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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Paul70 on 13 February 2020, 14:19
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Curious to get peoples’ views on what is an acceptable delivery mileage in their experience assuming the new car is picked up at the supplying dealer and not delivered.
Below 15?
Below 25?
Below 50/100?
At what point does the mileage become an issue for a new unregistered car?
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So a little bit for it to come off of the production line and onto a transporter in Germany - maybe ~2 miles?
A little getting off of the transporter at the port to drive onto the ship - ~1 mile tops
A little getting off of the ship in the UK and onto a transporter - ~1 mile tops.
Then its at the dealer for PDI, maybe a quick test drive - ~5 miles tops.
I think most of my new cars had sub 10 miles on the clock when i picked them up.
Much more than that and someone has been using it as a run around at the dealership - I'd be asking questions...
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However, I believe the mileage can be zeroed, by the dealer, early on, so the reading should only be a guide. I seem to remember 3 resets were possible, all under a mileage limit. It may have changed since I read that, but worth bearing in mind, unless anyone knows better.
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I've had 11 new VAG cars and none of them have come with more than 9 miles on them - half of those will be on non digital counts too, so no computer resets.
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Mine had 8 on it.
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I've had 11 new VAG cars and none of them have come with more than 9 miles on them - half of those will be on non digital counts too, so no computer resets.
My guess at 9 miles wasn't bad :D
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I'm sure while the car is in transport mode or doesn't clock the miles up. It also limits the speed too. Upto 100 miles in normal mode from new and the odometer can be reset.
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This thread is bringing back happy memories..... :grin:
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Mine had 14, but it went onto 15 almost immediately when I was in 1st gear still!
My previous Scirocco had 12, but a Mazda RX/8 I once owned had 85 on it went I picked it up!
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15miles absolute max. Pre-reg maybe a few more as it may have been moved around sites.
I picked up a brand new RS4 in 2015 which had 52 miles on the clock, I went ballistic... until I found out (confirmed by forums) that all RS products made by GMBh go through extra testing after production build and 50-60 miles was standard on pickup.
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This thread is bringing back happy memories..... :grin:
(https://i.ibb.co/hDJCy4S/IMG-4043.jpg)
Me too, I love the analogue dashboard of the Clubsport - mine had 14 miles on it at pick up!
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Thanks for the feedback all. Some interesting points especially the reset option, surely that is logged somewhere.
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If up to 100 can be reset why isn't it? Anyone collected a car with 0 miles?
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If up to 100 can be reset why isn't it? Anyone collected a car with 0 miles?
haven't a clue 🤷♂️. Maybe they'll reset before pdi to keep the miles down. I was told this years ago by an ex VW technician so it could have changed.
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10 on mine when I picked it up.
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If up to 100 can be reset why isn't it? Anyone collected a car with 0 miles?
Yes - Audi A3 had 0 miles on collection which was a blatant reset because it was a June order, delivered to dealer in late July and stored in their compound on the other side of the city until it’s PDI & handover in September.
My GTI had 15 on the clock which I felt was a little high.
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I’ve had four new VW’s. Each had between 7 and 8 miles on the clock when I picked them up.
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This thread is bringing back happy memories..... :grin:
(https://i.ibb.co/hDJCy4S/IMG-4043.jpg)
Me too, I love the analogue dashboard of the Clubsport - mine had 14 miles on it at pick up!
These are very nice looking dials. I thought about deleting digital dash when I ordered. The salesman clearly thought I was mad for considering it.
Mine had 8 miles on pickup, btw.
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If up to 100 can be reset why isn't it? Anyone collected a car with 0 miles?
I’d say it’s all in the dealer guide to delivering a new car. Zero miles isn’t believable, is it? The car has to be moved around for logistics and PDI etc. Anything over 20 starts to take the shine off. Someone will have studied the psychology.
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Mine had 13 miles on the clock when I picked it up... Seemed OK to me at the time.
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It seemed fine to me, as it was the first (and only) new car I've ever had, so always been used to at least 5 digits.
9 would have been tad better as I'd loved to have seen a single digit, but it gets to 3 digits in a few days, then 4 digits quickly after that so its only ever a very fleeting thrill.
Besides, who looks down, my eyes are out of the window!
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Besides, who looks down, my eyes are out of the window!
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Yeah, the side window looking at yourself in your flash new car in shop windows?!!! :laugh:
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Interesting thread. I was wondering about this myself as I pick up a new car in March. Will let you all know how many miles it has. I had 15-20miles as 'too high - need to question' and anything below as acceptable.
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In all honesty, I wouldn’t worry about it if the car is perfectly presented. It could be 8 on the clock, redlined repeatedly by a tech on a joyride, or 15 perfectly appropriate miles. You’ll never know. You just have to trust the dealer.
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You just have to trust the dealer.
Wonder how many people actually trust their dealer?! :grin:
I had a new C Class back in 2015 which was a company lease car and it was driven up from Merc SW fleet, Exeter I think and arrived with about 550 miles on :shocked:
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You just have to trust the dealer.
Wonder how many people actually trust their dealer?! :grin:
I had a new C Class back in 2015 which was a company lease car and it was driven up from Merc SW fleet, Exeter I think and arrived with about 550 miles on :shocked:
550?! That’s a second hand car! Can’t imagine any private buyer would accept that.
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You just have to trust the dealer.
Wonder how many people actually trust their dealer?! :grin:
I had a new C Class back in 2015 which was a company lease car and it was driven up from Merc SW fleet, Exeter I think and arrived with about 550 miles on :shocked:
That's what I thought when it arrived, and it was on a 10k a year lease!
550?! That’s a second hand car! Can’t imagine any private buyer would accept that.
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You just have to trust the dealer.
Wonder how many people actually trust their dealer?! :grin:
I had a new C Class back in 2015 which was a company lease car and it was driven up from Merc SW fleet, Exeter I think and arrived with about 550 miles on :shocked:
550?! That’s a second hand car! Can’t imagine any private buyer would accept that.
That's the key point. When we had leased cars you'd sometimes get a '2nd hand' one, ie someone had left and there were a few years left on the lease. No one would have made an issue about 550 miles on a 'new' lease. Private buyer clearly would though.
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I had plenty of company lease vehicles delivered by drivers from whichever dealership supplied them.
I think the furthest was probably easily 500+ miles.
But that's delivered to your door. If I was collecting from the dealer, I'd not be expecting someone to have popped to Lands End with it the previous day.
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my one and only new car had about 15 miles on it.
My new Conversion Campervan from the dealer had 450 miles ! but I think they had driven it to the converters rather than trailered it.