I've always wondered about speedo digits on older cars being not in alignment and those that say this is a sure way of telling that a cars been clocked.
Are speedo's foolproof in this respect? ie digits not in line, even by a small amount = clocked???
I know about the shiny wheel and worn pedals bit. Just wondering about the speedo.
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PUGs are notorious for having slightly mis-aligned speedos - they are not 'clocked' they are just French ;) might be te same for Cits?
No, but seriously, if you take a look at many (older) PUGs then you will find that there is some slight mis-alignment. I haven't known it to be so on other models, but I think the mis-alignment has to be quite acute (ie: more than what it is on the PUG) - it's like all other 'signs' you have to look for: everything together and not in isolation.
Hope ot helps :)
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Talking about PUGS, my Pug 205 had a speedo that stoped at about 29k it was low milege anyway & i was told that they tend to go anyway!
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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I think this is a bit of an urban myth.
I've had this in two cars that I have had and known from new. The last was that Peugeot 309SRi that had 42k on it at 11 years old. I knew my dad had had the car from new and it definitely wasn't clocked. However the alignment was not precise.
Hugo
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I hope not! Whenever mine clocks over 1000 miles it's always a few miles before all the digits are lines up again. It was in the family so I know the history.
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I dont know many cars that the same thing hasnt happened..where anyone. says its been clocked beats me..I`ve seen a few clocked ones over the years.And clocked or not they all do the same..Myth
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Steve
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I don't realy worry. I bought my present car at 128000miles.
What was more important was the condition of the rest of the car.
128000 miles on a volvo means it's run in.
Clive.
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In my experience digits on pukka mileage cars don't always line up.
Solution:
Whilst travelling along bang the top of the binnacle and presto all the sticky digits will line up.
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I've often noticed when crossing key points with lots of noughts that the numbers take quite a while to sort themselves out.
When I passed the 200,000 mile mark the first 1 took about 50 miles before it changed to a 2, and meanwhile the other 9s went completely haywire. It never did read 200,000, but a random collection of numbers until it settled down at 200,100.
A similar thing happened at 300,000, except that the 2 turned to 3 too early.
However, I do agree that it's the condition of the car and engine that matters, not the number shown.
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