any 1 ever done it??

im wanting a sti7 wagon? hard to come by in the uk,, ive found 1 at a jap exporters. been searching for hours and come across only 1 in japan?

any advice/info?

thankyou kindly
wayne.

 

Apparently the price to bringing a car in from Japan at the moment is through the roof,maybe hang on a little longer,but if it's the car you want and must have,good luck.

 

thanks matey,, just want some thing nice and differant(a rare sight) really. had a sti3 wagon then a 2001 bug wrx wagon but it had sti7 engine/running gear/interior. now i want the real deal

would i be able to go to an importer and show them a car ive found?
wayne.

 

go tu keighley trade centre im sure they will have just the car only 10 miles away aswell

 

give these a bell mate on your options,they are based in bradford.

http://www.wrc-sales.co.uk/bradford/

 

ha ha hope that aint serious?? after the post the other day?

 

whats up with keighley

 

there has been a few bad post's on them?? just 1 the other day. although i do no a lad of here who bought 1 from there and last i heard he was happy

 

Everything

Tony

 

 

Yes, dont bother. The depressed exchange rate makes cars cost approaching twice what they used to.

Add to that, that the 2002 STI 'Wagon bombed - hardly anyone bought one so they canned the model after one year of production. They are extremely rare: I looked for three years (and imported many cars) and I only saw 2 / 3 go through the auctions. To put this into perspective: I looked at listings of thousands of cars every day.

Simon

 

On 22B Paul/Liz @ Zen said they knew of one for sale, may have gone by now...

HTH

dunx

P.S. If they had brought them here, I'd have bought one back in 2002...

 

i have a sti v7 wagon and have had it for two and a half years and must admit i havnt seen another one, although i had it re mapped by jgm and he said he had seen one before.wouldnt be without mine as it is a bit different, ie white, no running rails and full body kit from japan.
sorry mate it aint for sale i got mine from Daitoku in the midlands

 

thanks guys ive found this..http://www.tradecarview.com/used_car...wagon/3242809/

how much you reckon to get across?? i probably would but just an enquiry?

also nebster ive been looking at a stiv4 from there. what are the guys like from there??
thanks wayne.

 

just worked it out and its looking somewere near 7200 that just car and shipping.

wat eles would there be? duty tax? registration? how much are these?
thanks wayne.

 

Wayne, i can only go by my experience with them and found them good as gold, car was pretty mint when i bought it and if i needed to would use them again also took part ex

 

have you tried Newera they sometimes have some interesting stuff

 

Or SVA imports

 

thanks for that guys im gonna keep looking,, might ring both and see if they'll look into it?

wayne.

 

Like others have said the exchange rate is crap at the mo but importing is fairly easy .
Find a agent in japan they will search out the car you want for a reasonable fee and put it on a boat fob (free on board you pay the shipping at this end) .
You normally pay half the value immediately then the other half when the car is on the boat . The agent will with hold the docs until the car is paid in full as insurance . You want a shipping agent at this end to sort all your paperwork out with customs .They charge about £30ish and it avoids any headaches .
Shipping will cost around £400-£500 .It goes on the size of the vehicle .
You will have to pay vat and duty on the cost of the car plus the cost of shipping . Your shipping agent will bill you for the shipping , duty and vat and send it to where ever it needs to go .

Then its off to the docks with your trailer and pick it up asap as they charge storage if its there more than 10 days I think .

 

It would be cheaper to do your own conversion on a WRX wagon.

As you would want to add Brembos as well !

IMHO

dunx

P.S. I've got a Prodrive "nose" you could fit.... LOL

 

£9500 duty paid; but thats if you get a cheap customs agent and they arent charging more than US$69 per M3 for shipping.

 

Just shipped my own car (STi Type RA) from here, Yokohama, to S'hampton and was $67 per cubic meter which is the rate at the moment. All in cost £591 (￥85,000) to ship incl shipping agents fees. My customs agent in S'hampton is charging me £65 in addition.

 

A fantastic post as a perfect example of how to use brought and bought correctly. This should be stuck in bright neon lights at the top of every sub-forum on Scoobynet

 

£65? Bloody Hell! Next time use Penguin. Ive included the bunkerage surcharge in my rate _ I presume that its still applied as oil is far dearer now than when it was introduced. Because the car in the example has a quoted FOB price, then the buyer will only have to pay for 10.5-11.0 M3s worth of shipping to the UK: de-registration and storage/loading are all included.

Simon

 

Why thank you !

Whilst my spelling is average, my grammar is weak....

dunx

 

That is who I am using. What would you expect to be charged?

Bunkeragewas 10% when mine shipped at the end of May.

 

About £30 and only a couple of pounds each for extra cars. In the four years since I last imported a car their charges have obviously risen considerably...

Simon

 

well well... ive just agreed to go pick my new car up saturday and look what pops up

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1640801.htm

typical!! well im more than happy with what im getting but its a shame..

 

Any pics of it mate,seen this one today !



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