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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.

: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.

Edited by BASHO

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

Edited by Yts

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.

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.

Edited by BASHO

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'.

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."

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?

Edited by samuri

^ ^ ^ 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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