Mark 1 Suzuki Swift - opinions?

[Garbage]

As mentioned in my intro topic, my first car was an 86 Swift and I've been half on the lookout for another, just to confirm it was as good as I remember it. Some say you should never go back but I say f*ck it! They've all but disappeared here now, not that there was that many to begin with but one has surfaced and now I have the dilemma. Should I go for it? It's the facelifted version, similar to this one:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Cars-/9801/i. ... 0Year=1988

 

Anyone here familiar with them? The facelifted version wasn't what I wanted but I reckon it's all I'll find here now. And it's in excellent shape. Help...!

[Pete-M]

GTi was a mad little fecker. Other than that, and Subaru doing 4x4 variants, I know nothing.

[Station]

Have owned a few 80's small Japanese cars, I love them. Ride is always back breaking, but totally reliable, nippy and good on fuel.

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=121193

[oman5]

Bloody hell! 10 months ticket and 295? get it bought! I can't remember anything bad about these, but they were never that common in the UK and I think its a different engine to the more common mk2, so maybe harder to get parts for? other than that its something I'd be happy to buy.

[Garbage]

Bloody hell! 10 months ticket and 295? get it bought!

 

That is cheap alright. It works out at around €350 BUT...the importation tax on it would be €720! That's the tax office's way of saying fark off, we're trying to rid the country of tat, in preparation for the complete tarmacadding of the country to make a car park for Germany.

 

The one I was interested in is going for around €7/800 and is pretty much minty fresh. If I do buy it'll be that one.

[catsinthewelder]

I don't know owt about them but that certainly looks like a good deal for someone.

 

There's an E reg Swift still in regular use around here, I've been trying to get a pic of it for ages

[Garbage]

Have owned a few 80's small Japanese cars, I love them. Ride is always back breaking, but totally reliable, nippy and good on fuel.

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=121193

 

Cheers for the link on that one. Spotted it the other night, bit of a wolf in sheep's clothing. Import duty on it would be prohibitive and I reckon it would struggle to get through the National Car Test here too. A GTI would be nice though. Ultra rare.

[Garbage]

A fellow Boards.ie user spotted this one in Kilkenny last year. It's identical to my old one, even down to the colour. Supposedly, the dealers can still supply parts for these!

 

[wuvvum]

I didn't think they were allowed to charge import tax for imports from with the EU? Unless I've got my wires completely crossed, which is possible...

[Garbage]

It's vehicle registration tax (vrt) as opposed to import tax but it all amounts to the same thing. A classic only costs somewhere around the 50 mark (once it's 30 years +), which is why so many classics have made their way over here.

[oman5]

Bloody hell! 10 months ticket and 295? get it bought!

 

That is cheap alright. It works out at around €350 BUT...the importation tax on it would be €720! That's the tax office's way of saying fark off, we're trying to rid the country of tat, in preparation for the complete tarmacadding of the country to make a car park for Germany.

 

The one I was interested in is going for around €7/800 and is pretty much minty fresh. If I do buy it'll be that one.

 

ah right, didn't realise you were over the water