Is This 172 An Import?

[Grandpa Munster]

I had a look at my mate's newly bought 172 yesterday.

I used to have the same Iceburg 172 as his, mine was an 02 plate, his is a 51 plate.

I noticed there were no internal alarm sensors at the top of the "A" posts.

Is there someone on here who can cross reference his reg number to find out if he has bought an import? If you can, p.m. me, and I will forward his reg number.

Many thanks, Lee.

 

[cat171]

If there are no alarm sensors then it won't have an alarm, so it would be an import. Check if its got a flashing light by the gear stick, if not its an import.

Another thing to look for is the window etchings & locking wheel nuts (imports don't have them)

 

[rae1]

Is there any other difference(apart from no alarm,etchings and wheel nuts)?

 

[bmh.01]

Is there any other difference(apart from no alarm,etchings and wheel nuts)?

Nope, there the differences with an import.

 

[rae1]

Cheers.Why dont they have em?

 

[bmh.01]

Cheers.Why dont they have em?

There needed to bring the car up to CAT1 spec, as thatcham classification is a uk thing they don't bother with it on the continent.

 

[rae1]

Lazy b*stards

 

[Sib]

Mine is an import and has the additional alarm system fitted.

 

[rae1]

What do you meen?

 

[bmh.01]

Will have been fitted by someone then, it won't have come with one if its any import.

 

[ChrisR]

The uk cars all had the alarms fitted when they hit the country (i.e. they don't leave the factory in France with them), the non official imports didn't.

But a lot of places selling the imports (motorpoint etc) usually offered a fitting service for a few quid extra that most people went for I think,

 

[Josh@Renparts]

the import steering wheels also don't melt....

 

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the import steering wheels also don't melt....

i find that really hard to beleive mate... so they put a different steering wheel on UK and no UK cars...?? this is renault we are talking about.

 

[S77CCP]

the import steering wheels also don't melt....

Mine did!

 

[S77CCP]

Also I'm not 100% sure this is true, but some cars which come in from Cyprus don't have under seal apparently.

 

[Faxo]

My steering wheel melted on my 51 plate import AND my 02 plate import lol

Neither had/has an alarm or locking wheel nuts, but everything else is the same

 

[ChrisR]

They are all built in the same factory with the same parts, the extras are added when the car lands on our shores.