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Ericson

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Odometer fraud - it's possible - buyers beware
« on: April 07, 2024, 09:49:27 PM »
Hi !

Today I spent some time trying to figure out if you can change odometer readout in Kymco Downtown. I found a forum where many Kymco scooters were given odometer rollback. Getting odometer value change it is not so easy as you need direct access to chip having odometer miles/kms stored but once you get there is easy sailing. Have a look, somebody rolled odometer from 101 853 km to 27 000 km

https://cartechnology.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=78719

Also 2014 People 300GT, from 68 036 km down to 23 000 km

https://cartechnology.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=90658
« Last Edit: April 07, 2024, 09:51:22 PM by Ericson »
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CROSSBOLT

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Re: Odometer fraud - it's possible - buyers beware
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2024, 12:29:39 AM »
Nyah, nyah, nnnnnnnnnn! I don't wanna know! Nuthing! Like Schultz, I know nussing!
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Re: Odometer fraud - it's possible - buyers beware
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2024, 09:32:19 PM »
Scooters do not generally age well.
A look at the plastics and visible mechanicals would be pretty good 'tell'.
By the time  most Americans ran a scooter 40>50K miles, it would look like rolling trash.
Akin to rolling back a toaster. Who'd care?
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