98RON

[QUOTE=Gaspode,Mar 21 2009, 02:42 PM] Ron
I know a number of us who paid

woojah

Ron

I tend not to believe anything that sales people say. Thats my rule.

If somebody told me that I'd be thinking throughout the conversation.

It's probably hard for what the sales manager told you to have any weight against the collective knowledge of this forum.

Did yours come with an alarm? That's the only other difference I'm aware of.

In any case, he was probably just looking to pass time by giving you as much grief as possible to make up for lack of customers.

I personally think you got yours for a great price.

98RON

[QUOTE=woojah,Mar 21 2009, 06:01 PM] Ron

I tend not to believe anything that sales people say. Thats my rule.

If somebody told me that I'd be thinking

eSeM

That was only an issue on pre 04 cars.

From 04 onwards the alarm was instaled by the factory in Japan.

(i.e. not the POS Honda UK installed after the cars were imported)

cheshire_carper

As was pointed out to you (by me) some weeks ago, the difference is a: when you buy and b: when you sell.

It is a cheaper item at both points a: and b:

arsie

Beg to differ Colin.

As we get down the road a piece I think mileage and condition dominate and the import/UK factor go to vanishing point. Especially now they have stopped making them and they really do become classics

cheshire_carper

Not convinced. Cheaper purchase will always = cheaper resell. Classic?

Bassoctopus

The FAQ would have told you all this

woojah

Here's another way of looking at it.

If somebody was choosing between two cars - a UK car and an import - priced the same and otherwise identical (age, mileage, condition, etc)...

... which one would they buy?

The average person is very very likely to choose the UK car if the import is priced the same. Not necessarily because of differences in initial purchase price, but because one car has been tagged as an 'import'.

So what matters is other people's *perception* of an import, which may be shaped (rightly or wrongly) by bad past experiences, uncertainties about warranty, insurance, etc. Actual differences matter less as they are known factors.

Therefore in the scenario above the import will have to be priced lower than an equivalent UK car to sell. The difference in price depends on how much the perceived 'hassle' of an import is worth in savings over a UK car. This part is subjective, but is going to be greater than

muttly

I think you've made the Classic assumption that salesmen know what they are talking about!