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Old 09-13-2016, 05:53 AM   #976
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Originally Posted by ravenhill View Post
Always, always do a pre-purchase inspection. And I guess it's a bit of a waste with RHD cars if they were imported recently, but if it's a Canadian car (or just been in Canada for a while), get a Carproof report.

When I bought my ITR, I test drove it and got a pre-purchase done which included a compression test (and maybe a leakdown, can't remember).
not a waste. just because a jdm passed gov't inspection dosen't mean the car is any good.
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