r2ck_p Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hi guys, is it a problem that some of the JSpec Supras I have been viewing are advertised at 70-85K miles, but the odometer is actually reading a higher figure, because part of it was clocked up in Km in Japan and then when brought to the UK it clocked up in miles. Is this fairly common? I would of thought when a car arrives in the UK, not only the speedo is converted from km to miles, but also the odometer is converted. The majority of JSpecs I have seen haven't converted the odometer once arriving in the UK. Can this be done years after its import and if so what documentation do I need and where do I go to get it done. Cheers [GRIN][/GRIN] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 My facelift J-spec TT Auto had the clocks corrected and set to miles on import and is in Black and more importantly will be for sale very soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 My Supra came with paperwork from the importer saying the correct mileage was iirc 20k less than was shown, due to the conversion from km to miles, it however wasn't a condition of sale for me, as I wasn't paying over the odds for the car, and the mileage wasn't overly high, so I never tried to check it, so it may well be horse excrement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathWraith Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Id take most imports mileage with a pinch of salt. Due to most doing it in km then getting coverted to miles making at a big cluster f*** to work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan294 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Mines the same, looking back at old MOT's, it shows the first one in KM, and the rest in miles when the speedo was converted to read in MPH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Mine still counts up in KM so easy to convert despite the speedo being in MPH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supraGZaerotop Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 yes mate, very common, nothing to worry about, if it has service history you should be able to work it out easy enough. mine came into the country with 125,000k about 75,000m. so from 125000k my car was converted to miles, so everything past this point is miles and add it to 75,000m. think my odo is now on 149,000 so 25,000 of that is actual miles, so 25,000+75,000= my done around 100,000miles now. 2005 it came in to country, not bad, its done 25,000 miles in 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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