scott lardner
New Member
hi all
so im looking at buying my son a Lancer for his first car about to handover the cash just was waiting on the seller to provide Safety Cert /road worthy cert which is requirement in Qld.
interestingly i noticed on the safety cert the Rego number was incorrect ! and it was for Red lancer not Silver the one i was looking at buying.
It turns out the veh inspection bloke only wrote down the compliance plate VIN which is located on the inside door panel and turns out this VIN number is not matching the stamped VIN on the body of the car infront of drivers seat.
so the VIN compliance plates near front doors are different numbers to hard stamp number on the body of the car !
Generally i would walk away at this point however the seller brought the car new from a dealer and its only had 1 owner I've checked Revs check and nothing comes up regarding car being written off or stolen just wondering if anyone has had similar issues with Mitsubishi Lancer having different VIN plates on 08 or 09 lancers
thanks Scott
so im looking at buying my son a Lancer for his first car about to handover the cash just was waiting on the seller to provide Safety Cert /road worthy cert which is requirement in Qld.
interestingly i noticed on the safety cert the Rego number was incorrect ! and it was for Red lancer not Silver the one i was looking at buying.
It turns out the veh inspection bloke only wrote down the compliance plate VIN which is located on the inside door panel and turns out this VIN number is not matching the stamped VIN on the body of the car infront of drivers seat.
so the VIN compliance plates near front doors are different numbers to hard stamp number on the body of the car !
Generally i would walk away at this point however the seller brought the car new from a dealer and its only had 1 owner I've checked Revs check and nothing comes up regarding car being written off or stolen just wondering if anyone has had similar issues with Mitsubishi Lancer having different VIN plates on 08 or 09 lancers
thanks Scott