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| Thread ID: 103388 | 2009-09-21 07:33:00 | Car buying advice | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 812524 | 2009-10-02 07:56:00 | Perhaps you could go and ask a car yard and see what they say. | convair (13650) | ||
| 812525 | 2009-10-02 08:03:00 | Yeah Jimm I am sure a car salesman will give you good advice. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 812526 | 2009-10-02 08:50:00 | I thought they may be able to help or try contacting the LTSA and find out what the story is | convair (13650) | ||
| 812527 | 2009-10-02 09:32:00 | dog and lemon will tell you the best one. | robbyp (2751) | ||
| 812528 | 2009-10-02 19:52:00 | Be careful buying a imported unregistered car. Make sure the speedo has not been wound back. Use to be quite common once. Make sure it meets the NZ WOF standards. People have been caught out by this and stuck with a car they can't use. And also remember because of the high density of traffic in Japan I presume that is where it is coming from the car might of done alot of stop start running and also not much high speed running which can be hard on it, so a car over there that has done 50000Ks would be like a car that has done 100000Ks or more in NZ. So if I was you I would get it registered before you parted with your hard earned cash. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 812529 | 2009-10-02 21:58:00 | Be careful buying a imported unregistered car. Make sure the speedo has not been wound back. Use to be quite common once. Make sure it meets the NZ WOF standards. People have been caught out by this and stuck with a car they can't use. And also remember because of the high density of traffic in Japan I presume that is where it is coming from the car might of done alot of stop start running and also not much high speed running which can be hard on it, so a car over there that has done 50000Ks would be like a car that has done 100000Ks or more in NZ. So if I was you I would get it registered before you parted with your hard earned cash. :) Yup - the cars I'm looking at have already been certified, serviced, and WOFed, but just haven't got plates yet. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 812530 | 2009-10-02 22:44:00 | Just as a matter of interest my current vehicle is an imported Toyota RAV4 L. When I test drove it I did so with dealers plates on. We made the deal as to trade in etc and I had to cough up an extra $10,000 over what I got for the trade. It took me a couple of days to get funds transferred and got a bank cheque. I phoned the dealer and he came over with the RAV including 1 year reg and with new plates fitted. He then took away my trade in. I was the first NZ owner. Don't know if this helps but I had no problems anyway. The only thing I have had to do for it to pass WOF is tyres and fair wear and tear I think. I do normal stuff like tune up, checking oil and general maintenance on a regular basis. |
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