Not in Germany. Here in France we know to never buy a used German car : the odometer would certainly have been tinkered with.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wait, isn’t tinkering with odometers like super fucking illegal in europe?
xav@programming.dev 10 months ago
cmhe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is misleading, it is illegal in Germany, if it is about changing the odometer to a wrong record, and only legal to correct it, if it was broken or is replaced.
xav@programming.dev 10 months ago
Yes you’re right. However it seems that around 30% of the used cars sold from Germany are concerned. A law that is not enforced is a fake law.
cmhe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What do you mean with “not enforced”? Do you mean that people that find manipulated odometers with proof go to court and then nothing is done?
kungen@feddit.nu 10 months ago
Is the odometer not recorded when having yearly inspections? Or do people cheat it before those as well?
TRock@feddit.dk 10 months ago
How the hell is this not illegal in Germany?! They love to over regulate everything
cmhe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is illegal in Germeny, if the purpose is to falsify it, and legal to correct a wrong record: www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvg/__22b.html
Master@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The trick is to correct it to a wrong record!
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I would hope so. I would not be surprised that this is a US special…
bluewing@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It’s supposed to be in the US also.