RAZZ

A friend of mine told me yesterday that some time this year the govt are going to ban all importation of cars from non EEC countries, is this true ?????????

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

I read somewhere that an SVA will rise in price to about £1500 per car!!!

I guess the govenment is getting pressure from the car manufacturers, to reduce the number of grey imports in the country.

RAZZ

HOW MUCH IS AN SVA TEST AT THE MOMENT & WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?

A FRIEND OF MINE IS HAVING A CAR DELIVERED THIS MONTH AND I MAY BE INTERESTED IN BUYING THE CAR, WHAT EXTRA EXPENSES WOULD NEED SPENDING ON THE CAR IF I BUY IT UNREGISTERED?. PLEASE GIVE AS MUCH INFO AS POS AS I KNOW NOTHING OF THE IMPORT CAR SITUATION !!!!!!!!

TopCat

Bowl oaks to the lot of them I say!!!


Moe

BarryK

Ask your MP.

Highly unlikely he/she will know.

I don't believe they would be allowed to ban import of vehicles. But like Andy says, they are going to make life more difficult for the individual importing "non-standard" ie not EU approved vehicles.

RAZZ

CAN ANYONE ANSWER MY QUESTION PLEASE ??????

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by RAZZ:
<B>HOW MUCH IS AN SVA TEST AT THE MOMENT & WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?

A FRIEND OF MINE IS HAVING A CAR DELIVERED THIS MONTH AND I MAY BE INTERESTED IN BUYING THE CAR, WHAT EXTRA EXPENSES WOULD NEED SPENDING ON THE CAR IF I BUY IT UNREGISTERED?. PLEASE GIVE AS MUCH INFO AS POS AS I KNOW NOTHING OF THE IMPORT CAR SITUATION !!!!!!!![/quote]

mutant_matt

Check out this thread which explains some of it....

MorayMackenzie

Do we need a high priority forum for people like RAZZ who require an answer within less than eight minutes?

Chris L

Well said Moray - Razz it's a public forum - relax and STOP SHOUTING

Chris

fast bloke

Moray - Can you speak up. I can't hear you for all the shouting and panicking

XRS

As the owner of a grey import, I'm not panicking for one. As I understand it there is likely to be a hike in the price of imported cars, leading to a slow-down in the rate of depreciation of existing cars (I would not be so bold as to hope for an increase in value) as supplies are limited.

Every cloud has a silver lining.....

LitchfieldImports

Relax guys, not even the SVA stations know what Big Brother want them to do

Iain

RAZZ

Sorry lads, i didn't realise the caps lock was on, even so i still haven't had my question answered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adam M

there is no way the country would be stopped from preventing or discouraging imports from outside the eu.

The only people with the power to teel us what to do outside the country are the european court of justice and they are in the eu.

If the country wants to stop grey importing, it can do so at any point in time.

Raz

Razz , stop shouting at scoobynet users you don't want to spoil all the fun for all the other Raz's on here !

[This message has been edited by Raz (edited 20 March 2001).]

Paul Wilson

RAZZ,
about £150, consists of a sort of Super MOT
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
emmisions
brakes
lights
seatbelts
internal fittings
</UL>

loads of other stuff, my advice is that if another company is bringing it in, get them to put it through the SVA, that way if anything does not comply it is their problem

there has been some talk of Jap Spec HID lights not passing the SVA, this could cost loads to rectify, wheras a dealer can just borrow a set of lights that do pass, and then put the originals back on , (you didn't hear me say that, right?)

Oh and the best way to get a question answered, is to ask it by opening a new topic, you can hardly get irate!!!!!!!!! WHEN YOU'VE only got a SMALL AUDIANCE, in a vaguly titled topic

RAZZ

Cheers Paul, i didn't try to come across as irate, but thanks for the information anyway.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Paul Wilson:
<B>RAZZ,
about £150, consists of a sort of Super MOT
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
emmisions
brakes
lights
seatbelts
internal fittings
</UL>

loads of other stuff, my advice is that if another company is bringing it in, get them to put it through the SVA, that way if anything does not comply it is their problem

there has been some talk of Jap Spec HID lights not passing the SVA, this could cost loads to rectify, wheras a dealer can just borrow a set of lights that do pass, and then put the originals back on , (you didn't hear me say that, right?)

Oh and the best way to get a question answered, is to ask it by opening a new topic, you can hardly get irate!!!!!!!!! WHEN YOU'VE only got a SMALL AUDIANCE, in a vaguly titled topic[/quote]

Paul Wilson

No problem mate, another top tip is that theguys at the SVA centre in Leighton Buzzard, are very helpful, and they have a short waiting list, LB is about 15 mins west of Aylesbury.