Import or not??

[NNMan]

How do you find out if your vehicle was imported or not?

The garage I bought it from didnt tell me, various people have told me that it is or it is not, finally someone sounded like they knew what they were talking about and told me it was as it had a 17 digit VIN but I had a look at my mates registration document for his Mazda pickup (definate UK vehicle) and it has a 17 digit VIN.

???

 

[terranokid]

it will say on your log book

 

[Terranosaurus]

Yes check th date of first registration against how old it really is also a Nissan dealer should be able to tell you from the VIN.

 

[jace]

are you having parts probs or something mate? just remember if its a uk car itll probibly go bang at 60-70k lol

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

HB is right, I used to import a few vehicles from Ireland, and they used to be first registered on the date of import, with a note saying something along the lines of 'not new at first registration, or used prior to registration., if i remember correctly!

 

[jace]

i just been changed persnol plate today and theyve kept old logbook otherwise id have looked on mine

 

[NNMan]

Date of first registration and first Uk registration are the same,

So a UK vehicle then?

I have the Registration Document and Owners manual, Should I have a log book aswell?

 

[jace]

lot people call v5 the log book so youve got everything

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

seems to me from all evidence it is a UK car, I know with some vehicles there are other ways of being able to tell, like speedo in kilometers per hour or different language on data plates (where weights are recorder) or vin tags, but i havent looked at any imported nissans.

 

[Deleted Member S]

I'm not sure about yours Jace but most imports i've seen have a rear fog light fitted under the rear bumper or on our estate swinging under the bumper because of the speed bumps :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[jace]

i aint sure probibly broke off by know anyways lol

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

I think the fog light depends on which country it was imported from and I think NZ probably has as much fog as the UK so maybe a standard fit over there?

 

[NNMan]

I know some one that has just moved from Oban, they say thweather is eaxactly the same, coincedently they moved to Oban NZ!

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

and with that testimony your honour i rest my case :lol:

 

[Deleted Member S]

Sorry everyone I was thinking of just jap imports & pointed out the weather in NZ is very much like ours so would be fitted with the same rear light clusters :roll:

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

its a fair assumption jap car= jap imports we used to deal with a lot of suzuki 4x4's and they were/are built in japan, canada and spain (like t2's on the last one) and the spanish ones were allways the worst quality you can tell the jap ones at a glance by the blue vin tag!

but that just means made in japan, not a grey import from japan, as they came from all three places for the UK market!

 

[NNMan]

Whats a grey import?

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

a one off import of a usualy second hand car, or private import, of a car not destined for the Uk market

 

[NNMan]

Funny there are a few mentions to nobody wanting to look at a south african grey import D22, I thought why does colour matter?

 

[jace]

mitsu won a ruling saying as car wasnt meant for uk why should they honour the warranty so now any import stuff is diy or importer warranty even if brand file new