Hi everybody, I just got 04 rx8 at the dealer a month ago which stated it has 48000 miles, also the same with carfax, today when I hit one of the setting on the dash (the out side one) the odo came up 78000 miles, any input ? what should I do, thanks in advance.

 

serious answer:
what button did you push?
and
take a picture of it and post it.
and
carfax can only report, what is reported to them by the insurance company. so if someone says, "i drive 8k miles a year." and they owned the car for 3 years then sold it. carfax will say, "ok, the car has 24k miles on it." regardless of what the mileage actually is.

 

Did you change the display from miles to kilometers?

Do you find yourself getting passed by everyone, and getting fewer speeding tickets, because 90 on the speedometer is really only 56 mph?

Ken

 

Sounds like the car really has 78K on it.

Go back to the dealer. It could be fraud.

 

Did you get an odometer statement from the dealership? They are required to give this in CT... not sure about other states....

 

there are 2 bottons on the dash: the inside: right up from the key hole which states 48000, but the outside one toward the rearview mirrow when I hold it said 78000

 

Bingo!

http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm




And....if the car came with an owners manual you might want to read it. If not you can download on for free ya know?

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ersHome.action



It's on page 5-31 in the 05 manual! Jeez!
Here's a brief description!

Speed Unit Selector
In some countries, you may have to
change the speed units between km/h and
mph.
Press the speed unit selector for 2 second
or more.
The speed units for the speedometer will
change between km/h and mph.

NOTE
Odometer and trip meter distance units
will change between kilometers and
miles in accordance with the speed unit.

 

48000 miles x 1.6 ( approx conversion) = 76800 kilometers

 

+1

 

Close!

http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

 

Thanks all of you, smart dudes. I feel better now.

 

Don't feel bad; I hit it by accident the other day and for an instant thought I was flying.

 

 

Yeah i got my car and it was set on kilometers, and later after i was wondering damn this is a fast car i dont even feel like im going 100 then i realized it was on kilo hit the button and i was like damn the deception

 

I change it every time I hit the canyons That way I can FEEL like I am goin fast without breaking any speed limits.

 

Nice...................nice way to make yourself feel better!

 

48,750 miles = 78,000 km's.

 

Carfax also reports info from dealers at service intervals and from the Motor Vehicles dept's when it is titled.

 

wow, just wow

 

so if you record your 0-60 time you'd easily beat the car mags' times

 

lol, i did this yesterday and it scared the living **** out of me. i was like wait, i could've sworn that i had 43000 miles, why is it reading 70+??? .. oh.. yeah... wow, i feel dumb.

 

 

Cop: Do you realize you were doing 80 in a 70 back there?

Kilo User: That's impossible, they're no way I was going that slow!

 

I've always been tempted to change it if for some reason I have to let someone else drive my car... just to see their reaction. but I havnt found a reason someone has to drive yet so my plan must wait.

Also, no one pointed this out, but google will do conversions. just search <number> <unit of measure> in <unit of measure> (ex. 48000 miles in kilometers)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

 

Hey my car only has 200 miles on it,,,,,,, oh crap thats the trip button.