Oh no! A rental car with 0.0 on the odometer

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As I joked with the Hertz staff, “Now I can’t blame any dings on the prior guy.”

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Brand new Camry

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Rapid Travel Chai
12 years ago

Yep, you’ve all confirmed I am a dope, the “trip out” was 14 km. I did pause for a moment to think how it could be 0.0 but obviously did not pay attention and was off and running.

BOShappyflyer
BOShappyflyer
12 years ago

When I bought my car, it was at 5 miles. I then tested drove it. All new. I considered anything under 10 miles on the odometer as all new.

Rabbit travller
Rabbit travller
12 years ago

Hey, which day are you done roaming?

NB
NB
12 years ago

Last week I picked up a car with 8.6 miles on it from Avis. That was clearly first user…

Jimgotkp
12 years ago

@Richard, I was thinking the same thing… I recall seeing all new cars with around 10 miles in them.

Richard
Richard
12 years ago

Yeah, press the little post in the bottom right corner where is says “ODO TRIP”. short press to cycle between ODO – TRIP A – TRIP B and long press to reset either of the trips. Impossible for a car to have 0.0 because they’re driven post-assembly: off the line to a parking lot, parking lot to the truck or shipyard, off the boat onto a truck, around the block at the dealer or at least moved around in the parking lot(s) a bit, in the service bay for its dealer prep and back out to the lot, etc. I’ve… Read more »

Rich
Rich
12 years ago

Um, that reads 0 on the tripometer, not the odometer.

Mark
Mark
12 years ago

I’m pretty sure that’s the trip meter–it would be pretty hard to get it into the lot without incurring any mileage!

Nathan
Nathan
12 years ago

Is it Zero? I don’t see the real odometer, doesn’t that say Trip [B] 0.0km ?

Andy
Andy
12 years ago

Um, that would be the Trip B odometer actually.