How many miles on your NEW CAR?

[DeMoN]

I was just wondering, for al those who bought a car new, what was the mileage on the car? I went and saw the car thats gonna be mine, and it read 46 miles. What were those 46 miles used on? Whats the standard NEW car mileage?

[FordGTGuy]

ummm test drives, and driving on and off transports and other things inbetween transportation to the dealership.

[DeMoN]

I thought that dealers had special cars that were used for test drives. I wouldt want someone testdriving my car... I test drove a white G35 in this dealer and it was new, but they let me drive it cuz they had no test drive manual car... the guy did not go with me because his hand was broken or something so he let my roomate and me leave with the car. We drove the shit out of it and we had to park for a while for the tires to stop smelling. After all this I go and see my car has 46 miles on it and now I'm paranoid.

[DeMoN]

LOL man come on. Whoever chooses that car in white deserves that engine lol. You should be on my side... we are both JabbasWorld friends!

[FordGTGuy]

lol I'm with you Demon just look for a different car if its new go to a different dealership and check around.

[sikx5]

LOL "test drive" huh. thats some funny shit. we got out cruiser with 8km on it, im sure someone "test drove" the crap out it. for safety purposes and such

[gis]

lol,never had a brand new car yet but my friend got his new punto with 9 miles on the clock,they must have been just driving that around the dealership compound or sumthin lol and my cousin got his sport KA with 3 miles on the clock,that was delivery mileage though

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

It depends on the situation....for example here in the basque country, the cars are delivered on a truck to the main brand dealer of each county with 0 kilometers, then the car is transported by a main dealer employee himself to the smaller car dealer nearby where the car was ordered, the car in question can have more kilometers than the distance itself from one dealer to another, in the car has been driven by accident by an ordinary person who is interested in purchasing the same model, and the person wants to drive it before taking the definitive decision of purchasing that model

[TransAm]

Never owned a new car, I couldn't live with the depreciation

Most of it's down to moving cars out of the factory, onto a transporter, around car lots. I'd be suspicious of more than say 15 miles or 20km on the odometer but if it bothers you why not arrange to pick your car up from the factory where it was built? you might even negotiate your destination charge out of the price!

[jon_s]

When our Saab arived, it had 2 miles on the clock.

[FordGTGuy]

Its good to get it from the factory you won't have any damn dealership advertisemnet on your car I hate those things unless they look kewl. My brothers has a Freedom Ford Oval on it. I'll see if I can find a pic of it.

[Fleischmann]

16 clicks exactly.

[DeMoN]

OMG not one has posted a mileage over my car. That dealer guy will sure have some answering to do! Thank you guys for your responce... After my classes today, Im gonna go talk to them.

[jon_s]

46 miles is a lot! I mean a lot! for a supposed 'new' car. There is an x-demonstrator going in our local garage, and that only has 37 miles on it. Make sure it has not been pre-registered making you the 2nd owner, and if it has, get some money back.

[TransAm]

Originally Posted by FordGTGuy Its good to get it from the factory you won't have any damn dealership advertisemnet on your car I hate those things unless they look kewl. My brothers has a Freedom Ford Oval on it. I'll see if I can find a pic of it.

When I went to pick the TA up from Park Place they'd put 'advertising' on the rear of the car, a little plastic chrome logo. As I had not put a deposit down I called their bluff by suggesting I'd only accept the car if they'd drop the price $500 in order to pay me for their advertising, and their response was to remove the logo (which is what I wanted!)