Couple new cars (Suzuki Cappuccino / Civic Si)

[3cyltrbo]

I picked up a couple of new cars recently to add to my growing collection.

The first one was a 1997 Suzuki Cappuccino

Literally searched for over 2 years for a perfect one.

This 1997 EA21R was a Tokyo car its whole life, with only one owner before me and a complete service history and documented mileage (I got almost all the Shaken sheets)

It had 29,733 KM when I bought it and the underside looks like its never been driven in the rain.

In the first week of owning it I did some tasteful JDM enhancements including 14" TE37's / Espelir lowering springs and just today an HKS muffler and midpipe.

Compared to my Autozam AZ1, this thing drives a million times better!

[3cyltrbo]

the other recent purchase was a 2018 Civic Si coupe

Had my eye on the 10th Gen Civic Coupe Si ever since it came out.

Thought about getting a Type R, but I just can't get past how ugly it is (I think the coupe is a BILLION times better looking personally),.... plus this thing was almost half the price after all the discounts I got.

Here were the discounts I got.

-Honda Canada 2018 Clearout = $750 off
-Honda Canada Returning customer discount = $1000 off
-Honda Canada Returning customer Interest rate reduction (1% reduction) = $1300 saved in interest.
-Honda Canada discount for Govt employee = $500 off
-Dealership discount = $1850 off

Grand total = Half the price of a Type R (plus Type R's in Canada can only be had at 5.5% interest instead of 1.5%)

Lowering springs and Camber arms are in the mail, Buddy Club flat bottom steering wheel was in my hands a month before the car.......still deliberating on wheels.

[kimona]

Love the Cappuccino.

[Whiplash]

How hard was it to import your AZ1 and Suzuki? I think about doing it often, but I can never pull the trigger because I think the shops around here won't want to go near it since it's so foreign to them.

[justanotherdrunk]

first Cappuccino ive seen

[ern-diz]

[3cyltrbo]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Originally Posted by kimona

Love the Cappuccino.

[3cyltrbo]

Originally Posted by Whiplash

How hard was it to import your AZ1 and Suzuki? I think about doing it often, but I can never pull the trigger because I think the shops around here won't want to go near it since it's so foreign to them.

Hey Whiplash.

Honestly it wasn't hard at all. I researched all the importers in Canada and I went with one in London, Ontario and now after receiving 4 cars from the same importer, I'm glad I went that route.

Importing on your own is a little bit cheaper, but I honestly didn't have to do any work at all, nothing /nada / zilch. It was literally a turnkey experience, and I dare say even easier than buying a second hand car locally.

As for parts and support, my importer is happy to support their customers by importing the necessary maintenance items (water pumps / timing belt kits / brakes and pads etc....).

I do most of my own wrenching, but any independent garage would find working on JDM Kei cars to be a simple task.

When you're ready to import, consider the company I worked with....they are called bonsairides.com, and you can talk to the owner "Craig" and tell him Will sent you.

[WeeYari]

Coincidentally, saw my first Cappuccino weekend before last in a Burger King parking lot. Fell in love with it. Was a little bit dinged up tho. Really, really cool tiny car.

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[Whiplash]

Originally Posted by 3cyltrbo

Hey Whiplash.

Honestly it wasn't hard at all. I researched all the importers in Canada and I went with one in London, Ontario and now after receiving 4 cars from the same importer, I'm glad I went that route.

Importing on your own is a little bit cheaper, but I honestly didn't have to do any work at all, nothing /nada / zilch. It was literally a turnkey experience, and I dare say even easier than buying a second hand car locally.

As for parts and support, my importer is happy to support their customers by importing the necessary maintenance items (water pumps / timing belt kits / brakes and pads etc....).

I do most of my own wrenching, but any independent garage would find working on JDM Kei cars to be a simple task.

When you're ready to import, consider the company I worked with....they are called bonsairides.com, and you can talk to the owner "Craig" and tell him Will sent you.

Will do. Now I'm strongly considering getting rid of the yaris :)