New Tiguan - How many KM should be on the Odometer when collecting from Dealer ?

[Pzero]

Agree. I don't think any dealer would agree...

I’d honestly be surprised if a dealer agreed to such a condition on the contract. They cannot control the number of kays on the odo before the vehicle hits their yard.

[tigger73]

I’d honestly be surprised if a dealer agreed to such a condition on the contract. They cannot control the number of kays on the odo before the vehicle hits their yard.

Yes but they would know how many km would typically be on the cars they receive.

If it is important to you that your “brand new” car has not been used as a demo for test drives then stipulating max km in the contract is probably the easiest way of enforcing it.

If you’re paying for a brand new car then that’s what you should be getting.

A lot of dealers will run cars around on flatbed trucks for pre-delivery detailing / tinting / etc just to keep the km off the car. It’s also less risk than having them on the road and have the car damaged in an accident prior to delivery.


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[anonymousmoose]

Agree. I don't think any dealer would agree...

They did with me but I'd say they agreed as they sold me a car from a local warehouse. They would have a database of how many KMs of their locally stored new cars. Not sure if one has to be ordered from the factory.

I think I had 36km in the contract (dealer put it in himself when I mentioned I didn't want a car that's been driven for a test drive by someone else).

Mine had about 70km when I first saw it, but they did drive it about 50km to deliver it to me at my office. So that and the KM to drive it to me personally, it added up to be in the 30km's when I paid for it, which met the contracts obligations.


I also know mine came from a warehouse in Victoria Park and was delivered to Mandurah WA. They must have done that on a flatbed or by the time the car got to my office in Fremantle it would have had well over 100km and then some.

[Toddles]

13.8km here - no clause put in contract.

[FastMitch]

Thanks for everyone's feedback

Just to be safe, I have added a max km caveat to the contract

[PeteC]

I bought a demo, which has been standing in the dealership for 6 months, it had 31 kms on the clock.
I also drove a loan car, which had 8 kms on the clock.. Funny, because that loan car was given to me by VW while my car was in the service.

[spacemannz]

Just picked up a rental Skoda Superb at Munich airport with 13km on the clock...
My Tiguan had 26.

[rohcub]

I only had 15ks

[HPRS230]

You want as little as possible, anything more than 15-20 for a major city dealership would be used for other purposes.

I used to work at Audi Brisbane and cars off the boat to dealership was about 4km. Pre delivery Inspection adds a max of 5km, then a fuel trip plus a window tint trip if outsourced.

The most important part of the engine run in is the first 100km, so anything over 20km, I would say won't be helpful for a good run in.

If a regional dealership then more is expected, but over 50 as someone has had, that's having a laugh.

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[MrSteve]

Collected my Tiguan today and it only had 14Km on the clock.

[Sanman]

When I worked for Ford Broadmeadows, the plant QA guys took an 'overnight car' home and back to work on trade plates to check the production cars on the roads. If they put more than 50km on them then a little sticker was put on the side window saying they had been tested. Of course, if they wanted to drive further, they disconnected the odo.

[danintas]

Mine had 38km

[phonebooth]

Mine had a mere 8km! I know the dealer delivered the car mighty fast after it was cleared from the dock, so probably no chance to drive around!