Importing

[reuben]

Right guys, looking to import a starlet gt and i have been looking on tradecarview.com. Seems very cheap so can somone tell me what the catches are?cheers Reub

[Glanza_cl]

do alot more reasearch is my advice.

you pay for the car in equivalent sterling to yen.

you pay import charges and shipping fee's along with insurance.

then when it lands you have to get it registered and a vosa check, MOT etc iirc.

it takes a long time and in the current climate you will be able to pick up a gt in the uk dirtcheep anyway.

[ecksjay]

much MUCH cheaper to pick one up in the uk. decent gt's are less than £2k now, be much cheaper and less hassle to buy one here

[reuben]

cheers guy's. it just ive found one that has 30,000 miles and is in silver with all the optional extras for £1300, plus shipping over £450 n then the duty and tax and admin fees, so i could be the first owner of it in britain for just over £2,000.. n the thing i like about these cars for import is that they havent been messed about and are pretty much standard..

reuben

[ecksjay]

there's no way to know if its been messed about with, as you cant look at it. if you get one here you can check it over, make sure it's pukka, alot will probably have been sorted by previous owner (usual things like clutch, bushes etc).

[Steve GT]

check check and check again mate

it may look nice on the outside but be bolloxed internally

i wish id have known that one before i bought mine lol

[reuben]

did you import yourself then? n it went tits up or something?

the body work is mint and they do inspections on the other side of the water and when it reaches the uk.

so im not so sure that its a bad idea?????