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IS IT advisable to buy used German cars from Japan or from the UK? Most ex Japs are petrol while ex-UK cars are mostly diesel, what are the advantages of each? Reader.
Quite some interesting questions we are getting from our readers, these are the things that matter and some people end up trapped after buying bags of lemons instead of oranges.
Japan has set its motoring standards so high for motor vehicle performance and safety from production to maintenance. There are strict rules and regulations that guide keeping and maintaining a motor vehicle which if not followed will lead to confiscation of a car that’s deemed not roadworthy. Because of such strict laws, they keep their cars well maintained so that they can pass inspection every year. The inspection is so thorough your car can be condemned for a microscopic stone chip on your windscreen.
Unlike other countries, the government inspectors will not even hear of your back-pocket underhand advances. Most of the time therefore you are guaranteed that you buying a car that’s been well maintained. It is better therefore to buy a German car from Japan because you will get a car that’s in better condition. The downside is you will get German cars with Japanese Specs like limited to 180km/hr for example.
In most cases the Japanese guys don’t drive their cars so often because of a very efficient public transport system. That means that, their cars stay in good shape over a long while. We cannot say the same about European cars coming from the UK. UK cars are affected by a lot of things. First of all, they use their cars well and they drive them very often unlike the Japanese. Cars from Japan come looking like new cars while those from the UK really look their age. That said, the odds are you will get a better car from Japan than you will from the UK.
As you may have noticed, the majority of the cars that come from the UK are rather not so clean and most are blemished with spots of rust bubbles. Rust is associated with most UK cars because of the climate there in the UK. Their winters get cold, to sub-zero temperatures and that means water will frost up, ice up, and become a hazard for road users. Snowy conditions mean that drivers will have no traction and cars will just slide about. To counter this, a de-icing system is