Hmmm...

http://www.detnews.com/2002/autosinsider/0210/25/b03-621794.htm

Excerpt:

. "Odometer Fraud Increases in Canadian Used Car Trade
.  Shady car dealers in both nations team up to profit
.
.  By Nicholas K. Geranios / Associated Press
.
.  [ . . . ]
.
.  Before Canadian vehicles can be sold in the United States, their
.  speedometers and odometers must be converted from kilometers to
.  miles.
.
.  It creates an opportunity for shady dealers to roll a few
.  thousand miles off the vehicle in the process, and then increase
.  its sale price by thousands of dollars.
.
.  Seven people in Canada and the United States were indicted by a
.  federal grand jury in Spokane last week for rolling back the
.  odometers on 122 used vehicles from Canada...
.
.  [ . . . ] "

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