New Car Miles
I didn't buy my S new, but my wife's car we bought off the showroom with a little over 20 miles. Hasn't concerned me a bit. No sense worrying until an issue arises. You'll just give yourself grey hair.
Mine has 24 miles on it, and about 27 miles after my test drive. I think anything in the 20-30 mile range seems normal, though the lower the better. 32 miles seems reasonable to me. Good luck!
A new car should have between 1-5 miles on it. Although they vary from 5 to 100 miles. If the car has been test driven it probably has more than 10 miles on it.
Often when dealers "swap" cars from different locations they will not pay for the crating of the vehicle and will drive it to the new location which adds miles on the new car.
Often when dealers "swap" cars from different locations they will not pay for the crating of the vehicle and will drive it to the new location which adds miles on the new car.
According to the State of Virginia, a dealer can sell a car with 600 or less miles on it as "New" as long as there has not been a previous owner.
Not that I would buy that car, but that is the law here.
Not that I would buy that car, but that is the law here.
Originally Posted by SIIK2NR,Nov 24 2004, 08:20 AM
Often when dealers "swap" cars from different locations they will not pay for the crating of the vehicle and will drive it to the new location which adds miles on the new car.
usually under 100 miles.. dont forget that they test drive the car after the final assembly, drive on the trailer, drive out of the trailer where it would be shipped in a container, back on the trailer to your local dealership, drive off the trailer, drive to a location to get prepped(where ever that maybe.. i have seen some honda dealer that does have it inhouse), drive back to the dealer..also, some honda dealers may have install aftermaket parts i.e.( front lip, spoiler, etc) and they have to drive it again to get that installed.( some dealers also doesnt do that inhouse and sublet there work)..
Per Honda any new car sold cannot be sold with less than ten miles showing on the odomiter (if so than you F&I guy submitted the paperwork with the #10) in order that any problems can be found. There are plenty of way other than a test drive that a car can accumulate miles, as stated above. Also, as far as test drive horror stories, pretty much any responcible dealership will not allow a person to test drive these cars unless they appear to be a serious buyer.......most serious buyers do not want to over-rev an engine that they may potentially own. (Obviously joy rides are not in the dealers best interest either) As far as the car having 32 miles, chances are you will have 10x that number on the car within the first week. If it is the car you want buy it, less than 50 miles is nothing (more than that and it should have a DX in front of the stock number - meaning that it came from another dealership) This rules out the possibility of extensive test driving. Just two cents worth from a Honda salesman





