hi there my friend showed me the site and some of the prices are so cheap it seems to good to be true, i was just wondering if any one has used the site to get their own car?

 

what it called ....you got the link

 

yes, the bloke who brought mine over used it. no problems,
dont forget to add all the extras, vat, shipping, ins, tax, mot, esva etc etc
prices are not that good at the mo due to the crap £

 

what you have to remember after buying it will cost at lease another £1200 cost of shipping vat agents mot cat 1 alarm.The yen is strong against the £ so the Japanese are trying to lower the prices.At the moment just as cheap to buy over here and ofcourse you can see and drive them.

 

175 STi's for sale!

TX.

Edit - Spec C V Ltd for £19k:

http://www.tradecarview.com/used_car...x+sti/1442033/

22b with just 14000km's! @ £21k:

http://www.tradecarview.com/used_car...x+sti/1083063/

Presumably it's + freight, VAT, import duty (?) then you need to get them SVA'd or whatever it's called now?

 

After all shipping costs & SVA costs you need to add import duty & Vat. When looking through Jap auctions I add approx 35% to the jap prices to get a rough idea of total costs.


Excellent website for all you need to know
How to import a car direct from Japan Guide : How to Import a car from Japan

 

So for above Spec C:

£18,873 Purchase of the car FOB in Japan
£ 700 Shipping Cost approx
£ 1957 Import Duty 10% of above two (FOB Purchase Price plus Shipping Cost)
£ 3,768 VAT 17.5% of above three (FOB Purchase Price plus Shipping Cost plus Import Duty)
£ 200 Shipping Agent Fee approx
£ 50 Customs approx
£ 38 Car Registration Fee approx
£ 300 SVA Preparation approx
£ 250 approx Spec C correct model SVA docs from e.g Litchfields or maybe reg as WRX PLG then less maybe
£ 180 SVA Test
£ 30 UK Number Plates
£ 40 MOT Test
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£26,386 approx Grand Total

Plus you'v then got to map it for 99Ron so Ecutek license fee & remap could set you back over £500 approx.

So then your looking at almost £27k for it, pretty standard!!

 

The prices on the auctions look about right at what they are selling in the UK before taxes import cots etc