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Buying Japanese imports?

maulikdesai1 · 2016-03-18 00:18:32

Any drawbacks in buying a japanese import? I am looking for a honda civic/ insights and the best quotes i am getting are all Japanese imports. Only drawback i have been told is around their sat nav system which is in japanese language and apparantly there is no way to convert to english and load EU maps???

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18-03-2016 1:18am

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maulikdesai1

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Any drawbacks in buying a japanese import? I am looking for a honda civic/ insights and the best quotes i am getting are all Japanese imports.

Only drawback i have been told is around their sat nav system which is in japanese language and apparantly there is no way to convert to english and load EU maps???

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#2 18-03-2016 1:27am
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They tend to have a higher loading with insurance companies than EU domestic models. Some parts are different and be harder to source.

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#3 18-03-2016 4:12pm
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A higher insurance loading if they will even quote you. Most won't.

I have an jap import and when I do the annual ring round I now start with telling them its a jap. it saves a lot of pointless conversations.....

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#4 18-03-2016 4:15pm
maulikdesai1

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Thanks. Will be ringing around insurance companies now to get a quote.

Can the sat nav be modified to show Ireland/UK maps?

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#5 18-03-2016 4:18pm
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maulikdesai1 wrote: »

Thanks. Will be ringing around insurance companies now to get a quote.

Can the sat nav be modified to show Ireland/UK maps?

I'm afraid mine is an older lady. No sat nav. So I cant help.

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#6 19-03-2016 2:51am
Pascal101

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for insurance i used campion insurance 057 866 5083 best quote was zurich

britton 2010 up cars
aviva
liberty
let me know if you find others.

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#7 19-03-2016 6:46am
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maulikdesai1 wrote: »

Thanks. Will be ringing around insurance companies now to get a quote.

Can the sat nav be modified to show Ireland/UK maps?

No,some forums say it's possible, but I have a 2010 insight, jap import, just took it out,and put in a normal radio/CD,good eco car,FYI,I'm with liberty insurance

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#8 21-03-2016 8:42pm
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Yeah its very hard to get insured on Jap imports even if you own them along time and currently have it insured.
I do the annual ring around too, this year I expanded that a lot and found it very difficult even if it's a standard Jap import not modified in anyway...

check out my findings and if you have an insurance company who will let me know please...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99137445#post99137445

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