from experience, haiyaa hard to remember-lah, been 5 yrs already....buy the car during your final year so that u'll at least a year of ownership, try not to do any mega touch-ups for the car, car will be in sad condition with dust here and there, merc got scratched getting here, dust etc.....getting to the msd office is also important.....why not wait till u get there, your seniors (or msia student soc) can point u to certain people. When i was in the uk, just met some kind of runner, handled the sales + shipping at a reasonable price. These runners also have runners back here for any assistance, came back to msia, phoned the dude, dude phoned back on eta, breeze from there....important for custom/registration purposes, no lengthy waits, u know what i mean (tax break wink wink) :)