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This is a good photo. Pro dog. There were a bunch of these (with maybe an updated front grill/fascia) running around in rural Venezuela when I spent part of the summer there in 2004, but left hand drive — I think Toyota has/had a plant there? They called the little 2 door ones "Machitos". Would be cool to try to import one of those, but I'm sure the current political situation between the US and VE would end up with it being a nightmare.
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I found a website that seems to ship cars from japan to the uk, an awd kei truck seems to be cheaper to ship than buy domestically. Does anyone know what the taxes, fees and/or processes would be on the uk end?
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Crankit posted:I found a website that seems to ship cars from japan to the uk, an awd kei truck seems to be cheaper to ship than buy domestically. Does anyone know what the taxes, fees and/or processes would be on the uk end? So IIRC it's in the region of 10% duty compounded with 20% VAT, plus getting it MOT'd and registered, but if it's over ten years old, you shouldn't need the more expensive dedicated IVA process. I think you want it in as a "car" rather than commercial, as I believe the duty on commercials is higher, and as a private individual you wouldn't be able to offset that with a saving on VAT? But that's getting into "ask a specialist" territory.
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bennyfactor posted:This is a good photo. Pro dog. There were a bunch of these (with maybe an updated front grill/fascia) running around in rural Venezuela when I spent part of the summer there in 2004
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I have a problem. Just got a 1997 5MT JZZ30 Soarer w/ 45000 actual km on it, was barely molested (aftermarket muffler, seat and intercooler for some reason). Might make it into my daily, we will see.
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movax posted:I have a problem. I fail to see it? Slugworth posted:The front of a dog is actually just referred to as a face. 
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Current best quote $454 for moving the car... ugh. Maybe I will try to find a Seattle based tower to minimize the deadhead mileage or soemthing, and drive down to meet them / work the paperwork w/ the escort.
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Curious whether the same import delays are affecting you guys in US / other countries? I've got a JDM import on the way to Australia which I got on Auction in early Feb. It spend 2 months on the docks in Nagoya, before boarding a car carrier. It spent about a week with a day in each port of Japan, boarding and dropping off cargo, before taking a 3 week voyage to Australia, to it's first port... And has sat off the coast of Brisbane for over a month, waiting for a spot to drop of it's cars. It's now been at the next port... For 10 days and counting... With several more ports on the way to my home city. Basically the reason for this is the influx of 'new' car manufacturers (lol BYD/MG) being really lax with their biosecurity, leaving cars in grass fields, and them turning up in Australia with all sorts of bugs and snails on them - meaning out strict quarantine has to work overtime to clean them. In one case, they sent an entire ship back to China. https://www.drive.com.au/news/quarantine-crisis-deepens-thousands-cars-stranded/ All I can really do now is be patient. ETA was updated to June 7th, but I think it's going to be a bitlonger. Isometric Bacon fucked around with this message at 11:43 on May 27, 2023 |
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Just checked the marine traffic, NZ ports look fine, nothing stacked up, but we're doing way less volume so presumably our biosec guys are keeping up.
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  It's here! That rack has got to go!  Better!       When it first arrived and you flipped the AC on it howled awfully. Original 1994 belts baby! Went ahead and did the timing, tensioner and pulley even though it's got 26k on it along with the V belts. An easy, comfortable job. Drained the coolant as well since it looked a little old and changed the oil because ??? for when it was actually changed last, though I doubt it was over on its mileage at all. 5 brand new KO2s are going on it, the spare is exposed on this so you know I've got to have that with the white letters too. Before when I'd order KO2s I'd take the time to make sure whatever size I was ordering had white letters as not all KO2s do, and the white letters are almost the entire reason why I like them so much. This time though:  About time that BFGoodrich understands that white letters rule. 
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 Sold the Caldina. It's a great car but between my wife and I we don't need three whole vehicles. Could argue we don't need two Land Cruisers either, but the Caldina made us worse drivers. Everyone was too slow, everyone was in our way. Someone came from the other side of the state and paid a cool $18,000 for it so I'm plenty happy.
