Acceptable Delivery kms?

[beefa]

Hi Guys,

Like a few other newbs here Im picking up my polo this week, im told its 07 Compliance but probably paid too much after reading the other threads here.


Question is what is considered acceptable delivery kms ?

One of the cars I test drove at the dealership only had 30kms on the clock, however im sure they would have gladly sold this to me as new even though they had been using it for test drives.

regs,
Ben

[FL00DY]

I had less then 50kms on mine when I picked it up..

[brackie]

My Golf TDI has 17kms on it when I picked it up.

[mitch_gti]

When i picked up my GTI it had 14 kms on it.


For a new vehicle i say upto 20-25 kms. Anymore than that and i would start to question whether it has been test driven (flogged) or not.

[pinzvidz]

Always take the following into consideration for a new vehicle;

Distance between PD (pre-delivery) and main dealership if applicable.
Road test during PD to make sure everything is ok.
Drive to put in a little fuel (or fill the tank) at the servo.

So about 15-20kms on avaerage is acceptable.

[syncro]

They are allowed to reset them to 0 apparently.

[peter_j_g]

When I visited the BMW factory some years ago I noticed that the odometer readings on the cars as they came off the line were 999980km - so after 20km they would be 0km!

[pinzvidz]

They are allowed to reset them to 0 apparently.

Ah, no, that's as much illegal as it is for a dodgy second-hand dealer to wind odometers back. Any dealership caught doing anything like that would lose their franchise rights.

[mitch_gti]

They are allowed to reset them to 0 apparently.

Rest assured that is not true.

In our dealership we have been gettings cars back from pre delivery with as little as 6 kms on the clock.

Only problem with my customers picking up cars with such few kms lies with the fact that certain cars come with a rust proofing applied at the factory to the exhaust and underbody.

A very fussy customer picked their car up the other day, and i pointed out the fact it had only 6kms on the clock. he was absolutely delighted.

he did get slightly concerned after he picked it up and went up a hill only to find smoke pissing out the side of his car.

This was the rust proofing burning off the exhaust, he laughed as i explained why it happened.

[beefa]

Thanks guys,

This dealer has already told me a few porkies to get the sale so I currently have no faith in anything said by him from this point on. Just want to make sure on things like this when i pick up the car.


Regs,
Ben