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I'm in the process of buying a car from Edward Lees Japenese Auto Centre/Fat Frog Imports, at 71 Parramatta Rd, Concord .

I'm buying from Qld , I've put down a deposit and fly down on Sat the 30th yo pick up and drive back so a bit of a good faith purchase.

I've been warned to be beyond carefull when dealing with this yard , does annyone know anything about them good , bad , otherwise.

Any imput will be gratefully received.

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I'm in the process of buying a car from Edward Lees Japenese Auto Centre/Fat Frog Imports, at 71 Parramatta Rd, Concord .

http://www.japanesea...entre.com.au/el ... hp?id=1672

I'm buying from Qld , I've put down a deposit and fly down on Sat the 30th pay for the car, pick up and drive back to Surfers so a bit of a good faith purchase.(or stupid)

I've been warned to be beyond carefull when dealing with this yard.

I know its not a Skyline so no trees through my head please.

It is an import so some of you guys will likely know.

Does annyone know anything about them good , bad , otherwise ?

Any imput will be gratefully received.

:cheers: All.

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my friend bought a skyline from there, his contact on here is d3ltr33 pm him and he will give you his verdict, i am sorry to say it won't be what you want to hear. be careful

what car are you buying off them?

maybe someone a little more local can give u a hand inspecting it prior to your commitment to come down

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Do a REVS check make sure you do all the usual checks you would do when buying a second hand car.

+1. Has a mechanic looked it over? Compression, oil leaks, rust, suspension condition, you'll want to know all this and more.

Definitely do a revs check.

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I'm in the process of buying a car from Edward Lees Japenese Auto Centre/Fat Frog Imports, at 71 Parramatta Rd, Concord .

This one.

http://www.japanesea...entre.com.au/el ... hp?id=1672

I'm buying from Qld , I've put down a deposit and fly down on Sat the 30th pay for the car, pick up and drive back to Surfers so a bit of a good faith purchase.(or stupid)

I've been warned to be beyond carefull when dealing with this yard.

I know its not a Skyline so no trees through my head please.

It is an import so somebody here will likely know.

Does anyone know anything about them good , bad , otherwise.

Any imput will be gratefully received.

:cheers: All.

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I'm in the process of buying a car from Edward Lees Japenese Auto Centre/Fat Frog Imports, at 71 Parramatta Rd, Concord .

http://www.japanesea...entre.com.au/el ... hp?id=1672

I'm buying from Qld , I've put down a deposit and fly down on Sat the 30th pay for the car, pick up and drive back to Surfers so a bit of a good faith purchase.(or stupid)

I've been warned to be beyond carefull when dealing with this yard.

I know its not a Skyline so no trees through my head please.

It is an import so some of you guys will likely know.

Does annyone know anything about them good , bad , otherwise ?

Any imput will be gratefully received.

:cheers: All.

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No man, I dont like that place, their cars and salesmen are dodgy as, when I was out lookin for cars, one of their salesmen tried so hard to sell me a dodgy R32GTR that I test drove, I could see his desparation and try-hard ways, and I'm like, 'Hello, no means no and thats it'.

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Wouldn't you find this out before you put down a deposit and made plans to fly down to look at the car?

Only if you have 50% of a brain, or more.

Like the old adage goes, "a fool and their money are soon parted."

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Whats the arrangement with your deposit if you dont proceed with purchase?

Do you have an agreement in writing?If not I would be sweating bricks.

Only heard good things about Prstige Motors for a Nissan .What are you buying?

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^ ^ ^ so glad you said "almost"

The ones around Sydney that have had good feedback are

* Top Secret Imports

* JapLink

* Nagoya

* Powerplay Imports

* Northshore Prestige

...but even then, the odd one slips through.

I've been warned that for the next two months, there may be a few "hot" cars coming over from Sendai area.

And I haven't a clue as to how to geiger-count micro- or millisieverts

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