Buying an imported Honda Fit/Jazz

If there’s an immobiliser and alarm on it

and it’s not changed in any way other than it’s description on the web

can’t see any problems ref insurance

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A word of warning from personal experience , a lot of Japanese imports come with non "E" marked tyres when imported . Not having an E mark on tyres is a failure at NCT , but some dealers or sellers will have a spare set of E marked tyres to get in through the NCT when imported and switch back on the non E marked tyres afterwards leaving the new owner with a tyre bill the next time it is tested .

When buying , make sure the car comes with E marked tyres !

Thats because the seller/dealer changed the wheels around for the test and re fitted the original ones after the test.

Its kind of mad, I see some of the biggest dealers in Dublin arriving to the NCT centre with wheels that are clearly not staying on the car and then selling the car with illegal tyres. I’m not sure if you care, but technically your insurance could be null and void if you got into an accident because the tyres are essentially illegal. A tyre shop will charge you €50 to change the wheels over twice, so you might be better off just buying four part worn tyres for €150 to be safe.

Its annoying because the Japanese tyres usually have good thread and are almost always Michelin, Pirelli etc.

I almost purchased a Fit 1.5 to 2 years ago for my wife… It is a great car and many many years ago I had a Honda Jazz (first generation). I can say it's a very spacious, comfy and reliable car. But I wasn't able to get a decent insurance quote. I got a quote for over 2.5k with a broker, while I wasn't able to quote online or to transfer my insurance (liberty didn't accepted the car). My wife had to put an extra 6k in a car and purchased a Corolla.

Im on my 5 th import hybrid this week ,never one issue tbf,

Cars all spotless,all flied the nct,

All came with good tyres,but I've noticed the add I've been looking at has a few discrepancies ref description,

Going up to Dublin To look at 3 imports ( old_ 2014 and 17 2,)

Alloys on car description but reckon the garage have whipped them off and flogged them,but I'll wait till the bargaining point to mention that,

Difference in price by shopping in Dublin compared with Cork city is a bloody disgrace,

Locals gouging constantly,

Have only bought one locally in over 40 years

It's maddening