Thank you everyone for your very useful contributions. I am sure they will benefit not only me but also other Wazua users out there. It seems you guys think shipping insurance is overrated. As I understand it, due diligence is most important when sourcing for the car and that requires someone on the ground, right? I am not buying my car tomorrow. I’m still saving.
It’ll be another couple of months before I make the mark, but I want to gather as much information as I can upfront in order to avoid costly mistakes later. I suppose when I get there I can start asking for references of good dealers I could use. @JkMwatha, you do this sort of thing, don’t you? I will remember you. Now, out of curiosity, if UK cars are so good, how come the majority of Kenyans remain so infatuated with Japanese?
@jbanda, @perminusotieno, That’s a lot of good things you guys have said for UK cars. Thanks.
@tuvok, It seems I need a twitter account to follow your link. Ouch! I don’t have one.
@Mkimwa, as far as I know most UK cars have another scale on the speedo in kph. And even if they don’t, the conversion isn’t too hard to do, is it? It's certainly easier than trying to read Japanese stickers and manuals!
@JkMwatha I won’t care too much about resale value because I intend to keep the car for like 7 or 8 years. In any case, a manual guy is a manual guy. They are not many, but there’s always someone out there looking for exactly that in a car.
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