M25 Cone cleaning and odo recalibrating

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Fri 22 Sep 2006 20:23
M25 Cone cleaning and odo recalibrating - wotspur
For the last few days between junc 10 -j 15 there have been 3 or 4 vans with signs stating they were to clean cones, but for some reason no work seemed to be done on the cones and the vans had large glass domes on the top,
Any idea what they could actually be doing.

Also saw an advert attached to lamp posts around a certain part of NW London offering "digital recalibration" (or words to that affect )- surely it's just clocking - is it that simple
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Fri 22 Sep 2006 21:49
M25 Cone cleaning vans?? - Robin Reliant
I once visited a second hand dealer in East London on the hunt for a car. Every car on the forecourt had the mileage set at zero. The dealer told me that they aleays did this as they wanted buyers to judge the cars on their condition, not their mileage.

Most of his stock had had a "Blow Over" too. Needless to say, I walked.
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Robin Reliant, formerly known as Tom Shaw

{Post edited to remove location in East London - DD}
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Fri 22 Sep 2006 22:31
M25 Cone cleaning vans?? - drbe
I once visited a second hand dealer in East London on
the hunt for a car. Every car on the forecourt had
the mileage set at zero. The dealer told me that they
aleays did this as they wanted buyers to judge the
cars on their condition, not their mileage.
Robin Reliant, formerly known as Tom Shaw

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I understand it is still illegal to zero the mileage.
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Fri 22 Sep 2006 22:59
M25 Cone cleaning vans?? - Robin Reliant
It isn't illegal to alter the milage provided the buyer is informed that this has been done.
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