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The auction grades these days should only be used as a very rough indicator, and the decision to purchase a vehicle shouldn't be made solely on the auction sheets contents.

The only way to be sure is to have someone on the ground at the Auctions personally inspect the car for you.

I have inspected 'Grade 4 & 4.5's' in person at Auctions while in Japan that barely deserved grade 2.

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unfortunatly your correct grade 4 now days can be big variance depending on a lot of factors.

1. being who owns the car if its large seller known to auction house the give kinder reports.

2. being inspector is easy or hard or doesnt know really.

3. the auction owns the car meaning instant minimum grade 4

only way to do it now days is to get your man on the ground to check it with his own eyes.

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Mr Eps Grand Master

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also like to add - my car was graded at auction grade 3 ("very average")

it's absolutely immaculate inside and outside and has a full top to bottom months old Newing leather retrim.

non smoking, no rips tears or cracks, no scratches or crash history...

go figure! :bunny:

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Yeah more recently I've noticed they're absolute shite. I'm not sure how someone could possibly get away with grading a car a 4.5 with an 80cm long deep dent in the roof. That's a dent nearly a metre long!

I've recently purchased a grade 4.5 car which was actually a deserving grade 4.5 car.

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