Exported but not recorded, wouldn’t that be a stolen car? If so the VIN prolly can’t be reused. Or is there a legit way this would happen?

Who else exports their car, doesn’t report it and then offers their VIN?

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xp84 3 days ago | parent [-]

I happened to see a video yesterday, unsourced though, which said that for cars that fetch a high premium overseas, exporters hire "straw buyers" to buy the cars and register them, then immediately take them to the port to be exported.

So, those seem like they'd be pretty good ones to use, as the straw buyer would certainly not report it as stolen. Though I bet they don't renew the tags, so you might owe a couple years of back registration depending on how old the 'source' car is.

	▲	Scoundreller 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Plenty of brands sell vehicles for less in some markets than others. They get all cranky about people arbitraging it but it is blatant price discrimination. Manufacturers were starting to require proof of insurance before handing over the keys and then people would get it and cancel+refund the insurance. Cat meet mouse. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/icbc-luxury-...