Buying a car at a Japanese auction. Photo — logbook Toyota Vitz, 2003
As I mentioned in the description of the car, it was purchased at an auction in Japan on the northernmost island of Sapporo.
Here is all the information about the car based on which you decide whether to take or not to take. A couple of tiny photos, very rarely there is another photo of the salon, and the auction sheet, which for the uninitiated is just a collection of obscure characters.
The process of buying through an auction is very exciting and interesting, but it is not suitable for those who have money burning their pockets and want to drive around in a new car in a couple of days, or even the same. It will take several months.
A month or two later, after searching for a suitable option and the actual purchase itself, you receive a long-awaited email with larger pictures, there is no limit to happiness and everyday meditation sessions begin, if electronic photographs could be looked through to the holes, then there would be no living space left on them. This batch was made by the Japanese in the parking lot of Japanese partners who bought the car.
A month later, you have four more shots, all the pleas to take more pictures, to shoot under the hood, in detail the interior, were safely ignored. The car crossed the ocean on a ferry and is parked in Vladivostok.
Pay attention to the environment of the car in Japan and Russia - it is very revealing. What a mess in Vladivostok and what a cleanliness in the Japanese port.
And so I got the Witz in Moscow, he made his way through the largest country in the world, by rail.
And this is a set prepared while waiting.
I must say that despite all the red tape with waiting, studying the codes in the auction sheet, endlessly looking at photographs, the process of buying through an auction gives incredible pleasure, completely incomparable with buying in a salon, paid, sat down, drove, boring.
The case was in 2007.
Issue price: 247,000 ₽ Mileage: 29,000 km
I’ve already bought it twice, no scam, because an agreement is concluded with a legal entity, and the office needs to be checked in advance for negative reviews.
Unpleasant situations are certainly not excluded, but this is not at all exotic, thousands of cars are bought this way, at least they were bought before, until our caring government raised duties.
To say that an interesting purchase is to say nothing. For example, a lot of questions immediately arise in my head, starting with whether it is profitable and ending with a scam, paying for the goods you get a fig or a real car, or are such unpleasant situations excluded?
In Kazakhstan, the import is already banned, in Russia, in fact, too, since it is completely unprofitable. The import of Japanese into Russia has decreased by more than 90%, after the introduction of new duties.
Yes, it's a total nightmare. They also want to ban right-hand drive. Ambush from all sides.
Yes, this is our uncle friend who lives in Yapia, so he was engaged in all this business. We just threw pictures, and we chose. So they did not see at first that he was without a sleeping bag. Isuzu truck. So also in connection with the increased duties, it will come with redone docks (again, the uncle is sickening), the year will be much older than it really is. And you will have to carry it from Vladik on your own, because. you can't upload it to the grid :)
Thanks! Do you have an auction list, like I have in the first picture, what kind of truck do you have?
An interesting story turned out :)
And we just recently bought a truck through an auction. Chose 3 out of 5 offered. We liked the third one the most. But, as it turned out, he will be the last to bargain. Therefore, we were offered to bet also on the other 2, which will be traded earlier. The first one was lost. Not upset. But the second one was won. Of course, I wanted a third. But we have already won the second one, and you can’t refuse these auctions. It's a shame that they didn't even take part in the auction for the third truck.
Now we are waiting for him to come. And then they also discovered that he was without a sleeping bag. Very upset :(
Accurately noticed, many doubted before the ban, in the search for minuses in right-hand drive. We will remember this cool time, quiet winter evenings.
It was interesting to remember about the auctions. The situation is very familiar. If it were not for the duties, I would still drive right-hand drive. But such a freebie will no longer be unfortunately. The good news is that after all we tried them, but many did not dare and do not know what it is.
Everything you need, I don’t go without it, I know from experience that it’s better to have your own than it’s not clear where to look later in the middle of the night.
Yes, the "rulers" are trying tirelessly. Soon they will raise the price tag for gasoline like in Europe (but don't care about the quality)
There are the usual parameters of the car, such as year, mileage, equipment, which box, some jambs are indicated, there are also comments from the owner. There is an assessment of the body and the interior. 4.5 B means that the body is almost perfect, the maximum score is 5. For the salon B, it means also almost super, A is the maximum score.
There are already many posts on this topic. But they have lost their relevance, our rulers have tried, now cars are not transported from Japan.
Did I say that it is difficult - it is terribly interesting.
Another would be a post about how to buy at such an auction. Ato says that it is difficult and incomprehensible, but what and why is in the auction leaflet, it is not told - the secret of the company?)
There is a law on increasing duties, it was just adopted, and imports of used cars decreased by 90%. And the ban on the right steering wheel was never seriously discussed.