I have been looking high and low to find a late model toyota in good shape. I finally located one but it is three or more hrs drive from me. No big deal really.but I phoned the guy who owns it and ask him the basic ?'s of course. He told me he fixes them to sell them on the side.
1/ he had removed the cat converter,but had one he would throw in.2/the windshield was cracked,had one of those to
3/he also told me the guy he bought it from had removed the vin number form an 82 and replaced it on the 86 model he had....red flag up4/I ask him if he had purchased the sellers package from the mto....he said he would get one....I live in Ont.. Canada and it is mandatory to purchase a sellers package before you sell a vehicle privately.
contains the history of the vehicle,mileage and accident history,and a minimum maximum selling price so they can make sure you pay at least the minimum sales tax on the vehicle on transfer
5/ he called me back and said he had purchased it with no problem.Just wondering what others think here, does this sound like a scam to you?
Is it possible that the mto was issuing the package on the 82 rather than the
86 he is selling even if the pink slip says 86?I had a friend who bought a ford pu at an auction and when he took it for repairs, the dealer sent the model and vin numbers in with his parts order. The next day the cops showed up at the garage and confiscated the truck and my buddy was out the 5 grand he paid for the truck and was almost charged with buying stolen property.