That's very informative, thank you. ππ
Sorry you had those issues.
The car I saw was on the SBT website from a car dealer in Japan. So there's no auction report. Although Algy's do state that when they source a car they inspect it and give a report. I asked for reassurance from the dealer and they sent him a message. In reply he said the paint was good and everything was as it should be.
In the contract for purchase it said I was liable for anything that befell the car during transportation so it was up to me to arrange insurance if I wanted that reassurance.
The hybrid I'm after is either a Vellfire or gen2 Alphard. The one I saw on SBT is $9k (Β£7.5) plus freight. On the road in the UK through Algy's they invoiced me around Β£14,600.