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Originally posted by DJ_L3ThAL

nah its a private sale near melbourne airport (bout 15mins from me house)

opps wrong acusations! to answer some of your questions, easiest way to see if there has been any crash/panel works is to look really carefully at the paint on each and every panel.

Run your fingers over and see how smooth it is. The original paint has little rigit over it but if you see any panel with REALLY smooth paint, then it had been resprayed..

@akeenan: Wanna swap? :)

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well obviously he's a car sales person and he wants to get rid of it..they are not gonna say its been smashed and in crap quality.. they will try their best to promote the car for the sale (Keep that in mind).. The dandenong place i was talking about said the same thing, but when looked carefully it had been in an accident..

Get a RACV check as some suggested..will cost you $210 but you have to take the car to their nearest Caryard as they will not come and look at it because it is an import. Take the car for 4-5 hours leave it with them and they will give you a report and gradings on the whole car. Its worth it.

hehe im stresed about the engine, i am commited now i cannot back out i have put a $2k deposit on it, from what i tested it seemed fine to me but there are things i wouldnt be able to pick out like a mechanic would, ill just get it tesated when ni get it and fix anything needed, if its real bad ill go and bash the guy :)

this isnt really off the topic but i'll tell anyhow. I was just at chadstone skateboarding and there were heaps of cops everywhere. to cut a long story short a cop came over and started asking me the usual questions anyhow he finally said did you drive here tonite and i said yes and he goes which is your car and i gave a very vague point towards my skyline and he says oh ok thats fine! and they drove off.

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GRADE

AUCTION....VEHICLE CONDITION

9 under 3 months old with less than 500 km's - as new

8 under 6 months old with less than 1,000 km's - as new

7 under 1 years old with less than 10,000 km's - near new

6 under 3 years old with less than 10,000 km's - near new

5 any age with less than 50,000 km's - near perfect condition

4.5 better than grade 4 (often_grade 5_with_50,000+ km's)

4 may need very minor repair or clean

3.5 may require a few small repairs or have high km's

3 average condition for it's age, probably has some repairs needed

2 poor condition, badly rusted or in need of major repair

1 heavily modified car (sometimes_used for flood damage also)

A previous accident_repair (generally high quality, but not always)

RA very high quality accident repair or very minor accident (almost impossible to see repairs)

B large accident, poor quality accident repair or_generally very bad condition

A1 accident repaired car that is also heavily modified, or very minor accident repair

** current accident damage, still in need of repair, stolen & recovered, etc_

Originally posted by DJ_L3ThAL

anyways he said it was auction grade 5,

As akeenan started to say, it is not possible that it was Grade 5. Only showroom condition - brand new cars are rated as 5. You probably are getting a nice example but definately not 5. The guy is talking crap there. Ask any reputable importer here for a run down on the gradings. Geoff @ PrestigeMotorsport has it listed on his site!

Grade 4.5 is like one or two tiny blemishes that will rub out.

FYI: I have got a 1998 build r34 gtt that was rated as a 4 with a couple of minor scratches but barely noticeable.

oops, just read the last couple of posts...

how long have grades 6 > 9 been around? Never heard of those before! No i am not a newbie either.

What is your source for this info alexR33?? just curious

Originally posted by DJ_L3ThAL

that price includes 1 year registration freshly done in my name when i purchase the vehicle

If it had never been registered in Oz before then you would have to get 12 months reg as a minimum anyway. But its good that the seller "appears" to be paying for this though!

Originally posted by nismoR34

oops, just read the last couple of posts...

how long have grades 6 > 9 been around? Never heard of those before! No i am not a newbie either.  

What is your source for this info alexR33?? just curious

Not sure about grading 6 > 9. But from 1 - 5 is the rating the car was imported from Jap.

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