Jap import done 18000 miles for £11000!!! Yes £11000! And we all know that these very low mileage Jap imports have usually done, well just a few more than stated. It does look superb though.
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Rear wheels look a bit "shopping trolley", you could get a large dog in that gap
What's the deal with the actual mileage being higher?
Many years ago a good percentage of Jap imports got clocked when they landed in the UK.
They got away with it for years even though it was known as a common. Jap histories just got thrown out.
More recently trading standards are now more switched on, and you can check a Jap import with a BIMTA check which will tell you the mileage of the car when it went through auction in Japan, and most cars are sold at auction over there.
If you're looking at buying a Jap import nowadays ask if the Jap history is present, if it's not then do some checks, as when I used to pick them up regularly from the docks I'd say most of the cars had the history in the glove box.
An honest seller will probably also show you the auction paperwork/description, these are normally hyper accurate descriptions of the cars. The gradings are 1 to 5 with 5 being "as new" and 3 or below being not so good. If you stick to grade 4 or 4.5 then it'll be a very nice car.
Some of the cars I used to see were so clean, and rust free, it seemed almost impossible to believe, they don't salt their roads over there, and german cars were seen as a very good status symbol so many were just weekend toys for the wealthy.
Mileages nowadays are likely to be genuine.
Thank you. Interesting as I didn't know all of that.