Need advice on what car to buy

toxo

01-07-2020, 03:44 AM #31

P.Lindblom There are a bunch of Accord Type-R for sale in Sweden. What makes the Euro R special?

More power, different chassis (it's longer and thinner). Type R is CH1 Euro R is CL1.

P.Lindblom Insurance is not a problem, as long as the car has a VIN number. An Accord Type R would cost me around £400 per year.

It doesn't, like most Japanese imported cars it has a frame number instead (so CL1-00xxxxx). So it has a unique serial number but it's not a 17-digit VIN that you could decode with a VIN calculator.

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P.Lindblom

01-07-2020, 05:22 AM #32

toxo More power, different chassis (it's longer and thinner). Type R is CH1 Euro R is CL1.

It doesn't, like most Japanese imported cars it has a frame number instead (so CL1-00xxxxx). So it has a unique serial number but it's not a 17-digit VIN that you could decode with a VIN calculator.

That sounds interesting. I quite like the CL1 body.

Hmm.. that might cause a problem. I'll have to check with my insurance company then.

@Purple, do you happen to have any more pics of it?

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toxo

01-07-2020, 05:34 AM #33

http://www.outlawjapclub.co.uk/forum/sho...ght=hiccup

If there's anything in particular you want a photo of I can go and take some...

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k9l3

07-07-2020, 09:58 AM #34

P.Lindblom In just over a month I'll be flying to the UK along with a friend of mine. We'll arrive at Stansted airport on September 11th and our plan is to buy a jap car to take to JAE and then drive home to Sweden. We've got airline tickets for the return home on the 16th, but our primary plan is to skip the flight and drive home.

We've started an intense search for a suitable car to bring home, but we would be grateful for any help/advice you can provide us with.

I'll be the one buying the car and it should meet certain criteria.

Price - I'm looking at spending not more than £6000 on the car

Comfort - We've got a 1200 mile journey home, so no millimeter thick carbon fibre bucket seats, please :tongue_smilie:

Unmodified - The car has to be pretty much completely stock or it will be a pain to register it in Sweden.

Turbo - No one wants an N/A Supra, Impreza or Skyline, at least not over here.

Reliability - We'd like to avoid an engine breakdown in the middle of Belgium on our way home

The most common cars to import to Sweden from the UK are MKIV Supras, Skyline R33 & R34s, EVOs and Imprezas. Those are the obvious candidates, but I'm not sure how much MKIV Supra you'd get for £6000? I found this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231024829129 - The listing has now ended, but it seemed pretty good, apart from the fact that it's in Bradford.

We've also considered some really odd choices, like the Nissan Figaro or perhaps the Toyota BB.

A 2003-2005 blob eye Impreza STI would be nice, but unmodified ones seem hard to come by.

Any advice would be much apreciated. I would prefer buying a car from a member on a car club forum rather than some random bloke on Ebay or Pistonheads, but I've noticed there aren't many OJC cars for sale. Do people perhaps sell cars at JAE? Logistically that would be ideal

You can get a nice supra twin turbo for 6k I use to have one they are reliable if looked after and very fast. Goto the forum it has loads of cars for sale mk4 supra forum .
Other good cars are gto twin turbo very cheap for what you get.
Or the scooby blobeye sti you may find.
2 seater would be 350z or what I have now s2000

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dimis

07-07-2020, 11:24 AM #35

What about a Nissan Silvia?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...p/1618027#

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...d/1616617#

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...d/1563304#

or mazda rx7 batmobile

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...al/1345760

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...2/1585367#

or integra type r

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...-r/1621150

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/u...03/1595143

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motor...1027824041

LEXUS IS200 - The most fun car to go sideways

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dimis

07-07-2020, 11:39 AM #36

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-RARE-TOYO...35cab66df0

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MITSUBISHI-300...58a36467d6

LEXUS IS200 - The most fun car to go sideways

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FirebirdPhil

07-07-2020, 12:01 PM #37

That GTO Dimis is beautiful.

"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"

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