BoostJunky86 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Hi All. As the other thread had been so useful. What's your lots thought on this please? http://www.ib-e.co.uk/our-stock/toyota-supra-sz-r-jza80-mkiv.htm TIA Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostJunky86 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Forgot to add Power wise car is BPU apparently. No bay pics unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 they would have got that imported for 15k tops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 they would have got that imported for 15k tops but there a business so your point is what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 but there a business so your point is what? merely indicating he could import the same quality car through a company for that around that price rather than paying 4 grand extra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 merely indicating he could import the same quality car through a company for that around that price rather than paying 4 grand extra Not sure how up to date you are with prices and exchange rates but having just bought a TT6, I'd love to see you find a car like that in Japan with an on the road UK price of 15k. Not saying that it's NOT a bit over priced, but it's not a million miles off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) Not sure how up to date you are with prices and exchange rates but having just bought a TT6, I'd love to see you find a car like that in Japan with an on the road UK price of 15k. Not saying that it's NOT a bit over priced, but it's not a million miles off. I imported one summer last year, there were quite a few stock supras going on auctions that sold for 8-9k making them 12-14k imported. I was originally going to purchase a completely stock tt6 except the wheels for 15k imported and that was domestic Edited March 22, 2016 by binfieldx wheels* (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Check the exchange rate on the Yen Even if prices had stayed level in the past 6-9 months (they haven't) your 8.5k car last summer will be 10k at today's rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostJunky86 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 So that's another overpriced car? Traders just trying there luck with cars being in demand I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Check the auctions out lol, plenty are going through in the 8-11k £ region Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Check the auctions out lol, plenty are going through in the 8-11k £ region And with that mileage it's going to be much closer to 11k rather than 8 if not a bit more so min 16.5k OTR here. Let's be honest, no one is going to pay 19. 16.5 plus a profit for the dealer. Offers in the 17-18mark doesn't sound too far out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostJunky86 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 I've just looked on JM's site at stuff for sale in Japan. 3 sub 50kms facelift cars. All nearly 20k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Of course importers are going to take advantage of the current price climate and stick prices up. I'm with binfield that you can get cheaper prices by doing the import process yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I've just looked on JM's site at stuff for sale in Japan. 3 sub 50kms facelift cars. All nearly 20k. I'm not saying JM isn't a great company (after service is top notch judging by other members comments) but remember there are plenty of other companies that can source cars too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) you can get cheaper prices by doing the import process yourself. Of course you can. Just not by as much as is being suggested. Most of the costs of importing still apply when doing it yourself. I'd quite like to see somebody's breakdown of costs of importing by themselves. Edit: I guess I should add the caveat that this breakdown should include garage costs for conversion, transport, Japan agent fees etc and not "well I can do all the conversions as I own a garage, I have a friend in Japan, I know a guy in shipping etc etc" I'm guessing, and really it is a guess, that given all the hassle of organising it, and not being in a certain type of situation like I suggest above, there's not much in it at all considering the hassle. Edited March 22, 2016 by samdale (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) What kind of breakdown do you need, i imported mine myself if we include the yen hike up over the past few month's it would have come to 14,400 in total if you were purchasing it today Edited March 22, 2016 by binfieldx (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Your car could be a wreck with more miles than the enterprise for all I know so the price is meaningless. (Not trying to have a go, it looks very smart). Ignoring purchase price in Japan and vat and duty, what did other costs come to. (Take into account the edit of my previous post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 The white stock one that sva have is a much nice looking car than that one IMO, £1k less too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Your car could be a wreck with more miles than the enterprise for all I know so the price is meaningless. (Not trying to have a go, it looks very smart). Ignoring purchase price in Japan and vat and duty, what did other costs come to. (Take into account the edit of my previous post £50 3 auction inspections £90 delivery to port £110 customs clearance & port photos £50 marine insurance (depending on winning bid, approx .6%) £510 freight to Southampton £250 JCD fee (£1050 - £600 deposit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sorry but what is JCD fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) Sorry but what is JCD fee? agent fee japan side. i'll also add alot of the stuff you don't NEED to do like the conversions etc. I drove mine around with a kms clock for a few months till I personally decided to change it to MPH because I was having other stuff changed and may aswell have Edited March 22, 2016 by binfieldx (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Once you factor in UK costs I guess there's probably around £500 in it. Each to there own but in my eyes, really not worth the hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch79 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 No import duty or something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Once you factor in UK costs I guess there's probably around £500 in it. Each to there own but in my eyes, really not worth the hassle. There is no hassle mate. All it needs on top of that for the UK is the registration MOT and then ofc your own insurance. Sometimes you can save more than £500 and sometimes you can spend more it depends what you're after. You can also get pretty legit unclocked mileage if you've got the certificates to back it up on the japan side. - - - Updated - - - No import duty or something similar? he said factor those out of the costs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Get MOT, rear fog fitted , number plates made up, DVLA reg fee etc. Currently I've got nothing to do other than wait for some more pictures and eventually a collection date Incidentally, how do you MOT it? Straight from port to test station? Or transport it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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