Will the mileage go up when you tow all 4 down?
Looking at a used HHR and it has very low miles, it has a tow hookup on the frount. How can the miles be so low after being towed for 3 or more years.
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mowermech wrote:
Ask to see the odometer certification. If it says the odometer miles are the actual miles on the vehicle, I would pass on it. If they don't choose to tell the truth about that, what else are they covering up?
IMO, a vehicle that has been towed any distance should NOT state that the odometer mileage is accurate!
..Have to respectfully disagree with you on this one, mowermech.
Using your logic here, any vehicle that has been towed in to a dealer or mechanic for repairs, when sold, would have to have a statement saying the odometer is not accurate. If that was the case, there'd be an AWFUL lot of used cars on the market with an invalid odometer statement on it, haha. Sorry, that is not realistic, nor going to happen.
The odometer is meant to indicate how many miles that the vehicle has been DRIVEN, under power by the engine. It does NOT necessarily indicate how many miles the vehicle has been towed. Two very different things there.
Any time you buy a vehicle with base plates on the front, you know that its been towed some, and that this adds some additional wear to it. No arguing that, and you just have to factor that in when buying such a vehicle. However, I don't think its realistic to expect anyone selling a vehicle like that to have an odometer statement saying the odometer is inaccurate, because the odometer (most likely) IS still accurate - It shows how many miles the vehicle has been driven.
