It's an uphill battle. Probably the best way to do it as far as I can tell, is to have written into the purchase contract that they will order a km/h speedometer/odometer (from Canada, most likely), pay them to install it before you take delivery. Give them a deposit, but refuse to pay the final due until they comply with the above or refuse to take delivery. This also gets around the tampering with odometers law and your warranty which is based on the odometer reading. If they installed the speedometer they know what the mileage was on delivery, they have to put a sticker on the driver door stating the original miles (which is only a couple of miles if new).
I've bought 2 new vehicles, one a Toyota Tacoma pickup and had them change the speedometer before delivery. It's an uphill battle because some of the sales people will refuse your request. Find another dealer. One consequence of this is I intend to keep the vehicles until they are dead, I don't like dealing with some of these car dealers. It's illegal to buy a new car in Canada and import it into the US, it is OK to buy a used car in Canada and import it into the US, trouble is they have high taxes in Canada which have to be paid on a new car. This makes it very expensive to have someone buy a car and then sell it to you as used. Mike Payne On 26/02/2013, at 02:13 , Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm planning to get a pickup truck soon, probably new. If I want a metric > dashboard, should I ask for a custom-made truck, find one on the lot and ask > the dealer to change the dashboard, or what? > > Pierre > -- > When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates. > Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada. >
