RobEvans Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Just wondering what you guys think? I visited Liverpool import trade auctions last week as Im looking for a tt. tt auto went for 5k tt manual & veilside kit went for 6k and 3 N/As went for 2.5k-3k all low miles Also rx7s and GTS's went for around 3k mark. Sounds like a good deal with lots of savings to be made but these cars are freash from japan and I dont know how much it costs to register, convert to MPH ect? Any advice would be great! Thanks:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 only costs £35 to register, plus tax,mot,foglight etc but there are alot of savings to be made. Im always down the auctions and supes always go for that sort of money. You don't really know what you are buying though, there could be any number of things wrong with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 all the better ones get bought in jp the ones in uk are the ones that havent sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 yeh that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord R Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 As Jurgen said these tend to be the "dregs" i wouldnt touch one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobEvans Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Yeah thats the only problem, risk 6k on a fresh import or 10k on a UK. A 4k saving is alot of cash to me so im realy thinking about it. I dont want to buy a dun though! What would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 If you buy a dud, £4k won't get you very far at all! Parts for these cars are expensive. I bought one that was not well treated by the previous, it cost £6k just getting it running properly. Its now had £12k invested but still suffering a couple of minor issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 i had and old friend looking around soton auctions with me, he pointed out a number of crash repaired/jigged cars. you dont get much choice from personal experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobEvans Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 OK cheers guys. Iv been looking for a tt auto, all the articals iv read say they should be 4.5k to 5k but I cant find any for anywhere near that price. Any ideas for what I should be paying for a good one? or even accident damaged as I work in a bodyshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 a good TT auto should see 7k+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 a good TT auto should see 7k+ those were the good old days, slump slump, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Keep your eyes on the cars for sale section mate, I just grabbed a GZ TT Auto with a seemingly genuine 68k on the clock for £5.5k. They do come up, but you have to be quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I have 3 customers with cars from there, none are dogs, 2 were under 5k and all are manual 6 speeds, two pretty stock, one with lots of sensible mods that went for 5250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobEvans Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Ok thanks for the imput guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Torque 2 much Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 auctions in uk have all the leftovers stay away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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