my car is up for sale again, with half the mileage - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

djomlas · 09-15-2010, 10:45 AM

dont know how they wound the mileage back, but now its an S, and low miles.

freggin scammers. spread the word around if anyone knows anyone that is interested in this car.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/1953268685.html

ekam · 09-15-2010, 11:05 AM

Wow. Is this the person you sold the car to? It doesn't say it's an S anywhere.

Flavor 987S · 09-15-2010, 11:21 AM

DJ, just file a report with Carfax.

djomlas · 09-15-2010, 11:27 AM

well its on the decklid....and i have no clue who this is, as it keeps popping up on chicago CL with different sellers all the time with different miles.

i even saw it tagged as a 2003 not long ago

Brucelee · 09-15-2010, 11:33 AM

Boy, it is no longer "easy" to wind back on odometer. But, you can replace them, although you have to know what you are doing.

I wonder if CFax is going to catch this. It should.

djomlas · 09-15-2010, 11:42 AM

yeah i dont know how its been done....it looks exactly the same as when i had it, with green tinted film still intact. must have been unplugged from the car and hooked up to something...

Cloudsurfer · 09-15-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brucelee

Boy, it is no longer "easy" to wind back on odometer. But, you can replace them, although you have to know what you are doing.

I wonder if CFax is going to catch this. It should.

It's shocking at how easy it is to do on a 9X6 car (I don't know about 9X7). All you need to do is grab an appropriate cluster (basically either "old" style or "new" style) with lower miles, swap it into the car, and if it was coded correctly, you're done. If not, just get a friend with a PST to re-code it and that's it.

BMW stores the mileage in two places (the cluster and what's called the "Light Control Module") and those two values must match within 60 miles, otherwise it throws the "tamper dot" on the mileage display. Porsche only stores it in the cluster (this may have changed with the 9X7 but I don't know).

If Carfax doesn't catch it, the state should.

Boxtaboy · 09-15-2010, 12:31 PM

Contact them and tell them you know what's up, and that the authorities are on their way to prosecute them.

pompous · 09-17-2010, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloudsurfer

It's shocking at how easy it is to do on a 9X6 car (I don't know about 9X7). All you need to do is grab an appropriate cluster (basically either "old" style or "new" style) with lower miles, swap it into the car, and if it was coded correctly, you're done. If not, just get a friend with a PST to re-code it and that's it.

BMW stores the mileage in two places (the cluster and what's called the "Light Control Module") and those two values must match within 60 miles, otherwise it throws the "tamper dot" on the mileage display. Porsche only stores it in the cluster (this may have changed with the 9X7 but I don't know).

If Carfax doesn't catch it, the state should.

Really? I was thinking the box might store it in the engine control module or something. Is this not the case & it's only in the cluster? I'd think with all the security features the car has that the mileage would be kept in at least two spots to prevent such things.