2002-10-28 Exactly why MUST their speedometers and odometers be changed to miles? Why can't and don't the cars just keep the original equipment?
Personally I'm overjoyed that this cheating has happened. It shows the cost and the folly of not keeping the vehicles metric. do Canadians require that American cars sold in Canada have their meters converted from miles to kilometres, or do they allow the car to be sold as is? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Hebbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-10-27 23:08 Subject: [USMA:22974] "Odometer Fraud Increases in Canadian Used Car Trade" > Hmmm... > > http://www.detnews.com/2002/autosinsider/0210/25/b03-621794.htm > > Excerpt: > > . "Odometer Fraud Increases in Canadian Used Car Trade > . Shady car dealers in both nations team up to profit > . > . By Nicholas K. Geranios / Associated Press > . > . [ . . . ] > . > . Before Canadian vehicles can be sold in the United States, their > . speedometers and odometers must be converted from kilometers to > . miles. > . > . It creates an opportunity for shady dealers to roll a few > . thousand miles off the vehicle in the process, and then increase > . its sale price by thousands of dollars. > . > . Seven people in Canada and the United States were indicted by a > . federal grand jury in Spokane last week for rolling back the > . odometers on 122 used vehicles from Canada... > . > . [ . . . ] " > >
