Russia is experiencing a second wave of right-hand drive popularity: since 2022, a Japanese used car has become the only option for many families to upgrade their fleet. With two million in your pocket you can afford a very decent car, albeit with a steering wheel in the glove compartment. But what about those who have a much smaller budget? They are looking for a solution to the problem. And find”.
One visit to a Japanese auction is enough to realize the stunning truth: “beushki” in the Land of the Rising Sun cost a penny, and the main part of the “Russian price” is logistics and customs clearance. And if you can not do anything with delivery, you will not save in any way, then there are a large number of illegal, but very attractive tricks to reduce the cost of registration. Naturally, professional dealers of the “gray” used car market are well aware of all these paths and offer “options” to customers for a “cap of crackers”.
A large portion of the “shabby imports” brought did not and will never go through customs – they were brought in as spare parts and some actually went to the showdown. But not everything. Not even a big part. The main part is sent along the Far East’s favorite route of cuts, designers, rodents, previously recorded by criminal methods. Now it is not so easy to “flatter” a traffic cop, but there are no fewer precedents. Why? Yes, simply because no one goes to the traffic police by car.
The good old method of “doubles” has been actively taken up again: they buy cheap spruce live, not for normal use, “right-handed”, but always registered. And, of course, with a full package of documents – expensive or cheap. Expensive are with blank columns of units, where it is indicated that the body and engine are uncountable. Buy the same model – the probability of getting into trouble is small, and who among the employees understands the “Japanese”? In fact, such papers are an eternal pass, and a “not too fastidious” police officer will easily register it. The car in this case is completely legal and even with the name of the real owner in the documents.
A cheap way is to take numbers from a package of documents and hang them on a completely different car. This is easy to do: just show the papers and pick up freshly printed strips from the courier. Insurance policy, power of attorney – let’s go. The scam has been operating for many years and is still operating today. Moreover: many will choose this option, because it is much cheaper than the official one. But there is one important “but”.
It should be understood that the car owner is actually driving a car with false license plates, and such acts, according to part 4 of article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, entail the deprivation of “rights” for a period of time from 6 to 12 months. And this at best, because fraud with documents is generally a criminal case in our country. So if the procedure goes too far, the car owner could end up behind bars. An extremely dubious prospect, you will agree.
Russia is experiencing a second wave of right-hand drive popularity: since 2022, a Japanese used car has become the only option for many families to upgrade their fleet. With two million in your pocket you can afford a very decent car, albeit with a steering wheel in the glove compartment. But what about those who have a much smaller budget? They are looking for a solution to the problem. And find”.
One visit to a Japanese auction is enough to realize the stunning truth: “beushki” in the Land of the Rising Sun cost a penny, and the main part of the “Russian price” is logistics and customs clearance. And if you can not do anything with delivery, you will not save in any way, then there are a large number of illegal, but very attractive tricks to reduce the cost of registration. Naturally, professional dealers of the “gray” used car market are well aware of all these paths and offer “options” to customers for a “cap of crackers”.
A large portion of the “shabby imports” brought did not and will never go through customs – they were brought in as spare parts and some actually went to the showdown. But not everything. Not even a big part. The main part is sent along the Far East’s favorite route of cuts, designers, rodents, previously recorded by criminal methods. Now it is not so easy to “flatter” a traffic cop, but there are no fewer precedents. Why? Yes, simply because no one goes to the traffic police by car.
The good old method of “doubles” has been actively taken up again: they buy cheap spruce live, not for normal use, “right-handed”, but always registered. And, of course, with a full package of documents – expensive or cheap. Expensive are with blank columns of units, where it is indicated that the body and engine are uncountable. Buy the same model – the probability of getting into trouble is small, and who among the employees understands the “Japanese”? In fact, such papers are an eternal pass, and a “not too fastidious” police officer will easily register it. The car in this case is completely legal and even with the name of the real owner in the documents.
A cheap way is to take numbers from a package of documents and hang them on a completely different car. This is easy to do: just show the papers and pick up freshly printed strips from the courier. Insurance policy, power of attorney – let’s go. The scam has been operating for many years and is still operating today. Moreover: many will choose this option, because it is much cheaper than the official one. But there is one important “but”.
It should be understood that the car owner is actually driving a car with false license plates, and such acts, according to part 4 of article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, entail the deprivation of “rights” for a period from 6 to 12 months. And this at best, because fraud with documents is generally a criminal case in our country. So if the procedure goes too far, the car owner could end up behind bars. An extremely dubious prospect, you will agree.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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