What do you guys think? how hard is it to wind back the odometer in an FTO?
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Wind back on odometer?
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Re: Wind back on odometer?
not too sure about winding back the Odo, but that does look damn clean...
Could quite possibly be genuine. There are a few here still with <100,000Kms.
Could quite possibly be genuine. There are a few here still with <100,000Kms.
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Re: Wind back on odometer?
depends when it was imported how many owners its had etc. could be genuine? the odo's are electric can you even wind them back?
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Re: Wind back on odometer?
Yes, they can be wound back.
It's possible those k's are genuine, however a thorough engine check is the only way to ensure.
It's a clean enough example.
It's possible those k's are genuine, however a thorough engine check is the only way to ensure.
It's a clean enough example.
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Re: Wind back on odometer?
I read that almost all imports are wound back...
It's probably a well kept example and they take into account what is "believable" when they wound back the km.
To give you an example, I have a 1994 car (bought new by my dad) with 103,000km on it. If I fix up the suspension a bit to give it that tight new car feeling I can wind it back to 30,000km and for sure no one can argue that the kilometers aren't genuine considering the overall condition of the car. So, it's more how car is taken care of rather than how many km it has
It's probably a well kept example and they take into account what is "believable" when they wound back the km.
To give you an example, I have a 1994 car (bought new by my dad) with 103,000km on it. If I fix up the suspension a bit to give it that tight new car feeling I can wind it back to 30,000km and for sure no one can argue that the kilometers aren't genuine considering the overall condition of the car. So, it's more how car is taken care of rather than how many km it has
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Re: Wind back on odometer?
Hi guys, am new to this forum. As of yesterday, I am a proud owner of a 1996 FTO GPX...
I WAS looking at this one to purchase - and decided against it because I had a bad feeling about the K's and thought it could have possibly been wound back so looked elsewhere. Seemed too good to be true.
I WAS looking at this one to purchase - and decided against it because I had a bad feeling about the K's and thought it could have possibly been wound back so looked elsewhere. Seemed too good to be true.