I've had three imports. Parts aren't generally very hard to find or very expensive, but you need to know where to look and it's normally best to buy them yourself and give them to the garage to minimise teett sucking.

Your best bet is to join a model specific forum and see what they say.

Edit to add - I'm talking about Toyota Estimas, Mazda Bongoes etc. Mitsuoka parts are going to be trickier.

Edited by Adampr on 14/06/2022 at 13:46

A friend of a friend had a JDM Subaru a good few years back.

Mechanical bits were, in the main, common to UK models - the problem came when the car needs other parts such as body panels, plastic bits such as lamps, plastic covers etc etc. He had the car for 3/4 years.

Insurance was more expensive and he had to go the smaller insurers that specialise in insurance for imported cars, modified cars etc etc, On-line comparison site insurers would probably not quote as "Your requirements" are not standard!