Defender TD5 mileage tampering

Discodevon

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• Feb 4, 2019

• #1

Hi there people

I’m always on the bay looking at landys and notice some defender td5s have such low mileage, I wondered if many have been tampered with as such to show less miles every year than they are actually doing?

All the best you lot

 

mick 1986

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• Feb 4, 2019

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Discodevon said:

Hi there people

I’m always on the bay looking at landys and notice some defender td5s have such low mileage, I wondered if many have been tampered with as such to show less miles every year than they are actually doing?

All the best you lot

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There isn’t much point in tampering like that. You can get TD5 speedos “adjusted” for around £100, so it’s hardly worth it. If someone really wanted to, disconnecting the speedo transducer is a 30second job, so they could disconnect it for some time to show less miles, but they would lose the road speed displayed too.

 

wireman

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• Feb 4, 2019

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I was once told "maintenance over mileage" when buying a vehicle. Mileage is only one factor when it comes to buying, how has it been driven ? A low mileage car driven 2 miles a day, never warming up, is probably a worse bet than a car driven a lot in 5th (or 6th now) gear that is well maintained.

 

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lynall

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• Feb 4, 2019

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Unlike ordinary cars, with a defender its all about condition especially the underside, low mileage is nice but defo not at the top of the list.