NL: Robert

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You might be right Banpei!

In the meanwhile I've been searching the internet for a decent car.
I find it quite disappointing how brief all adds are and the lack of pictures amazed me.

But there were a few that drew my attention.
A rebuilt Levin Hatchback in Portugal with some nice tweeks allready done to an Irish Trueno Coupe (JDM Import) and an imported (from portugal) Levin hatch in the Netherlands.


A friend helped me get in contact with the company in Portugal (as he is Portuguese) but by the time they responded, it was reserved for another foreign customer.

Then the Irish coupe, partly stripped, trd-ish wing, bucket seat, aftermarket digital dash, different front and back wheels. Price seemed ok based on the pictures. Eventually I got the seller to talk/write about it after i said i wasn't coming over based on "its mint" All pictures were good, video was also added and it sounded very raspy.
Unfortunately he had some issues with his family so it was hard to get in touch and make an appointment with him.

While making arrangements for a visit to Ireland I visited the Dutch car. Priced at the top of the market so I just went there to compare it to the first one i visited a few weeks ago and as a benchmark for everything i was going to look at. I did explain the seller upfront that I wasn't buying the car, just doing research. He was fine with that and was happy to show me the car and drive me arround.

Imported 3 years ago from France and 5 years before that from Portugal. With 'only' 119k km's on it. Even though it cant be proven due to the lack of history with it, you could definitly believe its true. With only minor age things and a small dent this thing is almost in showroom condition.

3 days later I was able to take it for a testdrive myself.....