buying a car

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Member since 28 March 2011

DgmtexasNew member19 May 2015 23:13:39

I am moving to Tokyo July 1st, and I have decided to buy a car, and use my international drivers license. I am looking for references for a used car dealer in central Tokyo. I am bypassing Craigslist for various reasons. I was also curious if anyone has had experience with leasing a car?

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kenjeeViP20 May 2015 12:18:17

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Hello Dgmtexas

You may drop an advert in our classifieds section - Vehicules classifieds in Tokyo

Regards
Kenjee
Expat.com Team

tidiii New member

Member since 03 June 2015

tidiiiNew member03 June 2015 10:58:43

would like to know too

andrenippon New member

Member since 06 October 2009

andrenipponNew member07 June 2015 01:42:04

Hi I am Andrew from brasil I life in Shinjuku ku Tokyo Listen
dont Buy in Agency .Sure the cars all has great make Up etc....But are Expensive .
You can By Direct in Auction.
or in the Gulliver agency. they have a agency near to the magome Station.....
write in yahoo japan only................................... second hand car japan
or Used cars auction japan.
.YOU gonna get Great prices for nices Cars .....and Motorbikes also.

Dgmtexas New member

Member since 28 March 2011

DgmtexasNew member28 July 2015 21:03:45

Hi

I purchased the car, but now needing to go to the police station with my Hokan basho shoudaku shoumei (Certificate of Permission for Use of Parking) to pick up my Jidousha Hokanbasho Todokede sho.

Since I don't speak Japanese yet, I am assuming this is going to be a painful process, has anyone on this forum been through this yet, if so any suggestions?

naimul Member

Member since 24 September 2015

naimulMember25 September 2015 08:32:19

Buying a car is not that expensive in Japan. With dealer you can buy used cars. But if you can contact with some foreigner who does car business can be much cheaper. Normally they will buy the car of your choice from the auction and take minimum profit out of it. Normally dealers also buys the car from the Auction and doubles the price when selling.
If you want to buy an expensive car I recommend to buy it from dealer. Because if anything goes wrong they will take responsibilities.

Jolieet Active member

Member since 09 February 2016

JolieetActive member18 August 2016 13:12:52

I agreed. I bought two car and bike from dealer . It's cheaper than singapore

PaulJWood New member

Member since 15 November 2017

PaulJWoodNew member12 January 2018 03:16:29

sr for the late answer, Last year i got a Toyota Prius 2011 for sale from a used car platform called CarFromJapan, you can check it here (carfromjapan.com/cheap-used-toyota-prius-for-sale-year2011)

As far as i know, they export and import through many countries besides just Japan, and the quality along with the prices are really good.

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