The Hunt is on...

[alanbradley]

This weekend I drove an 800 mile round trip to try out a car I didn't want to buy.

Crazy, huh? The thing is that there are so few VXs in the UK that one coming up for sale is pretty rare so the chance to try one is not something to be missed. This one had been in the UK since 1999 and had had 3 owners. Not too bad, but the killer for me was that it had no service history whatsoever. Nothing. Rien. Nada. Oh yeah, and being a Scot the price was a bit on the high side (short arms, deep pockets, etc., etc....)

Anyhow, I loved it. It burbled, it cornered flat and in a not-at-all-tall-vehicle way, the Recaro seats were super-comfy (fabric in JDM spec) whilst the Momo wheel was a joy to hold. The slushmatic was smooth and the shifts almost imperceptible whilst the (3.2 litre) engine pulled strongly with a twitch of my right foot.

And it burbled. Better than a 350Z we decided.

So anyhow, I'll be looking for a JDM spec 1999 or later in any colour other than yellow or white (preferably black). An A-bar and chunkier wheels will be desirable

Cheers folks. I know I haven't posted much but I have been reading and absorbing what you've all been saying.

:thumbsup:

Alan

[Joe_Black]

Much luck in your search! Personally I would've snapped up the 3.2 regardless of service history if it looked and sounded good at a personal inspection. I've got a lot of respect for the 3.2 twin-cam as it's proven very robust and has an excellent history. The 3.5 is essentially the same mill, but I've had some great worry-free fun with the 3.2.

[thedutchguy]

you lookie for rhd?
Ask Dutchie in Japan If he knows one FS over there?

[alanbradley]

I have friend who's a Japanese Performance Car specialist and he's going to do the importing and registering for me. That gives me some sort of comeback should it go pearshaped whilst costing about the same as the one I looked at at the weekend.

He has a "man in Japan" who test drives and physically views each car too so he only imports mint examples

I'm getting all excited just thinking about it! :lol:



A

[PHO2GR4]

Wow...I'd be excited too. Good for you!

Nothing like getting a VX direct from the source...

Be sure to post some photos in your gallery when you get it, okay? I'd love to be able to see all of the differences between the JDM version and the ones we get here in the Colonies.

Best of luck!

[dutchie]

Yep I can get one at the auction for less than 700.000 yen which is about 6000 us american and around 4000 with around 40000-80000 k. in perfect condition.
sterling
beautiful in pink or

orange

in silver

Cheers!