it becomes their probelm when the car they bought can't get registration because there is no one left to certify it.. then the whole thing comes full circle.
if you think $20k is a lot try the guys who deal in grey exotics. some of those are $100k+ I have heard.
sbyder/z240,
its too hard to explain what you do to the general public. they only seem to care whos cheapest and who can comply their 21 yr old GTR that they paid 320FOB for and on its final legs for nothing.(citing the 15 yr cars that surfaced before the door closed.) In the two years I have been involved in it from a repair aspect I have only just grasp the majority of what happens from auction to registration.
I see what you do a a full service/repair/modification for Oz transport rules with a fair bit of paperwork in the middle.
now the other side of the coin are those that will drop their pants on the premise that if they don't someone else will. mate of mine worked on this premise for a while and found all he got were the tightarses with shit cars and shit jobs. think the same idea sort of applies here. correct me if I'm wrong.