LHD Car Import Specialists: 1st Car Imports

Just a quick note to say thanks for all your help in buying the Chrysler Grand Voyager.The car was as you said , immaculate inside and out.

I have never imported a car before and had many doubts about the process and dealing with all the paperwork involved, with your advice and

and guidance the whole experience was simple and straightforward.

The advice on changing currency was invaluable and the rates given beat any high street bank and was much quicker

Once again many thanks

Ian Boyd

Hello Doug, just a brief note to thank you for all your assistance in getting our new left hand drive X - Trail to us from Belgium. This was the first time we have bought an imported car, and at first glance the "red tape" seemed overwhelming. The assistance you provided was first class and helped enormously in making what could have been a fairly stressful experience into something quite easy and manageable.

Thanks again for your invaluable help.

Regards

Brian
 

hi,

i have received my car in one piece!! its great.

thanks a lot. the service has been great from beginning to end.

Carina camilleri

Many thanks for you effort

Thank you for keeping me informed.

Doug,

 I have the Honda and I am very happy with it, I have sent the cheque in the post this morning.

 Please see attached photographs from my trip to Denmark and feel free to use them and the text below (I am happy for you to edit it !).

After deciding to take the plunge and move the family to Italy, I have had difficulty in finding a reliable company to help source two LHD vehicles. That is until I found 1st Car Imports on the web, we have now imported both of our cars through Doug Turnbul.

I decided to collect the first car, a VW Golf, from Demark myself and took along my father in law for the ride.

After Doug had found me the specific model at a great price he arranged for the garage to fit transport plates and helped with the paperwork. We took the early morning Ryanair flight out of Stansted to Aahaus on the east coast of Demark arriving just after 10am.

From there we picked up our hire car and drove two and a half hours west, cross country to pick up my new VW Golf in small town called Ringkobing. The dealers A.V. Vejgaard were very helpful, we completed the paperwork and left to catch the 6pm ferry from Esbjerg some 80Km South. We travelled overnight on the DFDS ferry ‘Dana Serina’, the food was great and the cabin was comfortable and clean with its owns private shower. We arrived in Harwich the next morning refreshed happy to have made the leisurely journey, without incident, in less than a day and a half.

As for Doug, his knowledge and good humour have been much appreciated, nothing was too much and I would not hesitate to recommend 1st Car Imports.

Thank you for all your help

Regards

Andrew

Dear Mr Turnbull,

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write, but I hope this is still some use.

I'd like to thank you for your help in buying my new LHD Volkswagen Golf. I wouldn't have known where to start the process myself, and your timely advice helped me avoid a number of pitfalls both in the UK and in Greece. Small problems over the delivery of documentation were in the end easily overcome. The Climatronic air-conditioning system has proved an absolute blessing in the hot Greek summer. I attach a photograph of a satisfied customer with car and house.

Many thanks and best wishes,
John Elsworth.
 

Hi Doug

Hope you are fine.

The Smax is running perfectly and no troubles until now.


Thanks again,

Good morning Doug

As I said during yesterday's telecon, we picked up the new car from
Brugge on Wednesday. Mr Focke (junior & senior) and Mrs Focke could
not have been more helpful - even going to the extent of providing an
escort to the ferry because of our very tight schedule. Apart from
that, their coffee made us realise just how revolting the ferry's coffee really was!

My wife and I are really impressed with the Tucson - the journey from
Roysth to Aberdeen was effortless and a pleasure. It was you who
guided us in the direction of Hyundai and for that we are very grateful - your knowledge and experience were invaluable.

Thank you very much for guiding us through what I'm sure is a legal minefield.

BUYING A CAR IN EUROPE CAN BE AS EASY AS BUYING A CAR IN ENGLAND, THANKS TO THE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF 1ST CAR IMPORTS.
 

Their staff are very knowledgeable, experienced, honest, friendly and helpful. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM.

When I went to collect the car from Leuven, Belgium, I also found the staff at the garage to be very helpful, friendly and professional.

BOTH PARTIES HAVE REALLY IMPRESSED ME & I DON'T GIVE SUCH HIGH RECOMMENDATIONS, UNLESS I'M TOTALLY HAPPY.

