Vlad-wagon on eBay / BaT

[Roysneon]

Sounds like this could bite him in the ass.

Sadly, yes. Someone will try to be an internet hero and report this to the US DOT and the guy who bought it from the shop in T.O that built it will get in some serious shit if my assumptions are correct. The US DOT just loves to confiscate and destroy automobiles that have been imported and resold multiple times as well.

I agree that Vlad will have some sort of reckoning just from the one time I met him I could tell he was a huge douche, but this is not the way.

[bmw325_num99]

Sadly, yes. Someone will try to be an internet hero and report this to the US DOT and the guy who bought it from the shop in T.O that built it will get in some serious shit if my assumptions are correct. The US DOT just loves to confiscate and destroy automobiles that have been imported and resold multiple times as well.

I agree that Vlad will have some sort of reckoning just from the one time I met him I could tell he was a huge douche, but this is not the way.

Do you know whether the car had the USA sedan VIN while in Canada? Or could the VIN have been swapped after it entered the USA, thereby not endangering the shop in T.O.? I assumed the VIN had been swapped while in the USA but you know what they say about assumption.s

[mikeedler]

of course it was swapped in the u.s., there was no reason to do that in Canada. plus if you look at the records, the 318 (vin) was in the u.s. all the time.

this doesn't look so good.............................................. ...

[ieatpeople]

fuck vlad, i've read enough bad things about him to know better than to ever buy anything he was associated with.

he fucked up yans car and wouldn't admit to it, even though there were about 1000 witnesses that say it was fucked up at the show he took the car to. he didn't even have permission to drive the car, let alone take it to a show.


So, "fraud" and "unauthorized use of a motor vehicle" from the yan incident, now this car with the illegal vin swap. this guy is gonna get burned soon, cant wait to see it.

[bmw325_num99]

of course it was swapped in the u.s., there was no reason to do that in Canada. plus if you look at the records, the 318 (vin) was in the u.s. all the time.

this doesn't look so good.............................................. ...

Yeah, as CanuckGreg posted to the BaT listing, this appears to be the same car with a different VIN

http://willz.ca/ED74525.htm

Model: 318iT
Chassis: WBAAG71040ED74525

[5Toes]

So getting vlad in trouble in the dot is fucking intense.

[bmw325_num99]

So getting vlad in trouble in the dot is fucking intense.

Not sure what you mean, but I find this and the BaT discussion interesting.

[delatlanta1281]

He means that Vlad is commercially trying to sell a car with swapped vins. As a commercial seller it is there resp. to represent the car and sell it legally. Vlad is not doing so, and if he has the title, it will say what kind of car it is. Therefore, Vlad is knowingly selling an illegally registered car. If I know the DOT, they will snatch this up and crush it. And Vlad will have lost all money and time invested. Plus a bad ass motor. If I were him, I would pull the listing and cut the car up, or re-register it as a limited use car.
EDIT
Why wouldn't he just pull the vin off the m3 chassis he cut up and say he modded it with a donor wagon? That might have been more legit..

[InuFaye]

I hope this bites him in the fucking ass.

[reelizmpro]

91 318i 4 door is perfect because the wagon is a 91, has 4 doors (+1) and could have been a 318. If he sells the car and gets his money, it may not come back to him by the time anything serious happens.

[slammin.e28]

I just wanna be a dead beat bidder so bad!

Or win it, "discover" the VIN thing, then bit his ass with it. All the while saving the engine.

[cbouchez]

Wow!!! That is a lot of $$$ 30k I bet he is making a good profit...

[Jand3rson]

And now it's a feature on Speedhunters. The enthusiast scene at large is going to find out about this now. The feature is already being blasted by several people who posted links to the story and Yan's thread on S14.net and here on R3V.

I hope Vlad has stock in KY...

[CW325]

91 318i 4 door is perfect because the wagon is a 91, has 4 doors (+1) and could have been a 318. If he sells the car and gets his money, it may not come back to him by the time anything serious happens.

If you search the vin at RealOEM it comes up specifically as a non touring model.

[delatlanta1281]

I hope Vlad has stock in KY...

Why would Vlad have stock in Kentucky?