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 8 hours ago
Wait, isn’t tinkering with odometers like super fucking illegal in europe?
xav@programming.dev 6 hours ago
cmhe@lemmy.world 6 hours 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 5 hours 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 4 hours 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 5 hours ago
Is the odometer not recorded when having yearly inspections? Or do people cheat it before those as well?
TRock@feddit.dk 6 hours ago
How the hell is this not illegal in Germany?! They love to over regulate everything
cmhe@lemmy.world 6 hours 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 5 hours ago
The trick is to correct it to a wrong record!
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I would hope so. I would not be surprised that this is a US special…
bluewing@lemm.ee 5 hours ago
It’s supposed to be in the US also.