yeah you can import wrecked cars, its just a matter of what you are aloud to repair and register on the roads here - Ive been looking on tau-net.co.jp for a wrecked manual bimmer - the E36s are usually about 2 - 3g, as yet i havnt found a manual! However I did find a 94 320i that had had a bit of a side on crash - nothing too bad repairable as, and they wanted 2000 for it - it had adjustable suspension, front and back momo strut braces, 16 inch tsw trophies, full exhaust system and a few other goodies... I was very close to buying it - you know, getting the parts I wanted, selling the rest to cover my costs (like the right hand side, bonnet, boot, lights etc) made more than it cos me in other words, but the f**king thing sold before I could register an interest! when I looked at it it was still available, when I went to make an offer it came up as sold! gutted! (it would have cost a total of 4 - 5g to get it to my place - thats purchase price and shipping costs, it was still driveable too so i coulda taken it for a thrash when i got it!) but oh well, there will be another one - maybe the next one will be manual?!!!