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Originally Posted by allgoodhits
In recent years many dealers no longer refer to cars as "used". The current term seems to be "previously owned".
If the car was not titled, then it could probably be argued that it was never sold as the transfer was never complete. Many dealers have programs where they let people take cars home overnight. Perhaps it was one of those. A few test drives by customers, a few lunch runs by sales staff, and an overnighter and that could easily account for 175 miles. Regardless, I have never seen a car with 0.0 miles, so they are all used to a degree. My Z had 3 miles on it at delivery. What level of used was it?
If the dealer will make the OnStar good and the price paid was fair, then the buyer knew it had 175 miles on it when purchased, so what is the damage?
Some battles are not worth fighting. Enjoy the new car....why spoil it from the start?
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Just to answer why no car that I know of will ever have 0.0 miles on it at the dealer lot:The vehicle gets test driven at the factory to test for leaks and bad parts. Then it goes to the dealer and they do a PDI (Pre-Delivery Inspection) and make any adjustments/repairs necessary and drive the thing to the gas station to fill it up for the purchaser after it is bought, assuming there is not a gas pump on the dealers lot.
The same pretty much goes for the Caterpillar plant that I work at...the tractor gets tested/operated and driven at the factory. It's about quality assurance, and errors do happen in assembly, some parts do get left out or parts are just plain defective. I've seen bad parts, parts that werent installed that should have been (that created a junior ExxonValdez on the shop floor), and errors that happen for whatever reason. Humans are involved and thats why they get checked out before anyone of us will get the finished product.
