As the title says, any opinions on this being a good deal. There are on-the-road costs of about

 

If you plan to keep the car for a while then I think that the import route is the way to go.

I think you will find that the import won't come with locking wheel nuts .... but you can buy these from Honda for ~

 

If you're intent on buying new then that price is about as good as it gets. Bob Gerrard might be slightly cheaper, but there isn't much in it from memory - probably a couple of hundred quid at most, if any difference at all. The warranty thing is a bit of a non-issue really, unless you're going to be doing SERIOUS mileage in the three year warranty period.

You may have to be flexible about colour though - they generally have a few in stock for immediate or short-wait delivery (typically popular colours like Silverstone) but if you want something not already in the pipeline, there's a 4-5 month lead time while they order it.

If you don't want to spend that extra

 

Also remember when you come to sell you will get 2-3k less as its an import

 

This difference in used price between UK and import will decrease over time. This is why it will be a better buy if you hold onto the car fior a number of years.

 

Or get down to your local Honda stealer and haggle very hard...

(as I've said on another thread..) I just paid just over

 

Not necessarily true. If it's a UK spec car it's indistinguishable. It made no difference when I sold my import after 6 months ownership.

 

I'd have thought it'd have to be an import if you're gonna sell short.

Do it with a UK car and you're almost guaranteed to blow

 

[QUOTE=Nick Graves,Feb 10 2006, 10:47 AM] I'd have thought it'd have to be an import if you're gonna sell short.

Do it with a UK car and you're almost guaranteed to blow

 

Thanks to all who replied,
This does raise another question, these cars are being advertised as 55 plates, if I wait a month or so will they become 06 plates (at the same price) ???

Mike