# Mercedes odometer **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 23, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-odometer/65661 "2011-06-23T23:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![attybrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@attybrian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/attybrian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-odometer/65661/1 "2011-06-23T23:37:15Z")
1982 500sl, imported from Canada: if the speedometer is in MPH, with KPH the secondary indicator, is that a sign that it was a replacement? I don’t see why a grey market car from Canada would have a speedo in MPH. I’m skeptical because the odometer reads 69k and not sure that is consistent with the seats/interior, etc. ---
**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-odometer/65661/2 "2011-06-24T01:30:59Z")
I don’t think you can determine anything by this one single clue. Perhaps the car was originally sold in the USA and later resold in Canada. But I am willing to bet that any car that old has traveled a lot more than 69K mi/km. Yes, a replacement odometer is likely. ---
**Author:** ![attybrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@attybrian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/attybrian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-odometer/65661/3 "2011-06-24T01:51:13Z")
I know that the car was imported from Canada, as they did not make that model for the US at all.