Does Surf have to be 10 years old to import / register easily ?

[jonathan blane]

Hello.
Does anyone know the Rules applied by DVLA for registering a directly imported ( from Japan ) SUrf ?

I have an idea in my head that they have to be at least ten years old - but is that the case ? Seems an odd rule, if so, to encourage older cars to be imported.

[AlexKzn130]

Hello.
Does anyone know the Rules applied by DVLA for registering a directly imported ( from Japan ) SUrf ?

I have an idea in my head that they have to be at least ten years old - but is that the case ? Seems an odd rule, if so, to encourage older cars to be imported.

I believe if the vehicle is less than 10 years old you have to get the DVLA's approval that it meets safety and environmental regulations, without the approval u cannot register it

If it's older than 10 years then this does not have to be done

I might be wrong thou hahahaha

[Koi]

Have a look her

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-approval/...hicle-approval

[jonathan blane]

But does anyone have experience of registering a recently manufactured SURF ?

Can anyone explain the point of the regulation ?

I would have thought that if it's all about safety the older the car the more you would expect it to have to pass some kind of test ( apart from the MOT ).

But exempting older vehicles seems the other way round .

[AlexKzn130]

But does anyone have experience of registering a recently manufactured SURF ?

Can anyone explain the point of the regulation ?

I would have thought that if it's all about safety the older the car the more you would expect it to have to pass some kind of test ( apart from the MOT ).

But exempting older vehicles seems the other way round .

I have no experience

[Karma Supra]

From memory you need to SVA or IVA on newer vehicles...

This is much more of a ball ache than an MOT...

it pretty much crippled the import business, which I was part of when it came out, which is why most companies now will ONLY import vehicles over 10 years old.

[AlexKzn130]

which is why most companies now will ONLY import vehicles over 10 years old.

All a money making scheme and to support domestic car sales if people knew they could import a 2010 camero cheaper than they could buy a Audi A6 then they probably would

someone had to devise a plan to slow down freedom of choice

[jonathan blane]

SO what would be the current rules on importing this one ?

http://www.japanesevehicles.com/vehi...186656&lang=en

I am trying to resist but am getting a strong urge to buy the above .........

i love my current SURF, which is a P reg, imported six years ago.

My main reason for even contemplating buying a 'new' 10 yr old model is that I have zero mechanical knowledge, and am terrified of breaking down anywhere, but especially on the new improved death trap motorway sections without hard shoulders.

So I am just assuming ( perhaps this is naivety ?? ) that a 10 yr old SUrf is less likely, in principle, to break down than a 20 yr old one ? On the other hand I don't want one so new that it has computer bits in it.

I would welcome comments on the reliability issue, and especially any hard knowledge available as to what the current rules are for importing a 10 yr old Surf ? Is it just speedo conversion, rear fog, and MOT ? Or more complicated ?

Please don't refer me to the DVLA pages - I have tried but failed to find answers to these questions there.

[The Boo Crew]

you dont have to do the speedo its a convenience thing!

[The Boo Crew]

Toyota dealers seem to have latched on to supplying parts for imports I have had no problems for the last few years