Hello everyone. One or two of you may already know through other forums that I've just recently bought my second import. It's a 99 Forester Type A and I've bought it through William at JDM Connection. The buying process was as easy as everyone I've talked to said it was. Just tell him what you want and how much you want to spend and he takes it from there.
On to the car though. It's a hard to find 5 speed (probably 1/10 were manual) with 120km on it. A little high for japan, but I'm sure it will run just fine. It's got an EJ205 and is putting down about 250hp, but this is japan after all so maybe it was pushing out a little more than that. The auction sheet also states that it has a cat-back, and the pictures show what looks like a turbo timer and an aftermarket deck that's about 10 years old. Still has a cassette player. They Type A foresters were the top model of forester before the STI came out in 2000. The biggest difference was the body factory body kit and apparently a few other features inside as well. Performance was supposed to be the same as the S/tb, but I'll be taking care of performance when it gets here so I'm not that concerned.
The car should be arriving around mid September. It hasn't shipped out yet, but it should be leaving japan very soon.