I'm off to look at an '02 euro import tomorrow and have a few questions maybe someone could help with:

Where can I find the VIN?

Apart from the alarm and shorter warranty, is there anything else I need to know about euro imports? It came from Antwerp apparently.

I think the car has it's hard top fitted, is it worth asking them to remove it so I can check the condition of the soft-top, or would this be OTT?

It has a full red interior, which I quite like, anyone had any problems with keeping this looking good?

The cars up at 21k, what sort of price should I be looking to offer for it? Does that sound like a fair price for an '02 GT import with 11k miles (at a non-Honda dealer)?

Anything other advice?

Any help very welcome!

Cheers

PS I did a search but found no specific answers.

 

ask as many questions as you want! I would want to see the hood working etc

also look to see if he has bought locking wheel nuts and mats for it, other than that I cant see any other probs(I have a euro import and would buy another any day of the week)

AP

 

The VIN will be on a plate which is (IIRC) at the front of the engine bay. It will be a long alphanumeric sequence beginning JHMAP, I think.

Other than the lack of alarm and 60K warranty, the only difference between UK and EU cars is the lack of breakdown cover.

Price sounds not unreasonable to me. I got

 

Have a good read through the technical Faq thats posted somewhere at the bottom of Neils2k's sig

Warrenty is still 3yrs but only 60,000mls

Get it AA checked or something simaler I now your buying it from a dealers but still worth the extra piece of mind for

 

here it is

with MrV get it checked for accident damage

 

Try the bottom corner of the windscreen!

 

I think it is over priced, here are the Whatcar valuations which I think are a reasonable mark to go against......

Prices:

Dealer

 

I paid that for mine (also from Antwerp) when it was 6 months old and it came with hardtop and CD-changer.


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If it is immac. and average/low miles then

 

with Gazzer on the price.

 

Thanks guys.

Mark - it's a Berlina Black, I see too many Silverstones around my way (well, 2 of them )and too many silver cars in general so I don't fancy one of those, nice though they are! I saw an S2000 at the MotorXpo in Canary Wharf last year in this exact spec and made my mind up then that I wanted one just like it Test drove one last summer (Nurb Blue) but I didn't get chance to give it a proper run, it was 20 minutes of town driving and the guy kept telling me how good it is to cruise around with the top down

How do I go about getting an AA check? Do I just phone them and meet them at the garage?

Great idea, will ask them to do that if I put a deposit down.

Very interesting. I was thinking of offering