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Old May 27, 2003 | 07:37 PM
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Mileage at Delivery

I just went and signed a buyers agreement on a new silver EVO, I noticed the car had 20 miles on it when I started it. My salesman claims thats related to distance from port to dealership. Does 20 seem high to anyone here?
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Old May 27, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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mine had 4 miles
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Old May 27, 2003 | 07:46 PM
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mine had 7mi
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Old May 27, 2003 | 07:55 PM
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they don't drive it from port to dealership, ask for a discount!
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Old May 27, 2003 | 08:00 PM
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Sounds like the PDI mechanic had a fun time with it. Mine had 5 miles on it.

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Old May 27, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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8 miles on mine
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Old May 27, 2003 | 08:28 PM
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I honestly wont buy anything that has more than 10 miles on it.
my budy picked up his white evo with 10 miles on it.

A dealership I went to had 35 miles on their showrrom floor moidel and one with 19 miles. I was MAD

Anyhow, the salesman tried to have my buddy buy what he had...

I'd say demand one with the least amount of miles possible.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 09:23 PM
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7 miles here
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Old May 27, 2003 | 09:33 PM
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3 miles
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Old May 27, 2003 | 09:50 PM
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9 miles.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 10:36 PM
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3 miles for me too. They don't drive the cars from the port, they're loaded onto a semi. It's more than likely been over-extensively PDI'd and/or test driven and I'm relatively sure people who test drive Evo's don't just take them for a light Sunday drive. I'd either attempt to get a different Evo from the dealership or a small discount or at least have them throw in a few of the dealer options at no charge.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 10:41 PM
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8 for me as well.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 10:50 PM
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mine had 8mi
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Old May 27, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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mine had 50 face they beat on our cars
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Old May 27, 2003 | 11:45 PM
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So hard to find silver evos around here im tempted to take it.... but an improperly broken in engine will prob never be right.
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