Original miles is the total mileage accumulated on the vehicle...the reason
they refer to this as original miles is because if the speedo has been
replaced, the odometer will read different from the total miles (and there
should be an official odometer replacement statement on the door jamb).
Karl Batzler
-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 4:13 PM
Subject: Silly-sounding question

>I'm very curious as to what, if anything, "original miles" means in a
>car ad.  Are there replacement miles, or ersatz miles, or aftermarket
>miles, or what?
>
>thanks
>david
>
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