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KakerMix posted:
Such a cool and rare car. I'll bet the new owner will be happy. I've only ever seen one here in Aus and we have alot of JDM imports. Speaking of Aus JDM imports, mine finally arrived... Longest 6 months of my life. And I couldn't be happier.    A 2006 Toyota Century. One of the most exclusive cars sold in Japan in its day, sold to high profile executives and the likes of the Prime Minister and Emperor... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1erJ1eVmLo ...Now being driven around by a drongo and his bogan family down under. This one is silver and is one of only 120 made in this colour over its entire 20 year manufacturing run. It's full of a bunch of amazing and quirky details, such as massaging / heating and cooling seats, a million different interior lights and mirrors, lights, a airline style wooden tray table and the centre of the front seat folds in half to allow the rear passenger to stretch their legs out. It's also Japanese as hell, with lace powered curtains, cigarette lighters in every door and a V12 engine that is so quiet you'd think it was an electric car. I'm pretty enamoured with it so far, particularly as everything works for an older car and the condition is amazing. It's quite a hoot dropping the kids off at school in their own private limo.
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Oh hell the gently caress yes. Dream daily right there.
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Isometric Bacon posted:Such a cool and rare car. I'll bet the new owner will be happy. I've only ever seen one here in Aus and we have alot of JDM imports. Hell yeah congrats! There is a guy here in town that has a standard black one that's all rusty. I get why he grabbed it because cool V12 but certainly not the type I'D go for. At least get a not-rusty one, there are enough of those around!  Today we sold the green Prado. We thought it was going to be the one we kept but then a better condition one showed up at auction so welp.  Now we only have our two Cruisers.
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CaptainTofu posted:Oh hell the gently caress yes. Dream daily right there.
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I've got a JDM-adjacent question about kei trucks. I saw a cool early 90's Daihatsu Kei truck with 4wd and a dump bed for 900 bucks on craigslist. It looks like it's been sitting awhile and the owner hasn't started it in years, but other than that it's intact and complete. He doesn't have the title, but he claims to be the second owner and bought the truck for his farm from another farmer. He can give me a bill of sale though. For added fun, I'm in California. Here are my questions: 1. What paperwork would I need to track down/generate to even begin to entertain the thought of registering this thing to drive on roads? 2. Assuming I do find all of the stuff from question 1, what else is involved in the process? All of the stuff I've found on YouTube and online basically just suggest to break the law and wait until a cop pulls you over. I figured that y'all might know better than the randos on reddit. also belated congrats Kaker!
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Isometric Bacon posted:Such a cool and rare car. I'll bet the new owner will be happy. I've only ever seen one here in Aus and we have alot of JDM imports. Incredible pictures too. I am jealous.
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Rad-daddio posted:I've got a JDM-adjacent question about kei trucks. You don't! The reason is that I'm going to guess it never had a title, that it was a farm truck uses exclusively on a farm, which means that's how it is legally here in the USA. You see this when you find a newer-than-25 years old kei truck driving around, usually with a big orange triangle on the rear end of it. Legally limited to whatever speed that whatever state says for vehicles of that type. If it's an early 90s, by your estimation, and hasn't ran in years, then if it WERE imported legally and not like a farm truck then it was imported then abandoned really soon. 1998 is what is legal to federally at this very moment, click back 3 years and than makes it 1995. The timeline just doesn't make sense. Plus, the guy doesn't have a title. Did a title really go missing in 5~ years? Why did the truck die? How can he be the second owner of a legally imported non-farm kei truck from the early 90s in a state where it is nigh-impossible to do it in the first place? And for so CHEAP too, if it had an exemption in California (something I have seen before, on a Jimny) that thing would be worth $$$$$$$$$$$$$ and the title would have never been lost. Just an incredible amount of bad vibes from the whole thing for it to somehow have a California title that is just missing. If you think you can get one on it even if it DIDN'T have one to begin with, it doesn't work that way. If federally it was imported as a farm vehicle then it stays a farm vehicle, it can not be changed unless you export it and re-import it. This is outside of anything California says, states usually titling things once they've been federally cleared, using the federal process as a baseline with which to grant a state title to a vehicle. There are ways around this, in lovely garbage-rear end states like Florida, but we don't have CARB so will title anything. Even that is much harder to do now and the state actively looks for offenders. The reason why everyone just suggests breaking the law is because that's what you'd have to do. Do that for an AZ-1 registered in Washington, not a daihatsu kei truck. Also, thanks for the congrats. In a bit of coincidence, because I'm bored and can't help myself, I've been looking at importing something again.        