MartinK

Blue WRX. January 1999, One of 50 official imports for that year. One Institute of Advanced Drivers owner. 37,500 miles (just serviced) and still on original break pads! First set of tyres (Goodyear F1’s) at 30,000 miles. No modifications since purchase, FSH, 3 year, 60,000 warranty, undersealed and professionally converted to UK specification by Lockyear Garage. Always run on super unleaded (receipts). If your looking for an honest car then this is it. Not a penny less than £14,000.

Orville

Please excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by "One of fifty official imports" and who provides the warrenty? I thought all WRX's were Grey imports.

MartinK

Each year 50 non UK spec cars of each model type are allowed into the country officially under the SVA system. All other cars are personally imported as pre-owned abroad (the grey market). Evidence has to be provided that the car was purchased abroad before importation into the UK. The bottom line is that the owners document shows that the UK keeper is not the first owner. The 50 official cars are invariably the first to be imported at the beginning of each year. Mine is one of those and therfore shows me as the first owner/keeper. So I suppose you could say this car is not a grey import.......

The warranty was supplied with the car from new by Lockyear garage and is underwritten by an inderpendent insurer.

[This message has been edited by MartinK (edited 05 February 2001).]

Mikeyboy

Er, actually...no

The grey in "grey import" applies to the fact tha the car imported is of a type not sold officially in the UK, irrespective of how it got here.

Cars such as the Mazda MX-5 which are imported from Japan are termed "parallel imports" as they ARE sold in the UK.

Sorry to burst your bubble mate.

Mike

MartinK

Point taken, but the fact still stands as per my original post.

MattN

what does your V5 say? As I have a personal import and it says nothing about previous owners.

Matt

MartinK

Under previous owners it says 'None'