A lot of people are like that where I live, or at least used to be. I totally agree that's wrong and shouldnt be like that. However, from what I have read here, that isnt exactly what EI do, is it? They are facing delays and other problems from the DOT I suppose. The fact that you have to pay these cars up front may be due to the fact they EI themselves had to pay them up front from Global Performance in the UK. I know this because I bought my car from Global Performance in the UK as well. I had to wire half the price of the car to confirm the order, then, a week later (the car was on the ship from Japan at that time) I had to pay the other half. Which means I paid the whole car before it even came to Europe. I called the Forwarding company in the Netherlands (the car was being delivered to Rotterdam, one of the biggest harbours in the world, in the Netherlands) once or twice a week, then got a call the day before the expected delivery date telling me the car had arrived. I bought some insurance and took a one way ticket to Amsterdam and went to pick up the car. Very friendly people there, they picked me up from the station although it was late Friday afternoon, gave me a few papers and even showed me the way to the highway to drive back home I did the legalization here myself, and believe me, it was a nightmare! The car came with an invoice and a piece of paper saying "the car with the chassis number XXXXXXX was manufactured on May 12, 2000 in Japan." Now go try and register that! A car from Japan, an invoice from the UK, no technical data whatsoever! I had to explain why I did not want to pay the VAT twice (once to the customs, and once more to the intra European VAT office!); to do that, I had to write, believe it or not, to the Secretary of State for Finance!! And I got a letter back from him!!!

You know, when you have done it yourself, been inundated with papers and problems and letters and the like, you are a lot more understanding of why this type of thing takes time.

From your perspective, you pay for a car, and you havent got it. You dont give a damn what they have to do; you paid for it and you want it. While I totally understand that, please try and understand the other side: the hassle, the papers, the problems, the delays, administration, checks, the whole lot. That stuff takes time and doesnt happen just like that. In the light of my own problems, I understand all too well what EI are faced with, and it aint no pleasure, seriously.

I hope you now understand a little better of how much **** you have to deal with in these situations and that you do not go on implying that EI are not good-willing, because we do not know that.

I hope you all get your Evos soon

Take care

Claudius