At last I feel I can be part of it.............

[PT FTO]

Hello all,
I have been logging on to this site for about the last six months and by now I think I must have read every page of it. But now I feel I am in a position to contribute a little something. Hopefully in about 3 weeks time my first ever FTO will be parked on my drive . At the moment it is somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (it left Tokyo on 24th April) on the back of a container ship. When it arrives (praying hard!!! ) it will be a 95' GPX Mivec, steel silver with vielside body kit. Its only got 35K on the clock so hopefully it should be ok!!
Have I made a good choice lads
Let me know what you think

[marc garrett]

seen this type of thing on this site before and was wondering could ya answer some questions for me..

im curently in the matket myself im waiting on something but if it falls through i would be intersested in having a lengthly disscusion bout what ya did.for now though,how did ya go about getting an fto from over seas.was it from a site etc.how much did it work out at altogether for the type of car you are getting.

[Myfeckin FTO]

Hello all,
............it will be a 95' GPX Mivec, steel silver with vielside body kit. ..........Have I made a good choice lads .:

Welcome PT - I hope a few other lurkers on this site will follow your example and say hello - we won't bite - well not till you come to a meet anyway.

Nice choice on the car - if you've chosen a manual then let me congratulate you further - theres nothing like a Mivec Manual esp when you sort exhaust and induction.

[PT FTO]

Lads, in answer to ur questions.

Marc,
I looked around in Dublin for someone to sort out the import for me but wasn't impressed with anything I found; lack of responses to mails, prices etc. I decided to look in the UK as I had lived over there before and was comfortable dealing over there. Found a company in Newcastle who import Jap only and hopefully if the car arrives safe and as described to me I will give you all the info you need to do your own. I don't want to give out the details now, cause if it falls through..etc....
As for the price, it will cost me £3600(approx €5200) all in, including a full service on arrival in UK and underseal etc. Have been into VRO office and VRT on 95 GPX is only €600 so total cost approx €5800. I didn't think that was too bad for a motor with only 35K on the clock but as I said we will wait and see (fingers crossed).

Myfeckin FTO
Sorry, its a tip but will do me as my first one anyway. Gotta learn to walk before I run.............

[kevinod]

Lads, in answer to ur questions.
Have been into VRO office and VRT on 95 GPX is only €600 so total cost approx €5800. I didn't think that was too bad for a motor with only 35K on the clock but as I said we will wait and see (fingers crossed).

Hey PT,

€600, unbelieveble, I paid the b*****ds about €1600 on VRT last August when my manual GR arrived from Japan!!

Hope it arrives safe and sound, stick up a few pics when it gets here!

Kev.

[CJ]

Welcome PT FTO and good luck with your new purchase!

im curently in the matket myself im waiting on something but if it falls through i would be intersested in having a lengthly disscusion bout what ya did

Marc, have you seen Kevs import guide on the site? If not, check it out

I hope a few other lurkers on this site will follow your example and say hello

Seconded, if you're a regular visitor, join up and make yourself known!

€600, unbelieveble, I paid the b*****ds about €1600 on VRT last August when my manual GR arrived from Japan!!

Yeah, Tip VRT is a lot less expensive, curious that one, probably market \ value driven.

CJ

[marc garrett]

very usful guide alright cj.
i am looking at 2 cars at the mo.both are long time forum members which is very reasuring as i know i wont be fu**ed about.if this falls through i think i may go down this route as i there seems to be plenty of fto's about but most are auto and way over priced.
its starting to get very frustrating and i just want to get my transportation sorted out.

see what happens.pateince fadding fast...

hope the car arrives safe and sound and in top shape.make sure ya post some pics up.

[kevinod]

€600, unbelieveble, I paid the b*****ds about €1600 on VRT last August when my manual GR arrived from Japan!!

Yeah, Tip VRT is a lot less expensive, curious that one, probably market \ value driven.

Thats what I thought but I went back and put in manual instead of automatic and got the same amount... just tried it again now though and I got €1166, guess when I hit the back button doing it the first time it must have retained some of the info or something.

They had the market value for the tip at something like €2000, manual showing at €3889.

Kev.