fish fingers Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I've noticed this alot with various imports on Thai websites. I'm guessing this is because grey imports are brought into the country in pieces to avoid duty, then registered after being rebuilt. Then perhaps they pass that off as the date of manufacture. For example there are a couple of VW CC's for sale on one site which are at least 4 years old (can tell by the old spec lights) but are being passed off as much newer. Please do your homework when buying foreign cars, know a cars age i.e. updates etc and check the chassis number against a database if you are suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 They are using the date of the book being issued as the build date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Gasp ! Dishonest car dealers ? What's next ? Farang pricing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Gasp ! What's next ? Farang pricing ? Farang Pricing.. I don't really get your drift.. Considering 99% of imports buyers are rich Hiso thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Gasp ! What's next ? Farang pricing ? Farang Pricing.. I don't really get your drift.. Considering 99% of imports buyers are rich Hiso thais Wow...99% you must have a pretty accurate spreadsheet with all the details to know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Gasp ! What's next ? Farang pricing ? Farang Pricing.. I don't really get your drift.. Considering 99% of imports buyers are rich Hiso thais Wow...99% you must have a pretty accurate spreadsheet with all the details to know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Spec for which country....various "older" models are still sold in varying countries and even the manufacter is continued od "older" specs for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaorop Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Certainly agree, If you believe anything a s/h car dealer in los tells you without doing your own checking, you are in for some big surprises. Cavet Emptor rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Certainly agree, If you believe anything a s/h car dealer in los tells you without doing your own checking, you are in for some big surprises. Cavet Emptor rules If you are buying second-hand ANYWHERE in the world, you need to have access either to good vehicle knowledge or good trade description legislation. Thailand has little or none of the latter so if you don't know your cars, take a friend or professional who does. A third advantage is the ability to bargain - this is largely innate so don't believe you are suddenly going to be a good haggler when all you have ever haggled for before is a leather bag on a market (you probably paid over the odds for that anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 The funniest one I saw was a dealer trying to flog a very old Audi RS4 for nearly 2M. It was clearly a standard Audi with badges stuck all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerone Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) ]In almost all cars if you look down on the safety belt on the driver side you will notice a flag stating years and month of production and country of origin. That is the last part that is put on a car exiting the production line. Howhever i noticed that in some of these grey imports has been accurately removed with a catter... Good look in this country of cheaters and scammers...I know a guy that has a dealer in Bangkok and use brand new car with the red plate for 2 years...then he register the car and tamper the odometer back to 5-6000 km...selling the car almost as new... Edited July 19, 2015 by Nerone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Gasp ! Dishonest car dealers ? What's next ? Farang pricing ? Jokes about dishonest used car dealers are as old as the Ford Model T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Ok here's one that caught my eye, advertised as a 1 year old CC, altho to me it looks like pre facelift 2012 model. As has been said, its possible that the chinese factory was still producing the pre facelift but I doubt up to 2014 or producing right hand drive cars http://showroom.one2car.com/carDetail.aspx?car_id=2375299 Edited July 19, 2015 by fish fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I guess, it's older. If it's a real 2014, it would be much more expensive over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 The year they put down is the year of first registration, this can be confirmed from the books. E.g. pre-facelift (MY12 and back) E200 NGTs are still being sold by Mercedes so ones sold this year will be listed up as 2015 when later sold. This is no different from the west except that most car dealerships actually reduce the price to get the cars out the door within about a year. The issue is when cars are imported used and then registered, the year will be the year that they were first registered in Thailand which can be deceptive. E.g. http://taladrod.com/w30/iCar/CarDet.aspx?cid=1618168 This guy has gone so far as to state in the description that it's an '05 model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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