Is the dealership pulling a dodgy? Please help

[vect0r4]

Is it true that as long as the car was not registered beforehand, they can sell it as brand new, regardless of how much km was on it?

[bendor]

I'm fairly sure even Demos get full 3 year warranty as I believe the dealer provides the warranty from the day you collect the car.

Personally I would ask them for the Rego papers to check whether it has plates and if so when they were put on it?

Then I would voice my concerns and use this as leverage for a Demo type discount...and also confirm that the warranty starts when you buy it.

If its all good then 120kms on the clock is nothing!

[vect0r4]

I'm fairly sure even Demos get full 3 year warranty as I believe the dealer provides the warranty from the day you collect the car.

Personally I would ask them for the Rego papers to check whether it has plates and if so when they were put on it?

Then I would voice my concerns and use this as leverage for a Demo type discount...and also confirm that the warranty starts when you buy it.

If its all good then 120kms on the clock is nothing!

If the dealership says there are no registration papers as the car is not registered, should I take it with a grain of salt?

Is there any way of verifying the validity of what they say is true?

[bendor]

If the dealership says there are no registration papers as the car is not registered, should I take it with a grain of salt?

Is there any way of verifying the validity of what they say is true?

Well I suspect they would have to register it for a year at a time, and it's tied into the VIN so they would have to tell the truth.

Thinking about it, you should also get a full year of rego when you buy it, if not, discount time.

Anyway, use anything you can to get a discount as there is always a big margin in there.


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[theitchy]

I picked up my car almost 2 months and until now only 200km on the clock ....hehe .... but i think Dealer must have used this sometimes otherwise it will be hardly done 120km ...

[vect0r4]

Just a quick update - I've decided to not proceed with the car. Thanks for your advice guys.

[tigger73]

Fair enough. I wouldn't be happy with a brand new car having those km on it.

It's not unusual for cars to come into the country and end up in a holding yard at Patrick's or the dealer. You have 3 dates: build date, compliance date and date first registered. Warranty starts from when the car is first registered which if you're buying a demo you lose the bit of warranty from when the dealer registered the car until you pick it up.

The dealer likely was trying to pull a swifty. But they should have discussed the cars they had available and given you an option for the one with some demo drives on it for a discount. Then nobody would have been upset.


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