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>>cwwc+(OP)
> When he sold the truck, his buyer hooked it up to a computer that told them the real mileage was around 400,000 miles.

I’m not knowledgeable about odometers at all, but if it’s as easy as “hooking up to a computer” to get the real mileage, why don’t people do that when they buy the trucks?

>>oefrha+l4
Presumably this was through auctions like copart. They operate on the basis of “this is the info, these are the pics, good luck!”.

Now, if, for example, you buy a car that is advertised as runs & drives and it turns out the car does not, in fact, drive - you can talk to them and have them buy the car back or whatever. This happens every now and then. But aside from that, you’re SOL.

I’ve purchased a number of cars from them, and one issue that comes up fairly often is that they load the cars via forklift. Often, the forklift will cause damage to the underbody that was not present previously. In cases like that, you’re still pretty much SOL.