Advice on importing an mx5

[witless_steve]

Looking for a little advice on importing from UK or NI.
I'm in the market for a 2 litre mx5 roadster coupe ( or 'the one with the retractable metal roof' as my mate calls it) 2009 or thereabouts.

Rough budget is 16k or so.
VRT calc says around 4.5k for that model.

My question is: at that price range is it worth the hassle to import yourself?
It would be easier to get one here but not able to see many.

The only ones I can find onsale here are either brand new but not in stock or 07 or older. I know a lot of people use them as weekend or summer fun cars. This would be my main transport hence the solid roof.
If my budget is too small I can wait a year or two for the price to be right.