rider Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 My poor ageing car is in for its service, MOT and the 6 yearly cam belt change and the garage reported the crank pulley ceramic or nylon belt grooves have disintegrated with age related fractures. Thankfully that didn't cause the belt to loosen and slip. Looking for a replacement Toyota GB £306.68 + VAT which comes to a nasty £368.01 plus delivery. Not sure where the 68p comes in but Inchcape Toyota in Oxford did offer a 10% discount off this to club members through the Steve Manley connection. That's still a lot of money so looked at eBay and quite a few genuine Toyota 13407-46020 parts at the US$270 mark. So buying it in from the US seeing the exchange rate is nudging £1 = $1.70 at the moment looks to make sense. Didn't buy off eBay as genuine doesn't always mean genuine so tracked down a Toyota parts supplier and ordered one in for £212.36 (US$353) that includes £50 (US$88) towards express air freight (3 day delivery). Rarely been a better time to buy in expensive parts from the US. If it gets customs intercepted the saving will be £60 if it doesn't it'll be £120. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The only way to avoid the import tax is for the sender to send the package marked as a "sample" Obv I've never ever done this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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