Clocking a Car

[Spinal]

Here's a slightly odd question (as usual from me after all)...

My understanding is that tampering with a car's mileage indicator is legal, as long as you don't use that to fool someone when selling the car, right?

If so, does anyone know what the process to reset (to zero) the indicator on a K11 micra?

I want to get an accurate reading of the total trip mileage from London to Mongolia, and still be able to use the trip counter and reset it willy nilly without affecting the total mileage.

Is it something I can do with basic equipment, or do I need to find a garage?

M.

 

[sallison1504]

For complicated legal reasons, I doubt you'll actually get an answer on this forum.

 

[whitenemesis]

They don't cover Uxbridge but may be able to point you in the right direction?

Mileage Correction | Digital Mileage Correction | Mileage Changer

 

[flango]

Here's a slightly odd question (as usual from me after all)...

My understanding is that tampering with a car's mileage indicator is legal, as long as you don't use that to fool someone when selling the car, right?

If so, does anyone know what the process to reset (to zero) the indicator on a K11 micra?

I want to get an accurate reading of the total trip mileage from London to Mongolia, and still be able to use the trip counter and reset it willy nilly without affecting the total mileage.

Is it something I can do with basic equipment, or do I need to find a garage?

M.

Why don't you just do it on a GPS tracker/recorder that's what the rally teams use now

 

[GLK]

Wouldn't two photographs, taken at the start and finish, be just as accurate and way less expensive?

 

[Spinal]

GLK: Yes, very much so - bu t it has much less of the "effect" of looking at the speedo and going "wow, we've done 12k miles"....

whitenemesis: Thanks - googling for 'mileage clocking' didn't work too well, it's mileage "correction" I need then! Found a place near me; will get in touch with them.

M.

 

[GLK]

GLK: Yes, very much so - bu t it has much less of the "effect" of looking at the speedo and going "wow, we've done 12k miles"....

Fair enough Can't argue with that ...

 

[Dieselman]

Use a pen and paper, then stick the paper to the dashboard near the odo.

 

[markjay]

Use a pen and paper, then stick the paper to the dashboard near the odo.

This is not too far away from the truth, in the olden (BS -Before Satnav) days I was taught when off-roading to use a dry marker and make a note of the mileage on the windscreen as we pass landmarks.

 

[Dieselman]

This is not too far away from the truth, in the olden (BS -Before Satnav) days I was taught when off-roading to use a dry marker and make a note of the mileage on the windscreen as we pass landmarks.

Which is OK unless you're a bit of an anorak...then you can't see after a while.

 

[markjay]

Which is OK unless you're a bit of an anorak...then you can't see after a while.

(for the record... it's the co-pilot's job... on his side of the windscreen)

 

[C250JRH]

I drove to Mongolia 10 years ago in a Fiat Panda, it was around 10k miles with no roads!

 

[Giantvanman]

My understanding is that tampering with a car's mileage indicator is legal, as long as you don't use that to fool someone when selling the car, right?

I don't think it is illegal to change the mileage as long as there is no attempt to defraud or mislead. I would sign and date a photograph of the current mileage though just in case there are any issues with VoSA (thinking about MoT testing stations recording mileage).

 

[Spinal]

I don't think it is illegal to change the mileage as long as there is no attempt to defraud or mislead. I would sign and date a photograph of the current mileage though just in case there are any issues with VoSA (thinking about MoT testing stations recording mileage).

That won't be an issue - the car has 12 months MOT, and will never see a testing station again It's leaving the country in July.
M.