Squid Lips said...stribo said...BEWARE OF IMPORTSI work in the spare parts department at a Toyota dealership.Although these imports (mitsi's,nissans and toyota's) look great and have "all the fruit".I would strongly advise
against buying one.If you require parts other than an oil or air filter you could have a nice garden ornament for up to 6 months plus a massive repair/parts bill.Also there aren't many mechanics willing to work on them , parts are expensive and hard to source and your resale value is sh1te!!!
BEWARE OF IMPORTSEDIT.. Toyota WA do sell import parts and the dealer i work for are one of the only ones that sell them... The rest don't bother/refuse to sell parts for them.I can tell you they are(imports) a damn pain in the perverbial..
Sorry stribo but I have to disagree with most of that. I've been driving an import for the last 8 years and parts are cheap and plentiful at import wreckers, or if you want new parts
it's almost always cheaper and easier to source the parts yourself over the net than through a dealer. It may have been true a few years ago that no one wanted to work on them but more and more mechanics are becoming familiar with them.
The best thing to do if you buy an import is find a forum like this for that model and it will be full of tech articles and probably have access to the service manual online.
Thing is ..most of the people that buy them have no idea how to follow these paths ..They see the bling and get sucked in.Thats the thing when you buy an import you are on your own. SFA support.The guys that bring these things in coudn't give a toss once there sold and beleive me they make good money out of them.And yes i know they have to bring a certain amount of parts cars in etc etc.
Yes people have had good experiences with imports .But in mt position i see more bad experiences....