Simplest OBD reader for double-check mileage?

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I don’t know what is reasonable and customary for where you live. In the USA there are limits set by the car manufacturers concerning when a vehicle is new or used. I bought a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt that had about 500 miles on it. It was priced far lower than every other Cobalt on the lot. When I asked, the salesman said that it had more than 400 miles on it, and Chevrolet would not take it back because it did not meet their mileage requirements for a new car. The dealership was going out of business and had to sell this particular car. This was during the big recession of 2009. The MSRP was about $18,500 and the asking price was $11,800.

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Thanks for the pointer, I will look it up. Can be used as a baseline for the negotiation.

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The replies might be more help if you would just say what country you are in as most of the regulars here are in the US . With the vehicle shortage there is not much of a chance at negotiation.

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Thanks, this is exactly what I was hoping for. Actually I’m an iOS developer, so in the long run I’m hoping to create an app where I can read the modules I’m interested in. Yet for now all I need is a mileage and the past error codes.

But I guess then it depends more on the software that interprets the data (?), instead of on the bluetooth interface itself.

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I’m in Hungary, where the local Hyundai dealer has an i30 1.5 DPi (port injected) demonstrator vehicle. I’m about to make an offer (planning to get a 5%-7% price cut depending on the mileage).

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Rainman Ray’s Repair on youtube showed how his reader compared to the odometer. I suspect his reader is about a $20,000 unit but what he showed was a few miles different than that of the odometer. I think he was working on a VW but don’t recall. I guess I wouldn’t worry about the mileage.

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Thanks, seemingly tweaking milage is more of a thing of the past anyway.