Rs200 Sva?

dAVIE@bRACO · March 27, 2004

I'm hoping to squeeze in an RS200 before the end of the month on a disability conversion but obviously it will be tight for time as it will have to be bought Monday/Tuesday and the chassis number E mailed and the application sent to DVLA on Tuesday special delivery. If we cant get it through in time does anyone know of anyone with the appropriate model report? Model reports.com only do the tiptronic currently (and whats the story with the tiptronic? is it any good? are all the cars described as automatic in Japan tiptronic or how do you differentiate?)

AltezzaScott · March 27, 2004

The Altezza RS200 are Tiptronic... and unlike other manufactuers they are pretty good ( instant gear change)

dAVIE@bRACO · March 28, 2004

Thanks Scott but now I'm confused, Japanese auction lists usually describe the RS200 as a 6 speed manual or the other option is an automatic, however modelreports.com list a report for the tiptronic Altezza. Does this mean that all "manual" RS200s are tiptronic?

Monster-Mat · March 28, 2004

nope, if yours is listed as a F6 then its floor mounted 6 speed manual

altezzaz · March 29, 2004

Mine is a 6 speed manual.....

SP33DY · March 29, 2004

Hi I made the mistake of booking my car in for a ESVA last month so I e-mailed modelreports.com for some advice since they only had the

Tiptronic Altezza report. He e-mailed me back with 2 options 1, re-apply as a disability conversion. 2, Give them the car for 3-4 weeks and they will return it with a full SVA certificate at no charge. Obviously they would get a model report out of it and charge people £100+ VAT after that. Since I chose to reapply as a disability conversion, you may be able to contact them and see if you can get the same deal.