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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 10:49 AM
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someone take a pic before and after :p

or make a video clip, hehe.
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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Re: Re: odometer reverse

Originally posted by mbtech208
I can assure you this is an April Fools joke. The odometer data is stored in the instrument cluster and EIS, no rollback function exists, unlike an '89 Chrysler Fifth Avenue my mother had. I rolled the odometer back everytime I snuck it out late at night, Ferris Bueller-style.
Party pooper......:p
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 11:17 AM
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Re: Re: Re: odometer reverse

Originally posted by revstriker
Party pooper......:p
might as well...

i guess nobody would believe our W210 E320 is eight yrs old and only 16,000 kms
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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Originally posted by b4chow
come on steve, you believe this is for real???
if you not try you don't know.....
but this way not working at all.......... round round round like STuPId guy in the parking lot.. hehehhehe.. whats wrong with this benz.. that PEOPLE THINK>>>>>
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 01:51 AM
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Originally posted by MNG
apperently there really is a way to roll back KM"S...i went to an MB dealer..some guy was returning an off lease...4 yr old car..with only 36,000 kms...the only thing was he must have not known that MB dealers share the same computer system and that he had already been in for service A & B at another dealership with the KM's recorded...at the last oil change the MB service tech told me his km's was 115,000kms...so that is proof that there really is a way ...just maybe not this one...that guy happend to be a new proud owner of a 4 year old s-class with rolled back kms since MB Canada wouldn't take it back...so there is the proof that there really is a way...now if i could only find out how.
It can be done!
A friend of mine (no BS) had this done to his car awhile back before he turned his car in. Somehow he got in touch with this guy through somebody else who could do it. I dont know how, so dont ask! The guy pulled up, popped the hood and, plugged in what looked like a pda with a wire to the cars diagnostic port. Then he punched a few buttons and said goodbye. It took less than 5min. In case you didnt figure this is really ilegal. DONT DO IT!

My only point is that it CAN be done.
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Old Apr 5, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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If this thread weren't so hilarious (because it doesn't work) this thread would be locked (because we don't propagate procedures that suggest breaking the law).
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Old Apr 5, 2004 | 04:37 PM
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just curious....did you try it Bob?
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Old Apr 5, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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Originally posted by Brunelleschi
just curious....did you try it Bob?
No, I haven't. And in calling around to a couple of members who have posted here that they tried it and it works, I discovered that they haven't REALLY tried it, either. They're just playing along with the joke.

mbtech208 is one of those rare Mercedes-Benz technicians who actually knows what he is talking about. Check his comments in this thread.
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Old Apr 5, 2004 | 05:57 PM
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Curious...would this same gizmo of runnin circles work for a W211, say mine??..haha..

If this works, this is crazy. You can definitely get caught when they look up the info in the Benz's computer. My boy works at the Benz shop and told me that they can look at the computer and see if you've been abusive to it in terms of rippin up the streets with it...who knows though!!...
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Old Apr 5, 2004 | 08:19 PM
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Originally posted by MB-BOB

mbtech208 is one of those rare Mercedes-Benz technicians who actually knows what he is talking about. Check his comments in this thread.
Ha! Me? I have no idea what I'm talking about, I just make all this garbage up.:p
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