I think alot of them have gone that route since Brexit. I got my A3 from a lad that bought cars in Auctions in the UK for dealers in Ireland. Rang him last year because the missus was changing and he told me he was bringing in a few from Japan but it was a hard market.
Iāve my A3 around 4 years and have zero bothers. It is that bit smaller inside, something to have in your head if you have a family.
Weāve one child and we are done so thatās all the size we need. Next to impossible to get anything Irish registered from 2020-22 because of COVID I suppose. I might drop you a PM.
Japan donāt have to worry about scumbags thieving cars, their crime rate is miniscule.
3 Likes
Yeah, all 50km he will likely get from the battery
Iāve never heard of anything bar Japanese built motors being imported from Japan, alas Iād be out of the loop but thatās a new one on me.
Send me a pm with that chaps info for a look & a rough idea of what you want to spend & Iāll do some research for you
1 Like
Iām driving jap imports 15 years
All have immobilisers
No issues
Only the aqua and one other cheapie havenāt got them AFAIK
1 Like
Hillside motors Tallaght are decent
Good to deal with
All jap imports
Bought off them 3/ 4 monthās ago
Another good dealer is Jim Carey
Chair
(;all Japs)
1 Like
50km or less in the vast vast majority of journeys mate.
Importing Audis from Japan sounds a bit dodge doesnāt it?
2 Likes
Not really
Win win for everyone
Clean
Low mileage
Well serviced
Less expensive than local
Japs tend to mind their motors
Thatās what I thought initially until I realised that pretty much every single Audi thatās 3/4 years old on Carzone is imported from Japan now. As per @Loko_Cove above, itās the new importing them from the UK. I contacted five different garages selling today and they all said the same thing. Iām still somewhat wary.
1 Like
Is it not just that theyāre genuine Audi but they have been assembled in Asia for the Asian market with genuine Audi/VW parts. Donāt think there is much risk to it.
1 Like
Any chance you have a number of a car body repair guy around Cahir, Cashel, Clonmel area please?
Dealers here would say the danger os that there is absolutely zero history dor these cars and that anything could have happened in terms of clocking or accidents. But then dealers stand to make a lot of money out of the prices hereā¦
Me man in Monaghan said heād a full service history etc. but sure he could be showing me anything in Japanese and I wouldnāt have a fucking clue. For what itās worth, I decided against it. I just felt uneasy about it considering it was the biggest outlay I ever had on a car. Just caught me on the hop that every one of them I found online was imported from Japan (8 garages responded to me in the end. All Japanese imports).
1 Like
Jamie Lawlor in Clonmel
1 Like
Lads, sorry if someone has already asked this question but whats the verdict on a Peugeot 5008, 2019/2020?
With the family expanding and the wifes insisting on rear facing car seats, its time for me to upgrade and im looking for something that i can have 3 car seats in the back.
I drove a 2019 Peugeot 5008 and was fairly impressed with it. But when mentioning it to a few friends i got ah sure you cant buy a french car there very unreliable etcā¦ i thought that was a thing of the past? Anybody have any experience with a Peugeot 5008?
None personally but 3 families I know locally bought the 5008 from new and they got rid of them. 2 changed to Skoda and the other to Ford
1 Like
No
1 Like