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When towing a car will the odometer reflect the towed miles as mileage on the car? |
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YES as long as the drive wheels rotate while the car is being towed.
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The front wheel drive cars are towed with the front wheels off the ground. Rear wheel cars are towed with the rear wheels off the ground. No mileage can be accumulatd on the odometer with the drive wheels up in the air. Most wreckers are flat bed anyway, so the car is just "sitting" there during transit.
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It depends on how you tow it. If you have all 4 wheels rolling on the ground while your moving it you WILL accumulate miles. But if you tow it with the wheels that drive the car off the ground like on one of those U-HAUL car movers you WON'T accumulate miles.
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MOST cars built since the late '80s have electric speedometers. They will not register any miles as long as the ignition is turned off, even if they are towed with all four wheels on the ground. They will also register positive mileage when being driven in reverse.
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