27,000 mile original '74 on BaT, This will be interesting Options

[Big Len]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

[Lockwodo]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

Why would BaT advertise this as a "28k-Mile 1974 Porsche 914" without verifying the mileage?

[Superhawk996]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

Why would BaT advertise this as a "28k-Mile 1974 Porsche 914" without verifying the mileage?

Because they (BAT and the seller) have no integrity. BAT has been bought by Hearst Automotive Group in 2020 and it is nothing more than a cash machine to a corporate conglomerate.

BAT has no direct liability for what a seller might claim. BAT verifys nothing as is clear from the photos.

I copied the quote directly from the BAT listing. Odo "shows 28k miles" - that is true. What isn't true is that isn't the actual mileage as is clear from the photos and the detective work others have been doing on this car.

From my prior post:
This whole BAT "shows 28k miles" stuff is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) knowing full well that they haven't lied to a degree that can be contested in a court of law but knowing full well that the car really isn't a 28K original miles but is really 128K.

While BAT is a fun site to look at and potentially a means to connect enthusiast sellers -- it is still Buyer Beware just like Craigslist, EBay, or any other listing medium.

[wonkipop]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

Why would BaT advertise this as a "28k-Mile 1974 Porsche 914" without verifying the mileage?

Because they (BAT and the seller) have no integrity. BAT has been bought by Hearst Automotive Group in 2020 and it is nothing more than a cash machine to a corporate conglomerate.

BAT has no direct liability for what a seller might claim. BAT verifys nothing as is clear from the photos.

I copied the quote directly from the BAT listing. Odo "shows 28k miles" - that is true. What isn't true is that isn't the actual mileage as is clear from the photos and the detective work others have been doing on this car.

From my prior post:
This whole BAT "shows 28k miles" stuff is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) knowing full well that they haven't lied to a degree that can be contested in a court of law but knowing full well that the car really isn't a 28K original miles but is really 128K.

While BAT is a fun site to look at and potentially a means to connect enthusiast sellers -- it is still Buyer Beware just like Craigslist, EBay, or any other listing medium.

agree 100% @Superhawk996

if you have certifiable 27,000 m car not merely an alleged one you would not be selling on BAT. it would be sotherby's or similar handling the sales job.

the wording on mileage would be unambiguous.

see this one.
haggerty's use the wording "actual miles".
presumably that was 100% supportable with documentation.

case in point. the blue 1.7 owned by the florida retiree.
pulled $80 K +.
just under 14,000 miles.
sort of unbelievable at first. thats 300 miles per year over her 48 years of ownership.
but entirely possible.
then once you look over the photos of the car, yep.....it sure looked for real.

i saw a very early VW fastback in perth 30 years ago. similar story.
you can tell the minute you walk up to them. then they just get better the more you look at.

https://insider.hagerty.com/car/1973-porsche-914-1-7/

[Superhawk996]

if you have certifiable 27,000 m car not merely an alleged one you would not be selling on BAT. it would be sotherby's or similar handling the sales job.

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Exactly!