Hello,

 

firstly, please don't kick me too hard for asking in the forums as I'm genuinely in a bit of a conundrum here.

 

I brought my car across when I moved to the UK some years ago. Shortly after arriving, {ahem} I basically had no points left on my license which meant that insurance for the zed was rather high.

 

Alas, I have never registered the car in the UK. It's only had minimal miles here basically from the shipping port to my home and a few little blats here and there on 'private' roads. You may ask, why did I bother to bring it across - well because the engine and (auto) transmission (1995) are mint and fully serviced (new belts, gearbox oil etc) by a Nissan qualified high end mechanic (brought from the Nissan Dealership) and very low miles and the chassis (1992) is good, no rust and never been driven on salted roads. Before I left, we had 4 zeds in our little group.

 

It's a JDM TT, and it's been kept standard with the plans to give it more oomph. The Mines ECU was for the engine which was imported from Japan, and, well you can lean your elbow against it when its running and feel no vibrations. New brakes, disks and a spare set of wheels.

 

 

I'll miss the car, but I have to move it along as our garden no longer has the room and family has grown - and father must now drive only sensibly in cars with a dozen airbags.

 

 

So my real question is, would it be worth selling it as unregistered or do I get it registered and put on the road before selling it? Obviously, there is no tax to pay.

 

 

Thanks for suggestions.

Where are you bud? Says cambridge in your profile, but guessing you're further away than a trip down the A14?

You might have trouble selling it in the UK if its not registered here, so will create additional cost to the buyer, which will bring your top line down.

 

Or you could advertise it on the continent, but i should imagine being right hand drive, may not be a popular option either.

 

I would look into the cost of registering the car here, then have a think about your next move. Just my opinion of course.

I'd advertise it as it is.

Depends how much you after, but a track or doner car wont need plates.

 

I agree it'd be best to register it, but test the water beforevyou give yourself the trouble.

If its on foreign plates then sell it here, then whoever buys it can drive it how its supposed to be driven, no points no fines and if you do get pulled over you can give it the speaky no engish, and give em an address in Belgium!!

 

Seriously if its in good nick and that unused, get you 20 quid out subscribe on here and get it up for sale on her with some pics.

 

Its cheaper to buy a years subs here than putting an ad on autotrader or ebay, and here youll be going straight to your target market.

 

Good luck

i bought my subaru impreza imported to uk (from japan) with no paper work and had no problem to register it here

but guessing you're further away than a trip down the A14?

 

it was a great drive, as it arrived in Southampton and not being so sure with the status of everything, I avoided all major roads and stuck to as many B roads with nothing but a compass on the dash.

Seriously if its in good nick and that unused

 

It's body isn't mint, just its heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the pointers, the general advice seems to be get it registered. Makes sense. Be a real shame if it took years to sell once registered.:wink: