Finally!! I\'ve got one!!

[robedwards99]

Originally posted by RobbieRX-7
congrats buddy..i can feel the excitement from here!..i was REAALLLLLYYY excited when my agent sent me pics of mine..it sounds around the same as yours..slightly less miles and minus the exhaust.

you will need to be careful when in the wet as the jap tyres are lethal in the wet..ive nearly competley lost mine a couple of times in the damp even if your not giving it some..its the way the primary kicks in..it does take you by surprise..BE EXTRA CAREFULL MATE!!

id reccommend getting the tyres changed to uk spec tyres just to be on the safe side..take it easy on the motorway £70mph will do ..and when home give it an oil change and basically a full service.. you can`t care enough for these cars!!

check out what happened to my tyre on sunday..

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=15339&goto=newpost

Cheers for the advice mate. The guys I am buying the car through are prepping it for me so they should sort the service and oil change out.

I keep reading mention of Eagle F1\'s on here as being a trye to have. In the past I have always used Bridgestone Potenza RE720\'s and found them to be very good in both wet and dry.. can anyone expand??

You were pretty lucky by the sounds of it Robbie to do so little damage! I bet your sphincter was twitchiing a bit when that happened huh!! :rollin

[robedwards99]

Is this a record??? I won the car at auction 16 weeks ago and I still don\'t even know for sure if it\'s on it\'s way.....

[davegttph1]

unlucky mate. Whats your importer said?

[robedwards99]

Well, I just spoke to him on the phone again and he said he\'s trying to find out right now what the score is and will call me back in a couple of hours.

The car was supposed to be leaving on the 11th August so it would be well on it\'s way now, if it\'s on the ship.

I guess this is the down side of using 3rd parties to import for you, lack of personal control and knowledge of what\'s going on.

[Freddy]

Are they finding it hard to find a vessel??  :confused:

[RobbieRX-7]

i won and paid for mine in early jan, and did not drive it home from southampton untill mid may- 20weeks! it will be coming soon it just seems to last forever

[robedwards99]

Are they finding it hard to find a vessel??  :confused:

I think (according to them) that it\'s kind of out of thier hands right now (the old \'circumstances beyond our control\' line!) and it\'s down to thier agents in Japan to get it on a ship.

It\'s just ultra frustrating as I was told it would probably take about 8 weeks from time of purchase for it to arrive.

Patience is a virtue so they say.

(still waiting for a return call)

[RobbieRX-7]

well if they aint even loaded it onto a ship then they have gotta be takin the ****. The only time it is out of their hands is when its being loaded on to the ship and when it arrives for the mot, customs.. What agent did you use Bonsaicars???

[Juriën]

Hey Rob,

I feel for you mate! The wait must be killing. From rumours I heard it can be difficult getting a on ship. Loads of cars waiting to get on board. However, it\'s still taking pretty long. Mine got loaded on the 9th of August and should be in the UK within the next few weeks. It also depends on your agent\'s contacts I guess.
I wouldn\'t panic too much yet.

[Freddy]

I think (according to them) that it\'s kind of out of thier hands right now (the old \'circumstances beyond our control\' line!) and it\'s down to thier agents in Japan to get it on a ship.

It\'s just ultra frustrating as I was told it would probably take about 8 weeks from time of purchase for it to arrive.

Patience is a virtue so they say.

(still waiting for a return call)

If they have problems getting a vessel then there is something wrong. In which case, drop me an e mail and I should be able to allocate a space on the vessel for you.

Is this car fully paid for?

Good luck.

[robedwards99]

If they have problems getting a vessel then there is something wrong. In which case, drop me an e mail and I should be able to allocate a space on the vessel for you.

Is this car fully paid for?

Good luck.

I have paid them 50% of the total OTR price (fully prepared for UK roads including a service with Rotechniks)

Thanks for the offer. I am still await a return call. I will update you when I get it!

[Brett]

On a completely different note,

 Sweet cup holders

 I would be putting a bug up their arse if I were you mate, if you start using the magic phrase \'refund\' things wil start to move....

[robedwards99]

Lol.. yeah.. the cup holders are what sold me on the car!! Hehe!

Well, I never got a call back from the yesterday so I guess I will be calling them again on Monday morning.

I am feeling seriously fobbed off right now. If it didn\'t look like such a nice example I think I would of pulled out of the deal a long time ago.

[robedwards99]

This story just gets better and better.
I just called them up again to find out WTF is going on and I was told the following...

"We have found out why we\'ve had difficulty locating your car... it somehow went on the wrong ship and is now sat in New Zealand.
We have however just landed a black \'93 up in Manchester, not sure on the mileage and stuff yet though. We should be able to get some pictures down to you before the end of the day."

What do you make of that??

[davegttph1]

WTF... Id take a look at this motor theyre offering and if your unhappy in ANY way. demand the price dropped significantly (get yourself a bargain as your in the driving seat now) or ask for a refund plus compensation of the money owed must be due some interest for the amount of time theyve had it lol

Does sound like theyve forgot about you completely though and could possibly sold your car already to somebody else who saw it when it arrived and offered alot more money than you did.... Wouldnt suprise me in the slightest