Q: Miles

asked by on October 06, 2016

Do you think 88k miles on a 1994 ford ranger is legitimate? Or do you think the odometer was rolled back? The body's in pretty nice shape and the interior looks very nice

My car has 88000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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