Hi, a friend of mine recently imported a subaru imprea sti 5 type r from Japan. He's having some problems getting it sva'd, as they are asking £1500 for a test report before it can be sva'd. Does anyone know a way around this?

 

I dont think there is a way round it. If you import a car 97 onwards, apparently the SVA is a pain in the ****! I thought it only costs £1000 though??

 

yeh, he was expecting to pay £180 but has been told he needs the model report which costs £1500 and then another £180 for the sva

 

I have no idea what you guys are on about, I imported my car in 2000 and just booked SVA turned up they done it bugered off and registered it at local DVLA jobs a good un.

Whats this model report then...

dazza.

 

Wasn't it mentioned somewhere here... or may be on another website.... that if you were lucky you could try asking an importer to borrow (usually for a fee) a model report for your model car?
assuming they'd already sva'd an sti 5 type r.

[Edited by krazy - 3/12/2003 8:29:10 PM]