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Trak Turtle · 06-23-2009, 02:34 AM

LOL Aaron,

In India, things work very differently. Registrations here are based on chasis/engine numbers & in case of re registration i.e transfer of ownership, the previous registration number is sufficient. VINs have no meaning with registering authorities.

The car price for purchase was initially quoted to me declaring the car year as 1996. In India, dealers rip off VINs on cars coz they know a VIN is the simplest means to identify model years. They change model year to later by re-registering vehicles & demand higher quotes during sale. This is a common practise on foreign cars.
Now someone like me would take a few minutes on the net to figure the true year but few buyers around here take the pain to do that. I did so & also discovered that while the car's registery had 1990 as model year, the 1990 was altered in the registration to 1996 by hand. The registration in the 90s were hand written around here. However a fresh registration of 1990 made for me because it made the old registration void. With a little revision in the quote, I was happy to buy the car, never mind I learned it was older than initially quoted, thx to its condition.

Summary - VIN removed to hide model year. The car was owned by a very wealthy man & the reason I was driven to buying it is -
He rode the car once in a blue moon, say on his birthday, therefore the car has inside 40k kms on it. It was handed over to a dealer for sale who had it for a month or so. This was a bad phase in the car's life. A very renowned car workshop owner who identified this car for me is registered on this forum

There are approximately 5 running MR2s in the country.

A stolen MR2 around here would stick out like a nude Liz Hurley on the road

So there you have it Aaron, I have the presence of mind & too much on my agenda not to be riding around in a stolen car in this life.

If you ever come here on holiday, besides the fine things you can experience, it would be an eye opener to visit the auto market & figure how vast the second hand car slae industry is & yet how few the MR2s are

& yes, not to forget a visit to Delhi's FPO to really see true tolerence by masses towards inefficiency & corruption

Mailed you my entire order.

Thx Aaron

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Trak Turtle Cage Fighter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gurgaon, India Posts: 151 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	LOL Aaron, In India, things work very differently. Registrations here are based on chasis/engine numbers & in case of re registration i.e transfer of ownership, the previous registration number is sufficient. VINs have no meaning with registering authorities. The car price for purchase was initially quoted to me declaring the car year as 1996. In India, dealers rip off VINs on cars coz they know a VIN is the simplest means to identify model years. They change model year to later by re-registering vehicles & demand higher quotes during sale. This is a common practise on foreign cars. Now someone like me would take a few minutes on the net to figure the true year but few buyers around here take the pain to do that. I did so & also discovered that while the car's registery had 1990 as model year, the 1990 was altered in the registration to 1996 by hand. The registration in the 90s were hand written around here. However a fresh registration of 1990 made for me because it made the old registration void. With a little revision in the quote, I was happy to buy the car, never mind I learned it was older than initially quoted, thx to its condition. Summary - VIN removed to hide model year. The car was owned by a very wealthy man & the reason I was driven to buying it is - He rode the car once in a blue moon, say on his birthday, therefore the car has inside 40k kms on it. It was handed over to a dealer for sale who had it for a month or so. This was a bad phase in the car's life. A very renowned car workshop owner who identified this car for me is registered on this forum There are approximately 5 running MR2s in the country. A stolen MR2 around here would stick out like a nude Liz Hurley on the road So there you have it Aaron, I have the presence of mind & too much on my agenda not to be riding around in a stolen car in this life. If you ever come here on holiday, besides the fine things you can experience, it would be an eye opener to visit the auto market & figure how vast the second hand car slae industry is & yet how few the MR2s are & yes, not to forget a visit to Delhi's FPO to really see true tolerence by masses towards inefficiency & corruption Mailed you my entire order. Thx Aaron Last edited by Trak Turtle; 06-23-2009 at 06:34 AM.