First time buying car

and i suddenly thought..

what should a new car mileage be?? cannot be 0 right.. thanks..

of course cant be zero

wont be 0. maybe 30-40km is ok. anything more i would question them where the hell have my car gone to?

depends whether it's delivered to your door step or what, can range from 20-30km to few hundred. Sometimes they drive between states if just deliver 1 car.

Mine was 30 something

the civic was 49km or 39km cant really remember it

definitely will not be 0
but won't be over 50KM

Should be below 50km,,
But my 407 last time nearly 400km because the drive it from pahang to delivered it to me

This post has been edited by Old1030: Nov 20 2012, 10:10 PM

they can disconnect the sensor at gearbox so read no change after 30kms

if you buy good enuf car, they will put the car on lori deliver to doorstep

i.e mercedes

below 100km is acceptable but believe it can be the show room car n go n forth to promotion booth nearby the showroom...

i got my neo with 26km in it...door step delivery
i got my myvi with 13km...self collect at showroom...13km cos SA full tank the car...so acceptable
i got my mazda2 3km...self collect at federal hiway showroom...

another car at home which is bought new that i can remember the mileage is 6km for crz...self collect...

Delivery miles they call it

I think below 100km is reasonable

My Proton Persona was 11KM, collected from showroom. If you asked for full tank petrol for free, the mileage will be slightly higher for sure.

my polo was 28KM when collected.. should be okay..

I remember my dad's old elantra was 400KM ++ since SA drove the car from Johor to KL since he said no lorry

wa.. thx for the info guys.. appreciate it.

One thing you'd wonder about if new cars have to be driven from state to state is that how was it driven by the driver? Definitely very worrying.

So simple procedure, if that's the case can I say many people can easily do that to make sure no mileage reading after certain mileage clocked?

Supposed to be - 0km
but usually will have a bit mileage due to making car license plate, or tint, or pump fuel, etc. As long below 50km should be fair.

of course can just that check engine light always lighted

Rarely zero. They goes to port from factory, load onto train to port, Dealer man move the car from yard etc. On mine 50.4 KM...