Does anyone know if Keyring Cars are still in business? If they are does anyone have their contact details?

Thanks

Hypnoman

I believe they have ceased trading, I used them to import my Scooby 3 years ago.
Try here though http://www.keyring-cars.co.uk

Yep ceased trading.

Thanks for the replies. Can anyone recommend a reliable import agent, but who is also very competitive, and any examples of price would really help.

I am intersted in the standard WRX with a view to having it upgraded with the PPP conversion as recommended by my local Subaru dealer (cost about £1,500)

Thanks for your help.

Hypnoman

www.litimports.co.uk (http://www.litimports.co.uk)

Fitting PPP to a Euro Import will void the warranty. The PPP is only type approved for UK cars.

You'd be better off going to an independent specialist for some exhaust sections and a custom map. www.tsl-motorsport.co.uk (http://www.tsl-motorsport.co.uk)

Nathan..

Fitting PPP to a Euro Import will void the warranty. The PPP is only type approved for UK cars.

Not true ! (As I think I've mentioned on other threads like this) I had PPP fitted by a UK dealer to my EU import MY02 (imported from Keyring Cars funnily enough). And my warranty is still valid. All the dealer needed to see was the Certificate of Conformity.



[Edited by MJW - 1/16/2004 12:07:56 PM]

Well mine was also imported through Keyring cars.

No matter how I argued the case Subaru Benelux refused to honour the warranty if the car was fitted with a PPP.

Nathan..

I have heard alot of good things about:

www.neweraimports.com (http://www.neweraimports.com)

Seem to be fairly competitive, and VERY little hassle after sales wise as the cars they supply are good, solid examples.

Cheers,
Grant

You can fit PPP to a Euro car - but you have to have it done in the country where you bought the car.

The warranty is provided by the country where you bought the car. The cost of the PPP includes an element to cover the increased risk of the engine going bang when it's producing 20% more horsepower. If you buy your car from (say) Belgium, then buy the PPP in the UK, then Subaru Belgium assume the increased risk, but Subaru UK (IM) get the money for the PPP.

What the UK dealer tells you is irrelevent. It's what the importer in the country of origin of your car says which is important.

Because of the lack of PPP kits available when I bought my car (Keyring from Belgium), Subarua Belgium said they WOULD honour the warranty if I had PPP fitted in the UK. But we were never able to get this in writing, and eventually I had it fitted in Belgium.

Forgot to add -

there's very little point in importing from Europe at the moment anyway. The £/Eu rate is nowhere near as good as it was a year or so ago, and good discounts can allegedly be had in the UK.

"Neweraimports" appear to import secondhand cars from Japan.

MJW,

Can you email me as per my profile about your experiences with fitting PPP as I've just been told about it being OK to do on EU imports as well.

Can you let me know which dealer it was etc as I'm also in Yorkshire :)

Do you have the full certification etc?

Thanks,

Apple

I got my MY02 through Keyring and rang Mark & Kate later for some other info and to see how things were and AFAIR they said they'd given up on the importing due to exchange rates / UK deals etc but I think they were still carrying on with the contract car hire business.

I got the impression that the importing was a bit of a sideline, moneywise, unless there were other cashflows involved that the customer didn't see (the fee was only £195 per car :)) and I'm not implying anything dodgy went on...