Hello All,

I want to know how many miles on your TL when it was brand new delivered?

My dealer is convincing me to get one with 30 miles on it. I am thinking it should had been test-drove.

Because last time my new Maxima only has 5 miles upon its delivery.

Your comments please!

 

Mine had 8 miles on it.

 

It was definitely less than 10 (I think closer to 6). 30 miles sounds like it's been test driven .

 

mine have 3 miles on it. but my friend CL-P have 56 miles on it

 

mine had 3,

30 is too many I think, I'd try to knock down the price or get some free accesories, or have them give you a "brand new" f'n car!

Further, if it was a test drive car you should get a huge $$$ break, b/c it is really now a used car. I'd never get a test drive car.. especially after what I did to that poor TL-S I test drove.

 

Mine had 4 miles and I was pissed. I'm sure they were 4 hard miles too. You can be sure that any miles on your car are HARD miles.

I would not accept a new car with more than 5 miles tops.

 

I had 20.

 

My car was shipped by truck from Naples to Fort Lauderdale. Picked it up with 75 miles on the odo and couldn't care less

 

First the dealer try to trick me in getting the test-driven car (100 miles on :wow: ) I demanded to get another one, went through the paper work again, and got a TLS with 7 miles.

 

Don't buy it. When I picked mine up it had 8 miles on it. Don't buy anything with over 10 miles. You never know where it's been.

 

Mine had 98 miles!!!!! :wow: :wow: Well..it's cause it came from San Diego up to Tustin. and a few more miles cause they went to eat LUNCH with my car! It was all in the Navi history! Oh well....who can complain..

 

Mine had 18 miles on it. 18 is better than 118, 000 - that's what my '95 Legend had when i sold it a few months ago. (That car rode awesome. That car will last forever if properly maintained. But i wanted something new). In case u did not know: the TL-S rocks .

 

Mine had 100miles. It came from Austin as a dealer transfer! :P

 

Mine was like 20 something... and I was pissed. but I guess mine wasn't that bad.

 

mine had 9km about 5 miles on it....

 

Mine had 109 miles, because it was driven to my dealer in CT from Mass.

 

Mine came with 5 on the odometer. I think anything under 100 miles can still be considered new (legally anyway) right?

When I bought my 2000 Galant LS back in '99 it had 50 and that's because they drove it to my dealership from another in CT somewhere. I wouldn't worry to much, just make sure it wasn't used for test drives.

 

mine had 52 miles on it. As I read the lease at the salesmans desk it said the car had only 25, so the big mouth that I am stirred up alittle excitment, and walked out with an apology, and 2 free oil changes haha

 

I noticed most of us with the higher mileages ones are the ones with a dealer traded car. haha. Same thing happened on my contract..it said 45 miles...but hey..i didn't care. :p I mean..if there is something wrong with the car..it will be fixed. it's still a new vehicle.

 

Brand new it should be between 1 and 15. But are there any other dealerships near you? It could have been delivered from another dealership.

 

I had 3 miles on it

 

mine had 20 miles...coz they had to take it for the paint shield, rust, and leather guard...etc...

and i believe they do test drive each car b4 they give it to u...i saw they drive HARD on those new cars...

 

Man, you sold a 95 Legend??? What is wrong with you??? j/k, seriously dude, if I could find a good condition 95 Legend with under 50k on the odo, I would trade my car fo free!

Rosh

 

mine had 11 miles on it. do they put these miles at the factory?

 

mine had 4... they drove it to the gas station to fill it up and through to get detailed... but 30 seems like a test drive or 2

 

I still remeber the time when I was picking it out from the lot....Mine had 2 miles on it when I got it...
I wouldn't get it if it had 30 miles on it. As a matter of fact, I'd tell the dealer to give me a 5-6k discount for that the drive car! (trust me, it's fair)

 

Although it is nice to demand or get a brand new car with single-digit mileage on the odometer, getting one doesn't absolutely guarantee that there may be problems with the vehicle. Just ask those guys who've had their trannies or engines repaired/replaced how many miles were on the car when they bought it new--somehow, I'm guessing that many of those cars probably had very little mileage on them before their owners bought them.

