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Re: odometer tampering

  
  A message appeared on this very digest a few months ago apparently posted 
  from Germany that said "If your car has too many miles, email me for more 
  info", which turned out to be exactly this: for a large fee, the odometer 
  can be set to any value.
  
  I hope BMW is addressing this very serious problem.  Perhaps dealers 
  could report the indicated mileage at each service to BMW corporate, and 
  then make that info available to the public.  By looking at the reported 
  mileage by date, possibly suspicious data could be indentified 
  (particularly if compared with typical mileage profiles).
  
  Of course, any odometer can be tampered with.  One way to protect 
  yourself is to insist on full records when purchasing a used car.  While 
  someone might change an odometer once, they are less likely to fabricate 
  an entire paper trail of repair invoices with mileages on each one.
  
  Other ideas?
  
  --Cy--
    
'95 325i/sports Kuehlschrankweiss, BMW CCA Golden Gate Chapter, San Jose, CA

  
  
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  From: [email protected] (Mr VEYRET Damien)
  Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:27:11 +0200
  Subject: Re : odometer tampering
  
  >From: henri baccouche <[email protected]>
  >Does anyone know if it's possible to tamper with the digital odometer 
  >on the late model bmw's ? Is resetting the computer possible by 
  >hacker types?
  
  One of my friend went to South England two months ago : he told me that
  there, you can have 'the mileage you want' for 200$ ... 
  
  Damien Veyret
  
  '94 Coupe 318is