I suppose you could spin the O2 counter until the O2 light comes on
and then assume it is 120k at that point.  The number of counter spins
you do and the tire size etc would give a rough mileage.  Subtract
this from the 120k would result in an estimated mileage on the van.
All a PITA however....

Laurence Smith
Hamilton, ON
90 Westy (fanumbos)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of luke sponsler
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:12 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Shady used car dealer in CA??? accidently already
> sent part of
> this
>
>
> Hello,
>
> My neighbor just purchased an 88 Wolfsburg Vanagon for
> $2250 with 65,000
> miles on it.  The used car lot he bought it from is Mission
> Gorge Auto in
> San Diego.  The gentleman seemed really nice (I know it's
> his job) and he
> had 4 other vanagons in his lot.
>
> Well after my buddy had the Vanagon for 5 days he realized
> the odometer
> didn't work.  I drove the car briefly for my neighboor, and
> looked at the
> engine but did not think to check the odometer (d'oh).
> While looking at it,
> I knew the milage sounded rather low, but my buddy took it
> to a mechanic and
> it checked out.
>
> My questions are:
> Has anybody purchased a vanagon from this place?
> Is it illegal to sell a car with a broken odometer?
> Is there anyway to tell within 10,000 how many miles a car has?
> Should I let a sleeping dog lie since the car seems to be
> driving great?
>
> I will say that the guy he bought it from seemed nice
> (Although  more than a
> little defensive when I called him to ask aboutthe
> odometer.  He suggested
> it broke in the last 5 days) and offered to refund my
> neighbor's money.
>
> Any advice on this issue?
>
> luke
>
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