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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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My friend was looking to buy an 02 BMW M3 at a small independent (non BMW francise) lot here in MD, and I noticed something weird on the dash. I had an 02 M3 cab and he has an 01 328ci, and neither of our cars had this mysterious red dot on the dash.
The red dot is between the miles and trip miles. When I checked the manual, it did not say or indicate something, so I think something is wrong with either the odometer or it has been tampered with. Does anyone know. Thanks.
 
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could this possibly a hidden radar detector that the dealership doesn't know about? i know a couple of people have fitted red blinkers into their odometer clusters as an alert
 
Old Aug 7, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by M3CAB
Posted this in off-topic also:

My friend was looking to buy an 02 BMW M3 at a small independent (non BMW francise) lot here in MD, and I noticed something weird on the dash. I had an 02 M3 cab and he has an 01 328ci, and neither of our cars had this mysterious red dot on the dash.
The red dot is between the miles and trip miles. When I checked the manual, it did not say or indicate something, so I think something is wrong with either the odometer or it has been tampered with. Does anyone know. Thanks.
The little red dot does mean something with the mileage has been messed with.
 
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The little red dot does mean something with the mileage has been messed with.
I stand by that....step away from the vehicle
 
Old Aug 9, 2006 | 08:11 AM
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I stand by that....step away from the vehicle
Thanks, I told him the odometer problem has been tampered with. Actually for the same money as the M3 he got a new A3 and loves it. Thanks.
 
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