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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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My S2K is now coming up to 4 years old - but has only done 12,000 miles. Our company "cash for car" scheme decrees that we can only have cars up to four years old. I am currently "negotiating" but may need to change.
Has anyone got any experience of the
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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Other than them having a 60K warranty over three years rather than 90K for a UK car, they're identical. Insurance should not be affected as it's not a grey Japanese import so doesn't have to be declared as an "import".

A buyer will usually expect to pay less for an import on resale, typically
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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[QUOTE=geoffk,Mar 14 2006, 08:37 PM] My S2K is now coming up to 4 years old - but has only done 12,000 miles. Our company "cash for car" scheme decrees that we can only have cars up to four years old. I am currently "negotiating" but may need to change.
Has anyone got any experience of the
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:09 PM
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Thanks for the info both.
The upper mileage limit is not a problem. I'll be doing 9k a year!
Who did you buy from David?
Do you part/ex there too?
Do you spec and wait - or just choose from what is available.
Is there a different choice of colour and trim?
If I buy new I'll keep for 4 years (36,000 miles) when, from what LL says, the source should not make any difference.
Geoff
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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when you call to enquire are they the new style 06 you will then be told no they are current 05 cars sold on 06 years.

and they are also not
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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when you call to enquire are they the new style 06 you will then be told no they are current 05 cars sold on 06 years.

and they are also not
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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Bob Gerard has 3 on their web site at
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 09:56 PM
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Bobs was the only one that was curretn, but he did try and sell them as 06 cars which they were clearly not, so he was due to amend the adverts as they were missleading.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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[QUOTE=DavidA,Mar 14 2006, 10:00 PM] I've had four of them 2002, 2003, 2005 and now 2006. Saves a huge chunk on depreciation - important when you change cars as often as I do.

Honda dealers are happy to get them on the Honda UK computer for warranty and recall purposes.

As LL says only difference in warranty is the lower upper mileage limit, oh and lack of breakdown cover which I think you may still get with a UK car. You might want to buy yourself a set of locking wheel nuts to make it full UK spec.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 01:30 AM
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I bought from BG's last year.

Excellent service & i'd definetly use them again. I spec'ed & ordered. It arrived nearly 5 weeks early. No problems with it being an EU import. It was put on HUK's database immediately with no hassles. As said only the 60k warranty is different.

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