks for $500 cash.
lmfao i know him he is my cousin :p i was reading in the for sale section tehre was a cluster for sale and Bennoz you said the odo reading was stored in the cluster if this is the case, when the car is about to be sold in japan even here cant they just swap clusters for the one thats done less km?

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Time to call hamid ytell him your on to him :lol:
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^ Yup. Swap the speedo over and you've suddenly diven -100,000km :? At least once they're over then things are made a little bit more difficult for them.

Dodgy buggers been playing with them since cars had them installed, and imagine they still will be in the far future when we're crusing around in hover cars.
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