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Started by chrisdicko, February 17, 2008, 11:15:45 AM

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chrisdicko

Well, Ive nearly had my BMW a year now.....so its time for a change, lol.

Im thinking of a Integra DC5.....hopefully for no more than £11k. There are quite a few companies that sell them, but they are obviously importing them from somewhere.....I just wondered if anyone knows a company that will import for you and not make as big profit as the car garages are?!

Cheers

soopahfly

Costs a fortune iirc,
Best pay a company to do it for you.

Things to remember:

Car will not have been looked after.
The mileage will be low, but doesnt show the hours running in a tokyo traffic jam.
Get it undersealed.
Anything that is non-standard will have to be removed/replaced for the SVA.

Mark

Go to a REPUTABLE importer. Do NOT, I repeat NOT!!!!! get one that has been modified in any way, whatsoever.

Then, forget about  DC5 and get an EK9 civic type R


mr_roll

Why forget about the DC5? they are nice cars but I thought they go for less than 7K...

chrisdicko

Why not get a slightly modified one??

Also, why not a DC5? I think they are mint, and tbh, dont like the EK9s......just look old IMO.

Mr Roll, you can get DC2s for less that £7k ;)

matt5cott

I can vouch for neweraimports.com had my car from those for coming up to 4 years now, never had to have any work done to it other than stuff like changing the oil :ptu:

chrisdicko

Cool, will check that out cheers :)

Mark

ek9 type-r is faster, lighter and more fun - no other reason for me

Mark

ek9 type-r is faster, lighter and more fun - no other reason for me

11k is skyline money though. and there isnt really a contest there

chrisdicko

Theyre older cars though arent they. Wouldnt it be a 1995 Skyline maybe?? To me everything looks dated in them......and the DC5 doesnt at all IMO.

Mark

May be older, but you have to remember - they were a £40-50,000 supercar - not a hot hatch

And, tbh if were honest with ourselves, all jap cars have sh*t interiors.

You should also consider an RX-7TT - one of the final ones

Take a drive in one and see what you think afterwards :)






matt5cott

Some good input from Mark there, bland plastic is unfortunately the defacto, but tbh who gives a rats.

£11k is a big wedge, you can chose from many many cars, have a really good peruse :ptu:

Mark

I would have either



or



OR

Get a Rev 3 MR2 turbo, and wring 500bhp out of it. Even with only 500bhp it will be faster than most things on the road

Edd

no class tho ;)

id be tempted by a 330ci, i think you can get em for 11k

Clock'd 0Ne

I love the look of that RX-7.