Disabling the Odometer?

Just bought a 2003 Saab 9-3 Arc. I want to disable my odometer. Any thoughts? Some have said doing so ties in directly with disabling either the speed sensor or speedometer.

SG

Reply to
Security Guy
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Possibly, but why do you want to disable the odometer?

Reply to
Johannes H Andersen

Yeah, but most of them are along the lines of why you'd have a legitimate reason to do so, coupled with a corresponding reluctance to help.

Reply to
Dave Hinz

More to the point - you will void your warrantee and your purchase agreement by doing so because while it is possible to 'stop the clock' on the display - I believe the newer models record the information in a ROM chip anyway - specifically for this sort of thing. Where I live it's actually a chargeable offence to mess with it..

Come on man - treat every kilometer as a point of pride.. I made 310,000km and would still be driving today had I not wrecked her last night. Tore the front off and *still* drove it home.

Also - messing with the odometer won't increase the value of the machine at the end of the day as anyone who will subsequently purchase it from you will do so on fit and finish given that the machine is *known* for extreme mileage. What separates the winners from the losers is how well it's maintenance records read and how well it *appears* to have been treated.

Reply to
Dexter J

Besides the Federal law about tampering with an odometer.

I would like to say more about this but I think I will hold my tongue.

John

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Reply to
Captain Freedom

What an imbecile question. There isn't a single legitimate motivation to do that.

Oh - don't drive. Take the f*cking bus.

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pablo

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