[prydey]

Reminds me of an experience I had. Bought a Ford Focus from a dealer in NSW. It was an ex company car. Bought it for my in laws.

Drove it back to SA and then in the process of getting the rego changed to SA registration, the police got called. When they were checking the VIN they found some of the letters and numbers looked to be done by hand. They impounded the car.

Took weeks to sort out. My 70yr old mother in law was pretty upset by it all. We could provide evidence of the history of the car back to new but I feel it was a bit of a power play by the motor reg knobs.

Anyway long story short the police were able to get confirmation from Ford that it was legit but I still had to pay to get the car from the impound. The police were actually pretty good. They were just doing their job.

I've bought a few cars from interstate and the guys at the compliance checking building are generally all the same, carrying on like 'want to be' cops..... Unless you were a dealer. Dealers turn up with cars and it's amazing how quickly they get processed. Funny how many dealers sent the cute little office girl to take the cars through too.

Sorry for the digression...