Archive for March, 2010

Have you ever thought who the heck brings cars to auctions? Does some rich person owns all the cars?? Do the auction houses owns all the cars??

There are more than 50 auction houses throughout Japan and we are member of every single one. These are all dealer only auctions which means they are not open to the public.

If a person wishes to sell a car,  he can take it any car dealer who are member of an auction houses or trade it in for a new car, like a Toyota or Nissan or something.

So auctions are supported by many car dealers. We use Auctions as a filter to purchase or sell cars. No information given to buyers about the owners before purchase and vice versa.

It is cheaper to buy parts direct from Japan from the maker.

You can save a lot of money!!

ie Nissan RB20DET MINES ECU for US$150 (parts cost only)

We receive a lot of parts inquiries from all over the world. We can order any parts from the Maker apart from models which we do not have in Japan.

All we need is the full chassis number and the full model code which are wrieen on your silver caution plate. (see photos) Or if you do know the parts number, it will be very handy for us however the chassis number is still required.

To avoild any mistake, we do send you a parts diagram to make sure it is the right parts you are looking for. (some optional parts are not able to obtain diagrams such as some body kits)

We always try our best to satisfy all our customers.

Here are some comments which we received recently from our customers.

“Thank you so much for your information. I am very satisfied to do some deals with you, everything is going pretty easy, clear and quickly. It really makes me happy. I will wait for your next e-mail with shipping details. I would like to ask you how it looks with a front grille that I ordered, please? I communicated with Bob in this case, should I contact him directly? Thank you very much for your response.”

(a customer from Slovakia)

“Just a note to advise our part arrived safe and sound and our car is now fixed.Just wanted to say a big thankyou to you and Bob for your assistance. We are happy little vegemites here in Oz.”

(a customer from Australia)

One thing we are vary much proud of doing this business is that we put a lot of effort on a quality of all cars we purchase.  In other words, we do not buy a ” crap”.

Our inspection service always making sure that mechanically and body conditions meet customers requirements.   We also have a strong team of inspection staff  to keep our level as high as possible  to take the worry out of buying your next car.

Here is an example of a inspection report.

engine and transmission ok. air con. power window ok. power steering wheel ok. roof lining ok. drivers seat side scratch. rear ok. floor matt ok. spare tire ok. small rust on muffler. tires are 5 mm front and rear. some oil mark on the engine. rear bumper dent. rear bumper broken on the right corner. rear hatch dent and crack. This is not grade 4 car.

Upon this translation, customers are able to cancel bid at any time before the auction.

Here’s Why

In Japan cars that are owned on April 1st need to have the years tax paid on them. Car dealers with a lot of stock would need to pay around 300 dollars in tax on each car that they have on their forecourts on that date.

In order to cut that cost they will put cars through the auction and will often accept lower than usual offers. So we see at auction more supply and less local demand as most local car dealers will wait until April to buy their stock.

This can be a great chance to pick up some bargains!