Greetings from Finland
Verfasst: 02 Sep 2004, 08:51
First of all, I don't speak German, but I can understand some.
I've read the rules for the forum and understand it's intended for the German speaking users, although I couldn't find anything which would prohibit using English here
Anyway, I have no intention to intrude your discussions by writing English in between the posts, so if possible, please make a new section in the forum for non-German visitors or simply tell me to stay away.
As the subject says, I'm from Finland, imported my 3000GT TT from Germany some 3 months ago.
3000GT was never officially imported to Finland, probably due to high taxation of the cars, which would have brought the price up to 110.000 euros. Nevertheless, there were intentions to market it, as the Finnish Mitsubishi dealer had the service manuals and various other material in their warehouse gathering dust.
I think there are under 20 of these cars in Finland, some of which are without the turbos. As far as I know they're not organised in any way, thus everyone works on the car on their own.
The reason for intruding your forum is quite simple, Germany is not so far from here that I couldn't use your workshops, if need be or order from your mail order shops as there would be no import duty.
Also, being a loner here in Finland, I've had to come up with resources where to buy parts and I might be of help to you. I can find new body parts for the German model below dealer prices (atleast the Finnish prices are sky high) and can also obtain special aftermarket parts from various countries. I might also be able to bring down postage costs if there was a group buy taking place.
Also, I have a few friends who want a 1st generation German 3000GT, so I will be coming to Germany at some point and would love to meet other GT-owners.
You have some rather special editions there too, like "Wektor" (never heard before), "Winter-GT" etc. and I would love to learn more, maybe I can find the details if I ever have enough time (and patience) to read your forum.
Hopefully my post makes some sense.
All the best,
Jan
I've read the rules for the forum and understand it's intended for the German speaking users, although I couldn't find anything which would prohibit using English here
Anyway, I have no intention to intrude your discussions by writing English in between the posts, so if possible, please make a new section in the forum for non-German visitors or simply tell me to stay away.
As the subject says, I'm from Finland, imported my 3000GT TT from Germany some 3 months ago.
3000GT was never officially imported to Finland, probably due to high taxation of the cars, which would have brought the price up to 110.000 euros. Nevertheless, there were intentions to market it, as the Finnish Mitsubishi dealer had the service manuals and various other material in their warehouse gathering dust.
I think there are under 20 of these cars in Finland, some of which are without the turbos. As far as I know they're not organised in any way, thus everyone works on the car on their own.
The reason for intruding your forum is quite simple, Germany is not so far from here that I couldn't use your workshops, if need be or order from your mail order shops as there would be no import duty.
Also, being a loner here in Finland, I've had to come up with resources where to buy parts and I might be of help to you. I can find new body parts for the German model below dealer prices (atleast the Finnish prices are sky high) and can also obtain special aftermarket parts from various countries. I might also be able to bring down postage costs if there was a group buy taking place.
Also, I have a few friends who want a 1st generation German 3000GT, so I will be coming to Germany at some point and would love to meet other GT-owners.
You have some rather special editions there too, like "Wektor" (never heard before), "Winter-GT" etc. and I would love to learn more, maybe I can find the details if I ever have enough time (and patience) to read your forum.
Hopefully my post makes some sense.
All the best,
Jan