Auto Advan Import, Leicester - anyone used them?
12 August 2003, 08:15 PM
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I haven't heard of them but I have imported Scoobies from Japan; it can be a minefield particularly if they FOB it for you and then just 'advise' you about what to do after it lands.
1: See the auction sheet or dont buy it; it will describe every
mark accurately and establish the mileage. Grade 4 and above is
ok; grade 3.5 if its done over 100,000 Km's is ok too; avoid
anything else. The Japanese are honest, not everyone else is.
2: See the certificate of deregistration; it must have a model
code and classification number on it. If the numbers have been
pulled see the translation, it may be because of a non-type
approved zorst, but it might not and the car will be un-
registerable.
3: Insist on marine insurance; fancy paying to salvage the ship?
4: Expect the car to be damaged by the shippers; after they steal
the stereo.
5: Prepare to bend over when it docks: £200 to disembark and clear
it!
6: Remember you pay 10% Import Duty on EVERYTHING you've paid to
get it to the port of entry, car; fees and shipping and then
you pay VAT on top of the combined cost.
If they dispute that any of this is the case; its up to you.....
Simon
1: See the auction sheet or dont buy it; it will describe every
mark accurately and establish the mileage. Grade 4 and above is
ok; grade 3.5 if its done over 100,000 Km's is ok too; avoid
anything else. The Japanese are honest, not everyone else is.
2: See the certificate of deregistration; it must have a model
code and classification number on it. If the numbers have been
pulled see the translation, it may be because of a non-type
approved zorst, but it might not and the car will be un-
registerable.
3: Insist on marine insurance; fancy paying to salvage the ship?
4: Expect the car to be damaged by the shippers; after they steal
the stereo.
5: Prepare to bend over when it docks: £200 to disembark and clear
it!
6: Remember you pay 10% Import Duty on EVERYTHING you've paid to
get it to the port of entry, car; fees and shipping and then
you pay VAT on top of the combined cost.
If they dispute that any of this is the case; its up to you.....
Simon
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