Is this for real?

[Mark_B_S3]

Just to clarify, I am not interested in this but came across it while browsing fleabay. Never heard o this before and wondered if anyone else has. Can this really be done? I hope my mileage is genuine....

Audi S3 8V 2017 Facelift Virtual Cockpit Mileage Blocker | eBay

<p>Audi S3 8v 2017 Facelift Virtual Cockpit Mileage Blocker </p><br /><p>Turn On and Off Easy </p><br /><p>Record 10% Miles With 10% Speed </p><br /><p>Fully Working </p><br /><p>May Work On Other Audi’s With Virtual Cockpits </p>

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Maniek]

Seems like it is a real thing...

https://mileageblocker.com/find-your-car/ols/products/audi-a3-s3-rs3-mileage-blocker

Really sad that those devices exist and there are people buying them. I've seen a few cars on autotrader with "SUPER LOW MILEAGE" but the interior was trashed...

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[NHN]

Morals disappeared moons ago....

 

[Charlie Farley]

Many, many moons ago Nigel.

 

[AlS3BE]

This along with mileage correction software out there is the worse things invented.
it’s always a worry buying a second hand car.
suppose it’s no different to the old school way of disconnecting the Speedo cable. It’s just needs to be smarter nowadays.
Surely mileage could be stored in many modules so these folk could be caught quite easily. Abs, gearbox, engine, sat nav etc could all hold mileage data so if you don’t clock it all you could be in a trouble trying to sell a clocked car.

 

[Charlie Farley]

There will always be a back door way to fiddle mileage on cars, commercial and bikes etc,
These sort of tools just use clever worded phrases in the marketing to allow useage albeit most will get misused to the detriment to future owners.
Service history coupled with mot history to verify mileage does help weed out a lot but it’s still an abused tool that shouldn’t be sold or if so it should not have the ability to permanently alter mileages.

 

[NHN]

This along with mileage correction software out there is the worse things invented.
it’s always a worry buying a second hand car.
suppose it’s no different to the old school way of disconnecting the Speedo cable. It’s just needs to be smarter nowadays.
Surely mileage could be stored in many modules so these folk could be caught quite easily. Abs, gearbox, engine, sat nav etc could all hold mileage data so if you don’t clock it all you could be in a trouble trying to sell a clocked car.

I think it's fair to say the main reasons for the mileage tools is for negative uses, but I wouldn't say it's the worst invention as it has positives, I for one used these tools for myself when I had upgraded my cluster & also had a fault, mileage was adapted to the original, within a hair anyway as it's not a 100% spot on with these tools, so for me, there are positive needs for this, but yes mostly they use for immoral means.

I've had clients clusters also adapted correctly when fitting new clusters, so it does have good uses.

 

[Maniek]

Service history coupled with mot history to verify mileage does help weed out a lot but it’s still an abused tool that shouldn’t be sold or if so it should not have the ability to permanently alter mileages.

I don't think MOT history with Service History will tell you much in this situation. You could do 40k miles in a year but the odometer will only show you have done 8k. Then you see those overpriced 5-6 year old cars with 22,000 miles on the clock. You can get away using this device without being detected, description says that it alters the mileage in all devices. F****** disgusting... The more advanced software technology is used the easier it is to break it for hackers etc.

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[Marky79]

In situations like this I’m thankful I have VCDS. They can block the dash, but you can’t block the gearbox or ABS.

 

[8YARWY]

Just to clarify, I am not interested in this but came across it while browsing fleabay. Never heard o this before and wondered if anyone else has. Can this really be done? I hope my mileage is genuine....

Audi S3 8V 2017 Facelift Virtual Cockpit Mileage Blocker | eBay

<p>Audi S3 8v 2017 Facelift Virtual Cockpit Mileage Blocker </p><br /><p>Turn On and Off Easy </p><br /><p>Record 10% Miles With 10% Speed </p><br /><p>Fully Working </p><br /><p>May Work On Other Audi’s With Virtual Cockpits </p>

www.ebay.co.uk

Yup, the preserve of R8’s / RS3’s etc……

I was shown an R8 a while back that had a 50k mileage difference


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[8YARWY]

In situations like this I’m thankful I have VCDS. They can block the dash, but you can’t block the gearbox or ABS.

I’ve seen a device that can alter the gearbox mileage too……


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[nothingness]

Pretty sure I've been a victim of these in the past....

I read recently 90% of supercars on the used car market have been clocked too. Ferrari/Lambo actually have 3 mileage loggers in their cars and quite often they cancel peoples warranties because the dash one doesn't match the other ones. Unfortunatly they can cancel your warranty if you bought a car unknowingly and there's nothing you can do. Here's an official Ferrari dealership caught doing it for a fee.