Setting the odometer

[sad_rocc@veedub.com (Dan Smith)]

According to the previous owner, my odometer was working fine and then suddenly just crapped out. It now reads something like 675,000 which is loads of fun when I take it to a garage. They're just like, "Holy sh#t, how the hell is that thing going after close to 3/4 of a million miles??!!" I just wish I knew how many miles I've put on it since I've had it though. I'm guessing about 35,000 or so, which I think is pretty impressive for 1 year.

Dan

--- Marc Scirocco Quebec <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>How about you follow the procedure (available somewhere, perhaps at
>Patrick's excellent site), and once the thing is apart, you can just dial
>whatever numbers you want to appear, and you are set.
>
>I did it when I fixed my odometer a while back, and it is easy. In case
>anybody is asking, I advanced the thing to reflect estimated mileage while
>the odometer was defective.
>
>You see, I like the fact that my car has way more miles than any Hondas (or
>cavalier/neon) will ever see. Now I am at around 350000 kilometers. It also
>always freaks the people at my workplace that the car has so many miles.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Marc
>'83 Scirocco
>'88 Scirocco Slegato
>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]De la part de Jan Folkson
>Envoye : 27 novembre, 2002 18:44
>A : Ron Pieper; scirocco list; koabi@seeohdee.com
>Objet : Re: Setting the odometer
>
>
>I recently replaced my speedo and just let it start over.  To get yours to
>go forward 20K you'd need to keep it at 160 mph for over 5 days straight.  I
>wouldn't suggest going much faster especially with a VDO.
>
>
>
>- Jan Folkson
>NYC, NY
>
>http://www.janfolkson.com
>
>'86 16V
>'99 Passat GLS 1.8t
>'00 Beetle GLX 1.8t
>
>"How do you know when it's music and not just a bunch of noise" - Dennis the
>Menace
>
>
>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "koabi" <koabi@seeohdee.com>
>>> I've a new speedo and the odometer reads 20k miles less than the
>>> one it replaced. Is there an easy way to add the milage onto the new
>> one?
>>
>> The only thing I'd remotely offer is to put the cluster in, put a
>> cordless drill on the speedo gear under the hood, and let it run for
>> awhile.  I played with one I scrapped and added 10,000 miles in a short
>> time - maybe an hour.  This is risky because the odo was not designed
>> for a 10,000 mph car - that's moving the gears pretty fast.
>>
>> Taking it apart is toooo risky.
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Cheapass Ron
>> '87 Scirocco 16'Victor'
>>
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