I found a red R2 for sale but carfax reveals a 15k odometer rollback. The car is for sale at a dealer, should i try to buy the car if the engine and everything checks out ok?

 

Miles mean nothing if u can replace/rebuild the motor. I recommend u buy it because it's a 7. It's a fun car. Just my 2 cents.

 

I plan on checking it out this week, Hopefully the rollback will help me be able to negotiate a lower price

 

yep, if its running well with good compression, who the f*ck cares??? considering 80-90percent of us will rebuild our engiens or alerady have (haha) it dont matter. check condition of car body and interior and engine, if its at a good price, why not get her

 

yeah, but you have to ask yourself why did they rollback the mileage.

 

could be cuz the speedometer got killed, its not uncommon. could be anything really

 

Its weird anyone would roll back 15k miles...
Could be they changed the instrument cluster yes...

 

buy the damn thing and use the roll back issue as leverage (how much milage was it showing, anyway?)

 

Well how do you know its only 15k??? Is the current miles 15K lower than the highest miles on Carfax???

Say the car shows 60K but Car fax shows 75K. How do you know what the miles were before it was rolled to 60K....what if it was 160K and it was rolled back to 60K

However, like everone else is saying, if the car has good compression, the boost kicks in right and the suspension and brakes are in real good shape I wouldnt sweat it.

STEPHEN

 

My odometer has been replaced...WTF cares?

 

my odometer is begging to be replaced, it works when it wants...

receipts > odometer reading