ze4s

Anyone had a car from this place?
Just want to know what they are like

Been told off a few mates to not bother with any of the import centres based around leeds & bradford

bushiwarrior

dont bother

webby v7 slipperwagon

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Sh1te absoloute sh1te

LegacySTi

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stay away

ze4s

Thanks guys.
Any particular reason?

Noticed they have some new 09 cars, i take it its there older stuff thats garbage

TonyBurns

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No all their stuff is garbage
If they maintain their cars as they do their older vehicles, you wont want to touch them with a barge pole!

Tony

daves_v7_sti

i wouldnt they insult you as they give u bad prices for your tradeins

ze4s

ok cheers lads. Sounds like they take the cars home with them for a quick blast.

ill go to the stealers if i decide to trad the M3 in, if i go down the JDM route then ill probley keep it and just use the scoob as a weekend weapon

Jamescsti

I bought a car there, V1 STi.

Blew it's Head gasket within a week, which was due to knackered radiator, and also took out the water pump.

Lost compression on 2 pistons within a month, needed a full rebuild. And I did look after the car,

Do a search on them and then avoid them

N_Scooby

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There is a thread on them on here at least once every 2 weeks. I have never seen an advert and don't live anywhere near them and I still know not to buy anything off them God knows what their local reputation is like. Suprised they are still in business.

finalzero

Most of their cars are accident damage imports which they fix up and sell on however most of the work is generally ****.

Unless you know what to look for and can budget for getting the work done 'proper' I wouldn't bother - the newer stock they have are mint however their reputation is buggered regardless of how straight a car is.

Gary C

DONT GO THERE

The biggest bunch of shyters and thieves. Their stock is generally full of polished turds.

slipstream_uk

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Jap Performance UK has a good name for itself. I got mine there and never had a problem.

AndyC_772

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That sounds like a sweeping generalisation if ever there was one!

KTC certainly have a terrible reputation on the forum, but I'm not aware of any other businesses in the area that get such consistently bad reports.

I'm looking at late classic STIs myself and there do seem to be quite a few for sale in that general area. If anyone knows of any other specific dealers to consider avoiding, perhaps they'd be kind enough to drop each of us a PM?

wrighty338

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why would anyone want to buy from a dealer anyway, and pay over the odds dealer prices? seems stupid to me, the best deals are goin to be private sales, especially in a recession?

AndyC_772

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Try looking for a P1 right now - it's only private sellers that are still clinging to the idea that their cars are worth £10k or more. Dealer prices are, by comparison, quite realistic.

wrighty338

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p1 limited ed will always hold its value like a ford RS something or other

a classic impreza wrx is cheap as chips nowadays

AndyC_772

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...and that's why a P1 costs more, from anywhere, than the STI V on which it's closely based. It doesn't really explain why private sellers should be asking more than dealers do for a similar car, though.

mykp

Went to look at a Forester there and they wouldnt even entertain a test drive. Basic conversation went like this.

Me: "I'm interested in the Forester"
big fat asian bloke: "No, no test drives. If you want to drive you buy"
me: "What, before I buy it I'd want to see if it drives okay"
BFAB: "It drives okay. IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE IT YOU BUY IT!!!"

DJ_Jon

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I've been to KTC & most of the other dealers in the Leeds/Bradford area, I came away empty handed, if the cars they were selling were good, the dealers' attitude stank. KTC in particular has some very obnoxious Asian chaps working for them.

Stay well away & buy private.

ze4s

I know but there where refering to the import centers around there, What i was basicly told was that theres a few up that way that are basicly the same company under a diffrent name.

Any way ill stay clear, feel sorry for anyone thats about to pay £60k for a new GT-R off them

P555SBR

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i got mine from ktc and to be honest in the 12 months iv had it its onll needed a new arb but i new about the car befor i went do get it was buying it private but the seller traded it in with them when we were looking round alot of there stock was over priced rust buckets that i woudnt have touched with a barge pole but i did get a test drive before i handed over my cash
i have to say it was me that had the last laught because the car i traded in with them needed a clutch brakes all round and the rear bumper was held on with duck tape and they still give me a good price i was just going to put it on ebay at £1 start and see what it would of made

andywiddss1

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allways think its funny when i read sum peoples comments about ktc

Jamescsti

The only saving grace about buying my car from KTC was that I traded in a Mitsi GTO TT I got off a mate in PX for a fiesta I owned at the time (was a very confusing deal) and the GTO I traded in needed a gearbox rebuild which would have cost £1500. I took it to trade in and my mate parked it on the road side ( I couldn't get insurance) I asked for a trade in value, they said "how much do you want?" so taking the **** I said £3500, and he agreed to it! he said he couldn't be bothered looking it over or even starting it up as it was raining!

andywiddss1

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so ur all slagging ktc but u dont mind trading ur old sheds in ha ha funny and how anyone can say

Most of their cars are accident damage imports which they fix up and sell on however most of the work is generally ****.

when they have over 300 cars i would think is amazing

+Doc+

They know what they have, you cannot compare it to a Jap Import go kart with crap ratios
Dealers don't know what they have and just think the engine is about to blow.

steve nic

try distinctive cars of york,a good bunch of lads and polite to!!im in the motor trade and have worked on some of the crud form ktc,most of the stuff ive seen has just been bought by a new owner with a fresh mot and the car has no rear fog light,speedo im kmh and filler neck not modded.

nick172sport

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i
got minr from jct cars in rotherham he specialises in subarus his name is jason and is sorted large source of scoobys got a good trade in value google jct cars and you will get his stock list click on third party dealers on forum and there r some nice comments on there

bignath4607

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dont touch ktc i went to get a car off them and being a mechanic i inspected the vehicle and found no less than 16 faults ranging from lights not working to a knackered alternator all the said fat asian bloke had to say was its a good price innit then tried to tell me i was wrong as i was leaving id like to see if any of the idiots there have a qualification between them please keep well away from any performance trader in keighly as they do have more than one company in differnt names
nath

andywiddss1

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name one other performance trader in keighley bignath like i say before always makes me laugh when people come on and slag traders off when most of the time they are just copying what they have read before , i live near ktc and have heard every story going