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imported celica gt4?
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Wed, 16 March 2005 08:59
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I just went to look at a very nice 1992 celica gt4. It was very clean, and ran well, and was only $10000. However it was a japanese import. I don't know much about imports, so I held off buying it and looked up vicroads site. It says that for a personal import you have to have complance plates, and so do used imports. Since this car is not over 15 years old, and they were released here, I didn't think that they could be registered in VIC. It is currently registered, but the owner is selling without a RWC.
I really would love to buy this car, but fear that it may be a dodgy rego job, and that I will be in for real trouble if I get it. Just thought I would ask you guys to get an idea of if it is legit or not.
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July 2003
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Re: imported celica gt4?
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Wed, 16 March 2005 10:39
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is the seller the importer or first owener in the country ?
if so id be asking for copies of their import approvals. regardless of scheme that it came in under they will need import approvals from DOTARS then get on the phone and try and check these details against DOTARS to see if its legit. also give it a revs check to see nothing dodge shows up. but certainly it seems unsual unless it came in under a "PERSONAL IMPORT" which means the owener owned it overseas and used it for more then 12 months. in which case they will have paperwork to back this up.
if they are not the first owener and say they dont have import paperwork if they bought though a licensed motor dealer you may have some backing as the dealer legally must guarntee title. however if anything seems sus with the paper trail id back out of it, the cheap deal is worthless if it turns out to have had somehting dodge done and you are put in a position where you cannot legally register it or worse it stays rego'd and then you back into a ferrari or you kill someone and in the ensuing paperwork trail your insurance company decides not to pay out as the vehichle has never been legally registered.
simple rule if it seems dodge, probaly is.
but yeah only grounds i could see it coming in under would be 1) personal import - they should have supporting evidence or 2) race rally use. in which case it cant be registered anyway... unless someone has done a numbers job.
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Melbourne
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February 2005
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Re: imported celica gt4?
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Wed, 16 March 2005 10:46
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The guy selling it said he was the third owner in AU. It was imported about 7-8 years ago, I'm not sure if imort laws were diferent then or not. With complaince for a personal imort do you still have to change seatbelts, get intrusion bars ect. Because I noticed that the rear seatbelts were not retractable. Which makes me think dodge even moreso. It's bloody typical that this happens, since I would really love to get this car. I guess what they say is true. When something seems to good to be true, it genrally is.
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Perth
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October 2004
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Re: imported celica gt4?
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Wed, 16 March 2005 15:57
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Those Celica's already have side intrusion bars, just for the record.
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Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: imported celica gt4?
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Wed, 16 March 2005 22:09
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the seat belts should have been changed, the fuel filler should have been changed, it should have english tyre placards and tune up label.
he should have an engineering certificate for it and copies of the import paperwork. i wouldnt touch it without these two.
your other option is to take the VIN and try and contact DOTARS and see what scheme it was importe uner to see if its legit.
but personlly id be careful. it may well be a numbers job.
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sydney,nsw.oz.
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July 2002
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Re: imported celica gt4?
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Thu, 17 March 2005 03:26
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| esk34 wrote on Wed, 16 March 2005 19:59 |
It is currently registered, but the owner is selling without a RWC.
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Dude,
How hard is it to get a RWC ?
Why not ask the seller to supply 1 or ring and check the details at VicRoads.
Cheers
T.
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