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"New" Car Question

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txrandom

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So my parents bought a car last night, one of the newer Hyundai Santa Fes. They noted some weird stuff that looks like the car may have been used. Should the mileage be over 200 if it is a new car?

Also, what is a Pre-Delivery Inspection Program? Obviously it's an inspection, but what do they do this for? It had two date fields filled in. Both dates were illegible but appeared to be different dates. This inspection sheet was left in the car. The salesman never went over this sheet, and they didn't find it until today. Something seems weird with the inspection sheet.

Anyone know anything about them?

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- Zenmervolt AnandTech Garage Moderator
 
a new car should definitely NOT have over 200 miles, or anything near that for that matter. what you got what a slightly used car. as for the inspection thing, it sounds kind of fishy. i would take the car back to the dealer and get this stuff sorted out.

oh and The Garage is <--- that way
 
A new car can easily have 200 miles on it, it's probably the car that the dealer used for everybody to test drive. Your parents knew the amount of miles on the car when they were buying it; as long as the car was never titled, it's technically a new car.
 
What DeviousTrap said is correct. As Long the car was not previously titled it is still technically new. Years ago my mother bought a "New" car with around 1000 miles on it. The dealership used it for all test drives, which they explained to her and reduced the price so much per mile. You're folks had to have been made aware of the mileage when they signed the paper work. No offense, but why is this an issue now after they brought the car home? Now if the paper work said the car had 20 miles, and the odometer said "200", then they have reason to cry foul.
 
It can easily have those miles on it. Dealer trades are common, I worked in western PA and we got a lot of cars from Cleveland, West Virginia, and even farther when necessary.
 
Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
A new car can easily have 200 miles on it, it's probably the car that the dealer used for everybody to test drive. Your parents knew the amount of miles on the car when they were buying it; as long as the car was never titled, it's technically a new car.
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My car had over 200 when I got it new as well, but they had to drive it from Houston. During the waiting period though they gave me a Vue which I put over 300 miles on, so somebody will be buying that car as "new."
 
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