Very unfortunately yes.

40 years ago my father talked me out buying a 1969 Charger convertible because it had 90,000 miles on it and instead buying a 1968 Opel Kadett from the daughter of one of his friends because it had only been driven locally and had 32,000 miles on it.

After I bought it, I found a receipt under the back seat for an engine overhaul in Yellowknife, Yukon Territory with the mileage at 95,000. The damn Opel had rolled over the odometer and really had 132,000 miles on it and was the absolute worst car I ever owned. It needed starter fluid when the temperature was under 50 degrees, under 30 degrees forget about it starting. This was in Michigan, so the car worked about 6 months out of the year. I finally got rid of it when the starter motor died. A replacement was $450, I paid $400 for the car.

If I had bought the Charger, it would probably still be mine and worth a mint. After selling the Kadett in 1977, I inherited a '63 Cutlass with 13,000 miles on it. It was looking and driving great until my ex totaled it in 1987 with 114,000 miles on it.

BTW don't believe odometers. They can be rolled back, rolled over on old cars, broken, replaced or disconnected. Guderian shows 98,000 miles on the odometer, but after checking Carfax, the real mileage is probably between 150,000 and 200,000.

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1983 300SD "Guderian"
1987 MR2
2015 Camry
2015 Chevy Spark
2006 Hyundai Tucson