New car mileage

[ronk]

How many miles would you expect to see on the clock on a brand new off the shelf / in the showroom - BMW?

[Maniac]

If new, up to 20 for transport and PDI

If a demo, up to 1600 perhaps.

[pvr]

My cars have always been between 3 and 15 miles.

[jan_tekin]

Had 7 on mine.

[Angie4m]

Why do I get the feeling this new car has probably a few more than 20. I would say no more than 15, 20 at a push.

[JimsZ]

From Germany to the UK, 1000 ish depending what scenic route was taken

Sorry if Im not helping

[R.E92]

I thought there was the ability to reset the mileage counter for pre-delivery cars? Is that just B.S. that I've read somewhere on the depths of the interweb?

[Maniac]

My new merc had either 9 or 13 I can't recall.

[Ducklakeview]

Theoretically, the car "could" have zero miles on it, as when I used to work at a dealership, the speedo's fuse was pulled at the factory once it was put into "transport" mode. It was then only replaced during the PDI, so most cars had 0, or maybe a couple of miles on them at most if they had been back down to the valeters after PDI. In fact, last week when I was looking at why the courtesy lights in my Mum's 2014 Hyundai I30 weren't working, I had the interior fusebox lid off, and noticed that two of the fuses were fitted within a pull out carrier, pulling the tab killed power to the radio, alarm, instruments and courtesy lights.... Obviously Hyundai's take on transport mode, which would not reset the mileage, BUT would stop it accumulating if it was at zero, so to speak...

The reason they do it, is to prevent parasitic battery drain when the cars are stood in compounds, sometimes for months, it does work as I've gone to get a car that has been in the storage pound for 9 months, and it's started off the key.

Mike

[ronk]

Ah !
I might have been a wee bit premature belly aching about 11 then ?

It does make me wonder how cars are treated and who gets to drive a mans new car!

[Maniac]

Ah !
I might have been a wee bit premature belly aching about 11 then ?

You had me worried for a minute.

[ronk]

I expected about 3 miles max!
I wonder how they come up with a £725 delivery charge?

[TitanTim]

My M140 had 10 ragged miles on the clock, previous cars a similar amount.

Tim.

[Ducklakeview]

I expected about 3 miles max!
I wonder how they come up with a £725 delivery charge?

The delivery charge includes;

Transport of the car from the factory
PDI & plates
PROFIT for the dealer on the above....

Mike

[john-e89]

Mine had 7 on it Ronk, 11 is ok, they might have had to go and put some fuel in it.

All is well then?