Aussie Statutory Write Off Vehicles

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Inphinity

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#1558653 24-May-2016 13:50

While there will always be cases of dodgy types conning the system, and there are certainly flaws in the system, in this case I feel it was lack of buyer education. The information was out there that this vehicle had been imported from Australia, and had sustained water/flood damage. It's just that I suspect few buyers do checks to this level, or even know that they can. I think this information should be included in all 'common' vehicle history checks - e.g. carjam, motorweb etc (or maybe it is in their paid checks?). I think the second issue in this case was, despite a MVDT ruling in her favour, she's not received the money form the dealer - there should be stronger legal enforcement of this type of ruling.

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#1558806 24-May-2016 16:35

When someone wins a case in court like this and a company doesn't pay out it should be made debt collectable with costs and other legal enforcement that comes with debts against limited liability companies.

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#1558991 24-May-2016 22:18

joker97: I'm more worried about dodgy construction material for buildings

And the dodgy people putting them together and the dodgy people certifying their compliance...!

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#1559106 25-May-2016 07:45

Geektastic:

I would say the simplest answer is to instruct Customs to refuse clearance to any such vehicles at the border, returning them to Australia.

Aussie De-Reg rules are overly restrictive (as are a lot of things over there - think of them as the poor cousin to UK on "nanny statism"). Anyway, a car with hail damage is absolutely fine for import and repair. A ute that has been wet (fresh water) to the bottom of the rear bumper = fine in my books. They key is that the buyer is fully informed and makes a decision based on that.

The De-Reg (in most cases) stems from the Ins Coy having a claim made against them. The loss on their books will be attributed to an event (Cyclone Winnebago = Storm/Weather Event) and they can do their reporting. Happy days... However, until the vehicle is inspected separate to that process, details of the loss won't be clear;

- Hail Damage

- Fresh water flooded

- Salt water flooded

- Tree fell on the vehicle causing major structural damage

- Lightening struck the ute tray causing arcing (I'm being silly now...)

Each of these has a different repair process to make it safe and a differing acceptance level from the public around whether they would want it afterwards.

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