G'day All,

I just purchased a 2012 Superb Elegance wagon from a dealer in Gosford, it was manufactured December 2011 as a MY 2012. The car wasn't complianced in Australia until March 2013 which seems to me to be an awfully long time, what is the usual lead time from manufacture to arriving in Aus?

The good news is apparently it still has new car warranty until March 2018. I'm definitely not complaining, but I though warranty was 3 not 5 years?

Does anyone have any hints as to why there is greater than 12 months from manufacture to compliance?

I'm currently overseas and I am yet to see the car, by any stroke of fortune does anyone know the history of the car? (White elegance wagon DDE 31K)

Interestingly while looking I found one in Melbourne that it turns out is a stolen and recovered repairable writeoff. It would be fair to say that the "gentleman" selling it was not forthcoming with that information, and when I called him on it (it came out in a security register check) he lied about it.

Anyway, hopefully someone can help me decipher the mystery of my new Skoda