RE: Odometer Discrepancy : What to do ?

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> Sounds suspicious, banks don't physically hold the title,
> there is usually a notation on the title that there are liens 
> against the vehicle when there is a loan involved. (on an '88?) 
> I don't know what State you live in, but you haven't bought 
> anything until you have the title in your hands.  If, like 
> 
The only state I am familiar with is California ... but here if you use the
car as collateral for the loan the bank gets the pink slip.  You are shown
as registered owner on the registration, and the lender as lienholder ...
but you don't get the pink slip until after you have paid the note ... other
states obviously are different ...

> most states, there is an odometer statement on the back of 
> the title, and the seller fills out the odometer statement 
> and checks off the "not actual mileage/mechanical mileage 
> differs from odo mileage" box (states word it differently) 
> you have no recourse at all. 
> 
Yes, that is the way it works here in California as well ... you would only
have recourse here if the owner claimed the mileage to be actual on the
title transfer and you could prove that it was wrong.  

I thought that Audi (actually VDO) had gotten the broken odo issue fixed by
1988 ... both my '85 and '88 cars have odos that seem to work fine (knock on
Zebrano) ... but perhaps that was not true of the 80 ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)