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Should I Get A Stagea?

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PN-Mad Grand Master

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Don't get overly wrapped up with the Warranty stuff. Its provided by a 3rd party company, and allocates money for specific areas of the car- example, for some bizarre reason the whole gearbox/transfer driveline just shits itself (it won't don't worry) the Warranty company will provide $X000 towards the repair, but not necessary all of the money. When I bought the car, I had the option of having the warranty, which I declined. If its free, I guess its a win, but still 2 years on, nothing has gone on my car which would be a warranty issue. So its not Factory warranted or anything. Plus, if something goes wrong with it, Ben is really good with fixing stuff up as long as your not a dickhead about it- like the RX7 owner I saw one day.

iamhe77 Grand Master

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I got mine imported by Iron Chef and it was to be the test mule for Japlink (didn't turn out that way unfortunately).

I talked with Ben @ Northshore about importing one for me but he wouldn't give me upfront fees/charges etc and I know how much he has charged others in the past to import M35's.

Kris was upfront with all charges and went above and beyond what I expected from my broker.

Would use his services again without hesitation.

Japlink can do PM35's (they did mine) and it looks like All Imports are advertising PM35's as well.

I do not believe that Nagoya can comply PM35's but they may be selling them with either Northshore or Japlink doing the compliance?

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bigkevracer Grand Master

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I bought mine from Northshore. I wouldn't again.

If I had my time again I'd go the Iron Chef route. Everyone I know who has gone that way has got an excellent car for significantly less than I paid.

DumpTruck Apprentice

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Wont the Import route take around 4-6months to be able to sit in the drivers seat?

Means I would have to start negotiating now and possibly put a downpayment on something witch im not in the position to do now.

Im trying to sell my van this month and the next service due (January) on my hatchback is the Belt Timing and thats going to cost 1/2 the value of the car so thats why im getting my stagea early in Jan.

If I cant shift the van within a month then i might even just do a trade in for a stag or wholesale it.

iamhe77 Grand Master

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Shouldn't take 6 months, but it depends on how long it takes to find the perfect car.

Mine went through auction mid/late December last year and ready to be complied in Feb.

Compliance should only take a couple of weeks.

The delay on mine (before certain people chime in :mrt: ) was waiting for Japlink to get the compliance cert.

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DumpTruck Apprentice

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I bought mine from Northshore. I wouldn't again.

If I had my time again I'd go the Iron Chef route. Everyone I know who has gone that way has got an excellent car for significantly less than I paid.

Is the main issue for not wanting to buy again the price or are there other factors involved?

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