B16SYR Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Looking at japan auction houses and there are alot of 'R' rated repaired cars available. Whats peoples opinions on importing a repaired supra? Has anyone on here done it? Does it show as repaired on the V5 when registered here? TIA guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Like most accident cars it would be nice to know what damage they sustained to get the rating. If it's like here then you could easily buy a damaged repaired car with no cat C or D that's worse than a cat C or D car, if you see what I mean? If a new (expensive) car is damaged and just repaired that same car when it's 10 years old and low value would be written off with far less damage. I'd try and find out exactly how they get the 'R' rating? I think I'd be inclined to stick to a proper 3.0-4.0 rated car out there, or consider hounding uk owners to sell theirs, then at least you can see and 100% inspect everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I wonder how many escape being rated, same way it happens here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 R doesn't mean repaired, it can also mean modified or other wise different from stock. Also unless its had a big whack can you really tell any import has been repaired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B16SYR Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 R means repaired i think mate, theres a few modded 3s n 4s ive seen so would they not be r if that was the case?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 R means repaired i think mate, theres a few modded 3s n 4s ive seen so would they not be r if that was the case?? It doesn't always mean repaired as I said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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