I had forgotten to mention this, but when you receive your report, DOUBLE CHECK the odometer reading!
When I looked at my results online, I was shocked to see the crazy variations on the odometer readings.....evidently they just plug in any number that tickles their fancy at the time. They rely on the driver to give them the odometer reading, and according to Aircare records, in 2003 my odometer read 699,000 kilometres. The next year, 2004, the reading was 175,000 kilometres. (I'm not perfect, but neither am I an idiot. I sure as hell NEVER told the "technician" that my odometer was at 699,000 kilometres!)
I'll have fun explaing THAT when I try to sell my car, huh? Yep....I spent that intervening year driving backwards for 525,000 kilometres....just to get back to the proper reading. (That's like circumnavigating the planet 13 times. In reverse. It was a hell of a year.)
Okay, so I'm being a bit facetious here....but it's another little lesson in the essential inaccuracy of Aircare records. Look (read from the bottom up) at the odometer readings carefully; and see what YOUR tax dollars are paying for in terms of Aircare accuracy. Not much. Give the "technicians" your odometer reading, and then confirm them when you get your report.
Oh, and for anyone tempted to use this information to point out that government-run programs are intrinsically faulty....Aircare is a private company. Our tax dollars pay for it, of course, but Aircare is not a government agency.
Okay, one final point. I'm sure that there are excellent Aircare employees out there. These rants aren't directed towards the employees in general....but this has been a "red flag" incident for me, and ALL OF US need to protect our interests in regards to these vital vehicle records. This kind of blatant, unapologetic falsification of vehicle records such as odometer readings is a big problem, even though it's probably just the result of carelessness. It needs to be dealt with swiftly, however.
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