why does everyone give sturgeon a hard time, its his car and I dont blame him for wanting to stop the miles, i'll do the same if i can. Some people need to grow a set of ***** i guess, oh no! its so illegal! you must stop immediately! lol, sturgeon, you might wanna watch out, we got the odometer police in this forum

 

 

vettgetsemwet, I see this is your first post so welcome to the forum

Unless I missed it I did not see his reasoning for wanting to disconnect the odometer in the first place, so perhaps if he shared his honorable motives for wanting to do this folks might be less inclined to take such a negative posture towards this post.

With that said, I don’t think the negative comments and concerns are as much about the actual legality of disconnecting the odometer as they are about the ethics of doing it. While he may not mean any ill intent by disconnecting the odometer, at some point that car will in all likelihood change hands and that is where the problem begins. I respect that he says he will never sell the car to an individual, but honestly how realistic is that? Besides, depending on how long he keeps it, it might not be him who ultimately sells it . My concern would be that even if next owner is told the truth about the mileage what about the next guy? Should a person who buys a car not have a reasonable expectation that the odometer mileage is accurate?

Personally I cannot think of one good reason for deliberately disconnecting the odometer on a car other than to intentionally misrepresent its actual mileage, so I have to agree with some of the others who have commented that this is bad juju that should be seriously reconsidered.

Peace

 

Everyone is looking at this odometer question from his own aspect. I purchased the Vet for approximately $60,000. Since that time I have put in $65,000. I am planning to keep this Vet until I croak. I won't be selling it to a dealer or trading it. If I sell it before I die (I"m 68 now) I will tell the buyer the odometer has more miles on it that indicated. Since it presently has 55K miles and the engine has 25K miles, any low price would be a steal.

 

There are two people who think this is ok. One is a philanderer and the other is a bartender...

 

What about all the other systems that rely on the VSS? And also, how are you going to keep up with maintiance intervals?

Is your true motive just to have less miles displayed, so it feels like a "new car" every time you drive?

I don't worry about mileage fraud, that is your own choice and delima, I am just worried about the safety aspects.

Also, I thought torque managment was something that most all LS series engines have to deal with. I am almost certian that I have felt it just after a hard 1-2 shift on my '02 Z06.

Good luck with your decision, let us know if you have any other ill effects from the changeover. Another option to have the car "count" less miles than you travel is to lift it and throw on some bling bling 28's

 

lol, that is true

 

 

Rationalizing dishonesty.

This thread is exactly why I never give anyone the benefit of the doubt.

Someone, at some point maybe after you die is going to sell that car. Maybe a family member of yours.

It will be ironic when they are unable to get a good price for it because the carfax report indicates odometer fraud.


It's wrong. You know it. I know it. What does that say about you as a person that you are willing to do it anyways? And you are 68 years old.

 

For no other reason but curiosity I have to ask the OP why do you want to do this anyway.

 

My point exactly, right on my righteous brother!

 

why is everyone so bothered by this, why wouldnt you do this?? I'm gonna say that, no matter what the excuse may be, the sole purpose is to preserve the mileage, maybe a peace of mind that your kbb value stays the same or somethin? If you lease your vehicles you should almost always do this.

 

Why?!? Really?


How about having a baby and sending it off to a taxidermy?

One of the joys of having these cars is driving them. Why would you ever want to say you DON'T drive them? Wouldn't you like to show off that you drive your car? You're not just one of those guys that parks it in a garage and rubs it with a diaper?

Seriously, the best part about aging is proof that you aged. If you pulled the plug on that, there'd be no point to going on.

Drive your damn car and be proud that you do.

 

The flawed logic displayed in this post demonstrates why we have criminals among us in our society.

They are simply unable to understand the difference between right and wrong. Between honest and dishonest. Between a lie and the truth.

 

lol, also very true.

 

Sturgeon, did this work for you?? Disconnecting the VSS?? Let me know please, I wanna make sure its a perfect fix. Thanks!

 

Uh let’s see, could it be because it is wrong, dishonest, deceitful, fraudulent, deceptive, and that there is no legitimate reason for doing it?

I have found that most folks on this forum are sincere in their desire to help and look out for one another which is what makes this forum such a great source of information and support; so I doubt you will find many on here that will condone any behavior that is (or could be construed as) deceptive in nature when comes to these cars and the Corvette brotherhood.


From the sounds of it, you may want to amend this to include vettgetsemwet too!

 

and everyone, please do not start with the negativity, I DO NOT CARE how wrong it is and what not.

 

Doing what you have asked is considered illegal. The forum does not allow discussion regarding illegal and unethical activities.......period.