G'day,
I am currently a pretender on these forums - don't own a VR4 yet, but it's a work-in-progress! Anyhow, I am in contact with J-Spec and have paid the deposit etc. so the wait is on.
So today I have received information from my gent in Japan on a particular Legnum that's up from a wholesale supplier. It appears that the plus side here is the car is cheap (straight from the source) but the negative is that it's impossible to attain any further details on the car. Anyway, they haven't provided any information up-front about whether or not the car has received it's major service at 90-100k km's (currently has done 125k) but as far as I'm aware it's pretty rare for a car in Japan to miss services or be under-maintained. Is this so?
Details from the wholesaler as follows:
2000 Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4 Type S
Series 3 model
125,000km
One owner
Pearl white
Tiptronic auto
Aircon
Power steering
Power windows
ABS brakes
Dual airbags
Active Yaw Control
Keyless entry
CD player
One owner vehicle
Grade 3.5 condition with C interior
Front bumper minor scratches
Right front and rear doors have pin dent and minor scratches
Left fender accent mold is coming off
Left front door small dent
Left rear quarter and rear bumper repaint mark
Left fog lamp lens a little faded
My J-Spec contact has insisted that these inspections and reports often sound quite harsh because they are super-picky. I have no previous experience with the Japanese industry so I'll trust him on that one. Basically I'm trying to weigh up the odds of copping a dud from wholesale, considering that if J-Spec receive the car and its condition is different to that mentioned they can make a claim on it. The worrying part is that they haven't provided mechanical details (which I suppose takes them off the hook for mechanical discrepancies once the car has arrived at the importer) although I'm sure that some of you here have some insight on this.
Also forgive me for asking something I'm sure has an answer somewhere on this site but what has changed from Series 2 to Series 3 other than interior?
Sorry for the text-wall, any advice or thoughts are appreciated. Here are the pictures that the wholesale supplier has posted:
(I have no idea of the details of this diagram, only that it represents the exterior condition info, so feel free to point out anything)
I am currently a pretender on these forums - don't own a VR4 yet, but it's a work-in-progress! Anyhow, I am in contact with J-Spec and have paid the deposit etc. so the wait is on.
So today I have received information from my gent in Japan on a particular Legnum that's up from a wholesale supplier. It appears that the plus side here is the car is cheap (straight from the source) but the negative is that it's impossible to attain any further details on the car. Anyway, they haven't provided any information up-front about whether or not the car has received it's major service at 90-100k km's (currently has done 125k) but as far as I'm aware it's pretty rare for a car in Japan to miss services or be under-maintained. Is this so?
Details from the wholesaler as follows:
2000 Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4 Type S
Series 3 model
125,000km
One owner
Pearl white
Tiptronic auto
Aircon
Power steering
Power windows
ABS brakes
Dual airbags
Active Yaw Control
Keyless entry
CD player
One owner vehicle
Grade 3.5 condition with C interior
Front bumper minor scratches
Right front and rear doors have pin dent and minor scratches
Left fender accent mold is coming off
Left front door small dent
Left rear quarter and rear bumper repaint mark
Left fog lamp lens a little faded
My J-Spec contact has insisted that these inspections and reports often sound quite harsh because they are super-picky. I have no previous experience with the Japanese industry so I'll trust him on that one. Basically I'm trying to weigh up the odds of copping a dud from wholesale, considering that if J-Spec receive the car and its condition is different to that mentioned they can make a claim on it. The worrying part is that they haven't provided mechanical details (which I suppose takes them off the hook for mechanical discrepancies once the car has arrived at the importer) although I'm sure that some of you here have some insight on this.
Also forgive me for asking something I'm sure has an answer somewhere on this site but what has changed from Series 2 to Series 3 other than interior?
Sorry for the text-wall, any advice or thoughts are appreciated. Here are the pictures that the wholesale supplier has posted:
(I have no idea of the details of this diagram, only that it represents the exterior condition info, so feel free to point out anything)