Whether you buy a car with 10 miles on the odometer or 100, as long as you have the warranty to take care of any problems that come up, mileage shouldn't always be the deal-breaker that many people make it out to be. In a weird way, someone who bought a new car with let's say 200 miles on it has essentially a 50,200-mile warranty whereas someone else who bought one with 5 miles on it has a 50,005-mile warranty. If you think about it, the 200-mile car has a bit "longer" margin of error since the powertrain component(s) has been operated longer while under warranty than the 5-mile car has. In any case, can anybody come up with anecdotal and substantiated proof that new cars which sustained powertrain component damage some time after the warranty expired had suffered such damage as a direct result of having been "abused" as test cars?

Something to think about--if so offered, would you buy a new "high" mileage car (e.g., 100-200 miles) if the dealer gave you a 5 year/75,000 mile manufacturer's warranty at no additional cost, with a negotiable markdown for excessive mileage?

Tony

 

Anything above 10-15 could also mean it was a "loaner" car. I borrowed a 2002TL and I am sure they rotate those cars out.

 

When I 1st saw my car it had 6 miles on it this was on a Sunday.
I did not pick the car up until Tuesdy mourning then it had 10miles. When I saw it that Sunday they had not prep the car like wash & check everything. I got my car 12/28/99. They had put the spoiler on Christmas Eve & where closed that Saturday Christmas Day. I went out Sunday to take a look at it & even started it up but it was low on fuel. The car was ready for pick up Monday but I could not get to the dealer that night. I gave them the keys to my 94 ACCORD EX 5speed & they gave me the keys to a 2000TL.

 

the one i test drove had 9 miles, and when we got back to the dealer, it had 15

the dealer drove the crap outta the car on the little street right out of the dealership.. it sure impressed me with the power, but man, i dont want that done to my baby~

i ended up buying from a different dealer, because of price negotiations, and the one i got was 8, which led me to believe it was still test-driven once (my test drive was 6 miles)

now, seeing how some of you got a car with 2 or 3 miles, it really makes me think mine's been driven once, but i guess once wont do TOO much


for 30 miles, i'd say it was test driven 4-5 times, and while i would PREFER a single digit car, i dont think its considered used until 3 digits

 

Mine had 12.

 

well me personally ..i know its next to impossible but i want 0.1 miles on my car when i pick it up on friday...i see sales people at the dealer drive the heck out of car just to go 50 feet...i told my salesman that i dont want the car if it has more than 5 miles on it...he told me i should be getting it with almost no miles...im comfortable with 4 miles or less...only cause i wanted to be the first one to test the engine

 

got my car wit 6 miles i think. the one that I test drove had 10 miles and when I was at redline for about 10 seconds on do u think it did any damage in the long run.

 

18 miles

had I known this before, I would have asked for some kinda deal!

-Tom

Addition: Those car dealers/mechanics at the dealership don't treat the TLs right. The mechanic floored mine on the way to the car wash!

 

That's a good question. I have found a pretty good deal on a 2002 NBP TL-S for $31,760 but it has 50 miles on it. I'm reluctant on purchasing it because on the test drives I went on, we drove really hard.

Can the people that have had tranny problems or replaced trannys give the number of miles they had on the car when they bought it?

 

mine had only 3 km which is about less than 2 miles... 'coz I got to pick it up myself at the dealership garage before they drove it to the dealership...

 

hmm.. check ur contract... there should be a note saying ur car should be under certain miles when deliver....

 

mine had 10 miles on it and was delivered from another dealership they put it on a flatbed and trucked it in

 

1.6 miles

 

mine had 8 miles on, and it still had tapes all over outside and inside of the car.