Auction Sheet posted:10206- 5mt, ac, factory wheels, b16A engine, front end repairs, ceiling liner dents, undercarriage surface rust/paint, wheels scratched, interior worn, dashboard cracks, core support/left front inside panel dents/scratches/paint/slightly bent, rear gate area seal patched, small chips in windshield, other dents/scratches/paint waves, headlight cloudy Inspection Report posted:10206- engine starts idles and revs fine, no smoke or vibrations, no sludge, coolant ok, no oil leaks, core support upper area/front inside panels surface rust and still slightly bent and noticeable, front wheel well liners missing, tires at 70% ok, jack missing, spare ok, cargo area roof area/rear quarter panel areas recaulked, undercarriage surface rust but no flaking or holes, boots ok, body as is in diagram, windshield chips small, dashboard 3cm tear, seats ok, ceiling liner ok, no burns, ac ok, clutch ok, gears ok, check lamps ok, lights ok, power steering ok, windows ok, wipers ok, mirrors ok, sunroof ok Did not win. 1995 Honda Civic SiR II with a previous front-end collision. Sold for 2,200,000 yen, around 15k USD. A fair price based on what the sheet says, but not what the inspector said. The collision damage still being visible when you pop the hood is a bad sign. Still, someone was going to pay whatever for one of these, so be it.        Auction Sheet posted:20190- 5mt, ac, sunroof ok, quick shifter, dashboard ok, factory mats, interior dirty/stains, undercarriage painted, wheels corrosion, small chips in windshield, lens cracks, other dents/scratches Inspection Report posted:20190- engine starts idles and revs fine, no smoke or vibrations, no sludge, coolant ok, valve cover area slightly oily but no drips, tires at 70% ok, spare ok, cargo area ok, undercarriage light surface rust, boots ok, body as is in diagram, windshield chips small, seats ok, dashboard ok, ceiling liner ok, no burns, ac ok, clutch ok, gears ok, check lamps ok, lights ok, mirrors ok, windows ok, wipers ok, power steering ok, sunroof ok Did not win. 1989 Toyota Corolla Levin GT-Z, clean as balls. Equipped with the 4A-GZE, the supercharged version of the 4AGE, usually found in the AW11 MR2. I really like the look of these cars and have always wanted one, even if they are FWD. Was the second highest bidder, I put in for 2,600,000 yen, or a bit over 17k USD, more than some on dealer lots (though those aren't as nice).        Auction Sheet posted:50869- 5mt, ac, factory 14" wheels, shift knob peeling, ac not working, steering wheel worn, interior scratches/dirty, engine oil leak, undercarriage surface rust, small chips in windshield, other dents/scratches/paint waves Inspection Report posted:50869- engine starts idles and revs fine, timing belt sticker at 83,000km, no sludge, coolant ok, oil pan area forming drops and dripping, rear tires worn and old, spare ok, cargo area ok, undercarriage surface rust light, muffler has small hole, boots ok, body as is in diagram, windshield chips small, seats ok, dashboard ok, ceiling liner ok, no burns, ac not working, compressor not kicking on, clutch ok, gears ok, check lamps ok, lights ok, retract ok, wipers ok, power steering ok Did not win. 1987 Toyota Tercel Retra GP-Turbo, a pop-up headlight Tercel hatchback with the turbo charged (and intercooled, as the graphics helpfully point out) 3E-TE engine from the Starlet Turbo. Oil leak, which informed my bid, plus the bit more work this one would require to make it really nice. Exhaust, non-functional AC, stuff like that. Extremely uncommon weirdo car, my favorite kind. We we the second highest bidders at 1,000,000 yen, around 6,700~ USD. The yen is very weak in the face of the dollar right now which pushes a ton of vehicles in range of what I'm personally willing to spend. When I was really active it was essentially 1,000,000 yen was about 10k usd, now it isn't and the further you go up the more the difference becomes apparent.
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Heck yeah, Turbo Tercel! Speaking of weird Tercels - If I ever have the disposable income, I'd love to get a Sera. Replacing any part of the glass or bodywork would be an issue. Also looking at the old Centuries on offer, and being reminded that smoking was (is still?) pretty big in Japan! Especially among the executive class.
