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[Mighty Mart]

I bought my Impreza whilst still in Japan if that counts!!!!!

50% payment upfront and the balance before the boat sailed - payment into a Latvian Bank Account too.....

Sound unbelievably stupid / naive, but I did my research and it all checked out, so took the gamble and never regretted it.

Older now and PROBABLY wouldn't do it again...!

Mart.

[Callum 7]

8 hours ago, Mighty Mart said:

I bought my Impreza whilst still in Japan if that counts!!!!!

50% payment upfront and the balance before the boat sailed - payment into a Latvian Bank Account too.....

Sound unbelievably stupid / naive, but I did my research and it all checked out, so took the gamble and never regretted it.

Older now and PROBABLY wouldn't do it again...!

Mart.

I bought my Honda Beat from Japan. Its quite nerve wracking buying a car from half way around the world based on a couple of pictures 😂

 

Paying that much money into a Latvian bank account would give me the fear! 

 

I went to an import company called Japanese Performance and Nostalgia. They used to be BHP imports. They had a really good reputation. They were owned by a couple of guys called Baz and Adz.

 

To begin with they were great. But just before my car arrived in the UK Adz left the business. He started his own import company called originjapan. I would certainly recommend him if you're ever in the market for an import. 

 

Unfortunately that left me with Baz. He was unbelievably bad. He left my 30 year old japanese car for 40 days in a dockyard in the middle of winter. It was then all downhill from there. I had to threaten him with trading standards multiple times. He refused to speak to me and it eventually it took him 7 months from the car being delivered, to him eventually sorting out the import paperwork. I can't describe how frustrating that was.