Malcolm Coombe
Managing Director
Sunshine Oriental Foods Ltd.,
Slough.

We used 1st car imports to buy a left hand drive Fiat Stilo in August 2008 and received excellent service , good advice and clear and concise information.

We were kept informed and up to date with all the necessary transactions that we needed to make and someone was always available to answer any questions that we needed answering.

We would recommend 1st car imports to anyone looking to buy a left hand drive car in the UK, their service more than met our expectations, it is a pleasure to find such service in todays world!

With our thnaks and our best regards for many more happy customersi in the future.

Roger & Kate Boulton

Carinthia
Austria

I could not have been more happy with your service. You got me the best possible price, considerably cheaper than other quotes, for the exact spec I wanted.

You were always patient and met my very tight deadlines which all other companies said were impossible. I’m delighted with the car and get sighs of “bella machina!” from Italian motorists as they are quite rare out there!

I would have no hesitation in recommending 1st Car imports and wish you the success with your business you deserve.

With thanks and best wishes

Amanda Ross

Managing Director, Cactus TV
 

Just a few lines to follow up from our conversation last week after picking up the car.

I must say that the whole process went very smoothly, even the flight from Birmingham to Weeze (5 Euro) all in, shuttle from the Airport to Moers (10 Euro), everything was ready for us at the garage we had a coffee whilst Torsten went for the transit plates, that took him 20 minutes. He set up the sat nav for France and off we went.

The journey to Carcassonne was a bit fraught as the motorway was closed north of Lyon, so 40km took us 3 hours - this was due to freezing rain. After reaching Orange the weather changed, temperature started to climb and the last leg was in brilliant sunshine 14 degrees.

We had no problem changing the plates to French ones. They have simplified the system and it took about 1 hour. We are very pleased with the car. The garage even gave us another year’s guarantee so that now runs out in April 2011. Many thanks again for all of your assistance. I have passed on your email address to a friend in France who is looking for a car.

I checked in the local paper last weekend and would make a nice profit if I sold the car on, so apart from the exchange rate, it’s worked out very well, you might be getting another enquiry from me if I decide to sell.

Best wishes

Peter
 

Dear Doug,

The car arrived on Saturday afternoon; everything seems OK - I haven't spent a lot of time looking at it yet.

I wanted to thank you for all your help during the transaction; I was pleasantly surprised to find you available whenever I had a question or a problem.

If ever I know of anybody looking for a LHD car, I shall be delighted to recommend you.

If one day you fancy a very pleasant gîte with pool in the Dordogne, let me know and I'll send you the details.

Allen
 

I have just spent my first week with my new car purchased through 1st Car Imports, and am delighted with the service.

As I travel around a lot in Europe I needed a left hand drive car, and the offer of the Honda Civic Type S Diesel was irresistible. The price for the car almost seemed to be too good to be true with all the included extras.

Despite my nervousness about parting with the money through a website with what seemed to be complicated procedures, everything went really smoothly. It took about a month to organise because I needed UK registration plates and insurance (which 1st Car Imports also helped with), and then I went to collect the car from Belgium and drove it home.

I have saved a lot of money by using this service, and would not have known where to start if I had done it myself. I would recommend 1st Car Imports to anyone.

Steve Lewis, Netherlands

Dear Mr Turnbull,
Just to let you know I have collected the Freelander from the garage and I am very pleased with it. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help and I would not hesitate to recommend 1st Car Imports to anyone looking for a new car. I even gave your email address to the Amsterdam taxi driver, who was interested in a new people carrier, so lets hope something comes from this.

Once again many thanks,
Kind Regards
Ken Lewis

To 1st Car Imports

Please accept this testimonial in reference to my purchase of a new Peugeot 407 SW.

My vehicle purchase is a left hand drive for use in my new home in Spain. I required LHD, delivery to Spain and Spanish registration plates.

From the initial contact in UK. the purchase in Antwerp,delivery and registration in Spain, everything was taken care of. The red tape involved can be a nightmare, but it was dealt with quickly and efficiently.
 

I am very pleased that i dealt with a friendly, professional and cooperative company who put their customers' requirements first.

Yours

Derek Young