I am the current owner of the car in question and over the last two days have been trying to refrain from replying to some of the comments that’s have annoyed me so I felt it was very important to address a few issues. I don’t use forums or check for replies so this will be the only response I will be leaving.
First of all I never advertised my car, i was almost pleaded with to sell the car, I had to take almost three weeks to decide to sell the car or not and after several long conversation with friends I decided to contact the interested party and tell him that I would consider selling it as I know of a friend that has a r34 Gtr for sale in Ireland with vrt paid.
The price of the car is not £25k, due to the owner wanting to keep that private I’m not going to disclose the price we agreed on. On top of this, the current owner has the opportunity to claim a certain percentage of the vrt back based on the current vehicle value. Ive currently sold my r33 Gtr to a guy in the Uk for £14500 and I’m reciving €3780 tax back as the car is leaving the country. ( A lot of people in Ireland are not aware of these so I wouldn’t expect anyone outside of Ireland to understand this)
In relation to the previous owner, I purchased this car through a 65 year old women as it was his sons car who lives in Canada. I have not withheld this information and have told the interested party that he can be put in contact with her.
A lot of negative feedback was made of the underneath of the car, this car is a genuine car and hasn’t been tampered with in any way. I could have spent 2 hours with tfr and a wire brush and brought the underneath of the car up like new but I choose not to as it was a last minute sale and I would prefer the owner to see what the car looks like before it’s tarted up so he is aware there is nothing hidden. After seeing the feedback that was left of the underneath of the car I sent these photos on to three large and very reputable Motorsport shops. Richard Bradley of Bradley Motorsports, Jurgen Vallons owner of Jm imports and Brendan stone of stone Motorsport. Not only did they come back and say there is virtually no rust they said that the car was in very good condition. I also contacted several friends in the trade and some friends who own supras all of which came back with the same opinion. ( each reply I got was forwarded onto the interested party)
The r33 that I mentioned earlier that I sold also had no history, there are a handful of receipts here and I serviced the car myself with Milliers oil and genuine Toyota filter. It is very common for Japanese cars to have very little history with it and both this and the r33 didn’t come with any history. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do regarding this.
With regards to the mileage being authentic I have zero reason to believe that the mileage is not genuine at all. Certain people have pointed out service rust that may point out that would verify the mileage is not correct. This is very far from the truth, rust has absolutely nothing with mileage, we all here are adults and understand how I oxidation works. This can be caused depending where the vehicle came from in Japan, ie if it came from the coast or not. Although this car has very little in receipts in terms of paperwork, all of this is recorded on computers now. The nct is all done online and I can obtain a nct report for each year the vehicle has been in the country and the recorded mileage when the vehicle was imported. Also a frequent question was who was the supra specialist that helped me buy the car, again I have informed the interested party and offered him again to be out in contact with him.
I have been extremely honest and forthcoming with the car to the interested party and have absolutely nothing to hide, not only did I not want to sell the car, the person was on to me on a regular basic asking me would I sell it. So in know way has this been pushed on the person who’s interested in the car but it was him that persisted to see if I’d sell it.
I have strongly suggested that not only does the owner view the car but highly recommends he takes it to any Motorsport shop of his choice to get it fully checked over.
I hope on my brief lunch break I have covered everybody’s concerns and questions
Kind regards Finn