jefferson Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 guys help me out a bit here - i was under the impression that when a car is imported - as part of the sva test it needs to have the speedo changed so it reads in miles instead of kilometres, however the odometer is not changed to read in miles - the car stays in kms - as an option you can have the odo changed also to read in miles but if you do this the odo is effectively wound back to give you an accurate mileage reading - it has become apparent that this is not the case - i have now viewed 2 cars, which i intended to buy, which have both had odo readings in excess of 100k - both sellers advertised their cars as miles and had divided the odo "km" reading by 1.6 to get the miles - however, on test drive, both cars were clocking in miles - when challenged about this the sellers say that the cars were converted to miles at some point in their recent lives and therefore the mileage was very similar to that advertised but could provide no proof of when they were converted. ok sorry for the long winded story - question is how many other cars out there are like this? who else owns a car that does this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Mine is It had done 88000 kilometres 56000 miles when it was converted; therefore rest in miles so now reads 130000 on odo but has done 100000 miles only. I have a receipt which shows this being done when the sva was done though. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Mine doesn't!! Km's on the ODO. Counts "1" in the odo every 1000 metres.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesC Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 as part of the sva test it needs to have the speedo changed so it reads in miles instead of kilometres It's still allowed to read in KMs IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 The (E)SVA test requires the speedometer to read in MPH, but if the SVA test wasn't needed, then the MOT does not check the speedo. It would depend on the year of the car, and when it was imported. I don't think there's any legal requirement to correct the odometer if the speedo is converted to MPH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefferson Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Mine is It had done 88000 kilometres 56000 miles when it was converted; therefore rest in miles so now reads 130000 on odo but has done 100000 miles only. I have a receipt which shows this being done when the sva was done though. Rich i would think you would want to keep the paperwork of any conversion to evidence when it happened - nice one that you have it The (E)SVA test requires the speedometer to read in MPH, but if the SVA test wasn't needed, then the MOT does not check the speedo. It would depend on the year of the car, and when it was imported. I don't think there's any legal requirement to correct the odometer if the speedo is converted to MPH. certainly no legal requirement to do so but if it was done i understood that the odo should read all in miles or all in km's not a mixture of both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee from China Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 If this is any help - this is what I just grabbed off the net, first is from the official ministry site and the other two from other sites 'Items checked during an SVA Doors, their latches and hinges Radio interference suppression Protective steering Exhaust emissions Smoke emissions (diesels only) Rear-view mirrors Anti-theft devices Seat belts Seat belt anchorages Installation of seat belts Brakes Noise and silencers Glass: windscreen & other windows outside Seats and their anchorages Tyres Interior fittings External projections Speedometers Wiper and washer system Fuel input Design weights General vehicle construction Side impact protection Speedometer The law requires that speedometers must include a miles-per-hour display - however many cars get through the SVA and MOT with KPH displays. The SVA test checks the speedometer calibration which must be accurate within designated limits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sideways supra Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 yes mine reads mph on both.105.000 kms when converted now on 117.000 so done 12.000 miles ontop of 105.000 kms.iv no proof of this so when i come to sell might have problem. but alot of people understand this is a common prob with imports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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