Japanese car imports

telathome · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 1125.0 Cash Points

i purchased my 1st car from autoadvan on the 9th may.
after seeing their ad on Ebay i then contacted tony about the price for my car i was interested in.
it was a 1996 FTO 2000cc Manual 5 Gears, White
Very fast and stunning look. ? 69,000 miles (111,000km) ? Very good condition for its age .
we aggreed a price of ?2000 for price of car and then all i had to pay was the shipping costs and sva import etc.
after realising i was happy with the price since i wanted a white FTO i paid ?300 deposit on the 16th may and then knew the car was coming in on the 25th may so i then paid the remainder of balance through bank transfer on 23rd may. ?1700.
car then arrived in liverpool on 24th of may (1 day early) and i then got onto the shipping company and paid the remainder of costs to shipping company which worked out all in ?944.
car is now ready for collection in liverpool and will be collected tomorrow friday 3/6 and will go through SVA on wednesday so keep posted to see what the total cost will be to have a 96 FTO on the road

Scud · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

So you've hit almost 6k already ?

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yes well almost.
just found out its a rallyart version aswell so that helps.
am purchasing second now.
going for an evo
will keep posted.
does anyone know who is the administrator?

Terence · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:47 am Post subject:

Admin here =)

telathome · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 1125.0 Cash Points

i sent you a pm but have had no reply i was wanting to know could i put an addfor anyone looking cheap chrome wheels for their imports.
is this possible?

Terence · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:07 am Post subject:

sure no problem... go ahead and post details.

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wont be anywhere near ?6K Scud...

around ?4500 max..on the road

Scud · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

yea i noticed after i counted the 2k for the car then the 300 deposit and 1700 which was left ..... lol

telathome · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 21 1125.0 Cash Points

as you can see from my posts above that i bought my car on may 24th paid for total cost to autoadvan ?2K
i then recieved my car from shipping company on the 24june in liverpool.
it has taken me a couple of weeks to get the car ready for SVA MOT etc but i have now recieved my car and i am happy with whole purchase.
shipping company total charges ?944
car from autoadvan ?2000
sva, mot and on the road costs ?800 approx
grand total ?3744 approx

if you wnt a complete breakdown i can give you one but if you are going to import a car please be patient and expect the unexpected!
you may have no problems at all but on the other hand look at romeo above

Terence · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject:

Got any pics?

Its a shame we rarely get to see the nice cars that we import for our customers... =)

there have been some real head turners.

iqbalkazi · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:

Hi Telathome
Can you tell me what you had to do to get the fto thorugh the SVA test and how much in detail each item was regarding the SVA only.
Thanks.