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Yeah don't panchinko machines still have molded in ashtrays?
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A country where it is considered rude to smoke outside, rather than inside. I swear, every Haruki Murakami book has at least one passage observing how good the smoking area ventilation fan works in an upscale office. Dude quit, wrote quitting into his main characters' lives, and still can't stop thinking about it.
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I mean, I've been on the smoking cars on the bullet train, and they're so well ventilated you can be sitting next to someone lighting up and it's NBD. A car with the windows down doesn't handle air exchange as well, it's wild.
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                A little odd, since this is the Corolla Levin GT-Z I bid on last week, for some reason it was listed again *this* week, different auction house, but I got it for less than what I bid on it last week  1989 Toyota Corolla Levin GT-Z, 5 speed manual, FWD, 63k km with a grade 4.5. All original. Pictures speak for themselves in this instance, but it's as perfect as you can get a Toyota from 1989. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Oct 6, 2023 |
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KakerMix posted:A little odd, since this is the Corolla Levin GT-Z I bid on last week, for some reason it was listed again *this* week, different auction house, but I got it for less than what I bid on it last week Same down to the chassis number? Wild. Also love the art on the manual/books they had with it, those covers are a goddamn Vibe.
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harperdc posted:Same down to the chassis number? Wild. Exact same car yeah. Yoshi said sometimes there is a window of time where someone can pull out of a deal with heavy fines, but who knows. The car itself is a vibe, it's still a FWD 163~ hp 4cyl, but all I deal in is vibes so this fits.
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KakerMix posted:The car itself is a vibe, it's still a FWD 163~ hp 4cyl, but all I deal in is vibes so this fits.  (sorry, couldn't resist)
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KakerMix posted:Exact same car yeah. Yoshi said sometimes there is a window of time where someone can pull out of a deal with heavy fines, but who knows. It's so clean! I mean this completely unironically - that sounds like highly entertaining amount of torque steer.
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wolrah posted:No, this is a Vibe. Cool Voltz!!                          That underside is among the cleanest I've ever seen, plus the car comes with a set of Potenza RE-01s
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Rad-daddio posted:I've got a JDM-adjacent question about kei trucks. 1. You don't. It likely wasn't brought in as a road going vehicle in the timeframe allowed for that. You cannot change the way it was imported originally. 2. California may title a >25yr import with correct paperwork (that you don't have) but in order to comply with ARB emissions requirements, you'd need an independent lab to certify the emissions. That's wildly expensive and might make sense in the GT-R price range, not so much on a discount Hijet.
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Think I may have just seen an import goon in the wild today, rocking a red kei fire truck in a Taco Time parking lot.
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MikeyTsi posted:Think I may have just seen an import goon in the wild today, rocking a red kei fire truck in a Taco Time parking lot. I've noticed a few USPS rural carriers here drive late 80's Japanese market imports. They're so non-descript you almost don't see them as out of the ordinary. I couldn't even tell you what models they are. Something larger than a kei, but smaller in footprint, and taller than, a 3rd gen Civic. Not vans or station wagons. Two door, four seat cars with windows all around.
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Don't know how she did this but the mail carrier in my family drove a left-hand car from the passenger seat for TWO YEARS before they got proper mail trucks.
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Chunjee posted:Don't know how she did this but the mail carrier in my family drove a left-hand car from the passenger seat for TWO YEARS before they got proper mail trucks. That was what all the carriers on the rural routes did when I was a kid.
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Chunjee posted:Don't know how she did this but the mail carrier in my family drove a left-hand car from the passenger seat for TWO YEARS before they got proper mail trucks. They retrofit their cars with passenger side mounted controls. Some driving instructors use the same types of kits. Here's an example: http://www.pedal-pros.com/dual-control-car-conversion.html Not really too much to it.
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Yeah she sat in the middle or more often, passenger seat of a "narrow" Volvo. No conversion kit I guess there was also an unspoken understanding with the Police and they never got in trouble Chunjee fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Oct 22, 2023 |
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Maybe dumb question but why didn’t they just sit in the driver’s seat?
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Snowy posted:Maybe dumb question but why didn’t they just sit in the driver’s seat? Can't reach the mailboxes from the driver's seat.
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