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Saw this on Autotrader seems a bit cheap to me although no mileage mentioned:

LEXUS ALTEZA IS200 Sport T

with the 210bhp beams engine, auto/tiptronic, glacier white, 17 alloys, CD/radio/mini disc, climate, aircon, fully loaded, only £9995.

JAP 1 IMPORTS LTD

Tel: 01255 820844

Distance: 21 miles

Price: £9,995

Thoughts anyone?

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Just rang the guy.

Seems to be genuine. He imported it. It has 33k on the clock but the ODO has been converted to MPH now - so that makes something like 19k miles. It's a '99 T.

Just realised that perhaps I shouldn't be helping traders to advertise things on here! But it's for the good of you lovely people!

Think I might go and check it out tomorrow.

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Just found another one, manual this time:

2000 Lexus IS 200 (Altezza RS 200)

Manual 6 speed, Silver, 10,000 miles . ABS, Air Bag, alloys, Climate Control, Electric Windows, Immobilizer, In Car Entertainment.210 BHP, Beam Tuning, CAT 1 Alarm, 12 Month Warranty, Full Service. -- see many more pictures on our website -- Widest availability of any Japanese car to buy from Stock or from Japan Direct at huge savings compared to UK importer prices. Visit our website and see 70,000 cars weekly £12,500.

this looks quite good as well - can't believe how cheap they are.

do you get hammered on insurance with imports?

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Hi guys,

Went to see this car today - I liked it!

But I have a few questions and concerns:

It's the 5 speed auto RS200, however the tiptronic steering wheel is missing - replaced with a manual tezza wheel.

The removable security device for the Nav is missing - is this a big problem?

How much hassle is it to get the radio changed?

Any advice muchly appreciated.

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Well thanks to Cavey for his help and advice.

It now appears that this car is being mis-sold. It turns out it is a Japanese AS200 auto. ie. it's the same 153bhp engine as the UK IS200 - what a con. Think I might report the trader to Autotrader.....

Thought it was too good to be true..... :(

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Well thanks to Cavey for his help and advice.

It now appears that this car is being mis-sold. It turns out it is a Japanese AS200 auto. ie. it's the same 153bhp engine as the UK IS200 - what a con. Think I might report the trader to Autotrader.....

Thought it was too good to be true..... :(

hi.

I was just about to post "buyer beware" when i saw your posting about Kavey giving ya info.

They are cheap but £10k is a bit cheap for 19k miles and also fully loaded. It's not bad if you know the full history of the car. Just before i got mine, i was offered one for less than 7k with low mileage, but at least i was told it was a "grade 0" which means it had been in a crash. But i couldn't be guaranteed if there was no engine damage so I caned the idea.

once they crash the value drops more than half, and you can get a bargain provided it's only a bit of body work. I am not suggesting this particular one had a crash but sometimes these dealers think we don't have a clue about these imports.

"LEXUS ALTEZA IS200 Sport T"? I don't know what the T stands for. perhaps a turbo? There are only the base spec, the Z Edition, and a rare L Edition.

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Thanks for that Teddy.

It is a bit confusing, but I think I've now found another one that looks like the 'Real thang'!

2000 Toyota Altezza RS 200

Manual 6 speed, Silver, 10,000 miles , 4 Doors. Air Bag, Alloy Wheels, Climate Control, Immobilizer, In Car Entertainment, Safety Equipment, Traction Control System. 210 BHP, Electric Windows, Beam Tuning, CAT 1 Alarm, Immobiliser, 12 Month Warranty, Full Service. --. £12,550.

It looks quite exciting!

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only cooool peeps have white

Yep, white is the coolest. ;)

You are all very lucky to have the choices you do. Altezza, 200, 300, etc... Rarely will I see an imported "used" Japanese car. It's extremely costly to bring one over and a lot of modification has to be done to the car to meet federal safety and emmisions standards. If it was easy I would have a Skyline R34 in my garage.

Anyway, you are lucky in the UK. B)

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Thanks for that Teddy.

It is a bit confusing, but I think I've now found another one that looks like the 'Real thang'!

2000 Toyota Altezza RS 200

Manual 6 speed, Silver, 10,000 miles , 4 Doors. Air Bag, Alloy Wheels, Climate Control, Immobilizer, In Car Entertainment, Safety Equipment, Traction Control System. 210 BHP, Electric Windows, Beam Tuning, CAT 1 Alarm, Immobiliser, 12 Month Warranty, Full Service. --. £12,550.

It looks quite exciting!

Check it out carefully. If I'm not mistaken, that sounds like one that's been doing the rounds a while now....

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Check it out carefully. If I'm not mistaken, that sounds like one that's been doing the rounds a while now....

Does it?

Well it's not in the country yet apparently.... it's being imported by Bonsai Cars.

Apparently will arrive on 15th May.

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  • 7 months later...

I've imported from Japan through Bonsai, top guys Jason and Christophe, I picked it up from southampton 2 weeks or so ago RS 200 '99' 40k top grade £11900 including everything all I had to do was pick it up. SVA, reg. tax all sorted, just insurance to sort.

I went through direct line £400 full comp.

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