If you drive a car in reverse for one mile, what will the odometer do?

Answer 1

It will add a mile to the total.

Answer 2

Beaugrand is right. It depends on the car. A mechanical odometer will subtract a mile. An electric odometer will add a mile, unless some engineer decided to program the electric speedo to not work in reverse.

Electronic speed sensors don't know which way the car is going.

Answer 3

Depends on the age of the car. Older cars with mechanical odometers might roll the mileage back (crooked dealers used to "run back"odometers with things like electric drills to show fewer miles; this is, and has always been, illegal).
Newer cars have built-in protections to guard against this; at best, reversing does nothing, with more sophisticated cars it adds the miles to the total.

Answer 4

ginsf hit it. The previous odometers would somewhat opposite miles as they have been mechanical. Lot's of unscrupulous vehicle sellers would unhook the odometer cable, then then use a potential drill to wind the odometer returned. immediately's digital speedos ought to sign in forward and rear action (do no longer comprehend for particular)

Answer 5

It will add a mile to your odometer. But if you drive a full mile in reverse, you'd probably burn up your transmission first. Your car is not meant to go in reverse that long.

Watching a lot of Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

Answer 6

nothing on the newer ones the older ones would run the miles back a little,but on the newer ones that doesn't do anything on them, they still add miles to the odometer,good luck.

Answer 7

Depends on the car, if electronic speedo, it will add 1 mile. If old style cable driven, it may roll back but they usually mess up the alignment of the numbers to show tampering.

Answer 8

Next time, get Daddy's permission before you borrow the Ferrari, Ferris....LMAO!!!!

Answer 9

absolutely nothing

Answer 10

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