Used Cars: safety car, informative questions, mechanical inspection

Question
i'm in canada, i dont know where you are or what the laws are in your area.  whenever i see an ad for a car, it says "not safetied", "will safety", "as is"

first off, whenever a vehicle is changing owners, it must be safetied?

when someone says "not safetied", that means he will not safety it? and i would assume "as is" is the same thing?

Answer
Hi Sk
I happen to be in Canada also...
If a car says AS IS that means it has not passed a safety and cant be driven on the road till certified...dont ever buy a vehicle AS IS unless you know beforehand cost for safety...make conditional purchase subject to your own mechanical inspection...check my website for some details
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 Regards
   Ray
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