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JM have a blue 2002 import on their website - I've just emailed him about it.

I'm going to try and persuade my local Nissan dealer to give me a test drive this weekend but think I'll def be buying an import, the savings are just too big for me to ignore. After thinking about it though, personally I'd rather pay a bit more to buy a car I've seen and can get there and then. I've got two weeks off after an op in Feb so hopefully I'll sort something out then. I'm driving a Passat at the minute (don't ask!) but have just discovered my insurance is only going to be £150 more and road tak the same! Just got to look at servicing costs now.

I also heard lots of bad things about Torque - they were around when I bought an FTO in 1999 (before they became chavish) and all they had were lots of very over priced scrappy cars.

I'm going to try and test drive one this weekend, but it's more the worry about finding the car I've ordered has been thrashed / abused in Japan rather than if I like driving a 350Z. Am I right in thinking the aution grades are only based on body work / history and not mechanical condition which is not checked? I am going to contact JCI next week and see what they say. I've heard some good things about Bonsai but also everyone seems to say their cars have taken 5 months or more to arrive. I could hndle waiting 2 or 3 months but not 5!

I'm sure you get newbies comming on here asking obvious questions all the time, but I'll ask anyway! I'm looking into importing a JDM Fairlady Z but can't get my head round the idea of spending £10 - 15K on a car I've never driven, but if I buy one one from a delaer that I can see first I'm going to end up paying their £2K odd markup. What are other peoples thoughts? - How many peaple on here have done this, anyone had any problems? Anyone ordered one through JCImports in Newcastle? I'm having an operation on my ear early Feb and want to try and sort out ordering / buying one a couple of weeks after that before I go back to work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.