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In canada the limit is 15 years, and there was a huge boom around 05-06 once R32s and FD3s and soarers became available and all of a sudden a pile of importers/dealers popped up. within a few years there were trashed soarers and aristos everywhere for peanuts and all the importers started disappearing. There are still one or two around, and we're starting to get neat poo poo like elgrands and stageas, but for the most part the novelty wore off. I personally looked at a few that came over, and this may surprise you to hear, but none of them really accommodated a 6'9 ogre. What always amused me were all the base model poo poo skylines that came over with nismo clusters, "26,000 kms!!!!!!" and completely worn out steering wheels and shift knobs. Also note that a lot of places have laws against selling vehicles for a profit without a license. Dealers will rat on you if they see you selling multiple vehicles at a time. There are a couple good used car sites in japan for window shopping, http://www.goo-net-exchange.com and https://www.tradecarview.com . there are some dope rear end little cars. https://www.tradecarview.com/used_car/toyota/publica/19880973/?sp=20 good thread and thanks for the info! e: Also worth noting the 25 year thing doesn't just mean japan. for used cars classifieds, there's https://www.pistonheads.co.uk and https://www.mobile.de in germany with some interesting cars coming up on the 15/25 year limit. Powershift fucked around with this message at 08:26 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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gimpsuitjones posted:I'm a massive idiot and considering attempting to export an AE86 from Japan. They sold AE86s here, and there a ton of them everywhere. The inconvenience of RHD isn't worth the "specialness" If you're importing, import something rad like this, or this, or this
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Well where would you export it to where they never sold em?
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MikeyTsi posted:How "substantially similar" does a vehicle need to be in order to avoid the 25 year moratorium on import or having to wreck three of them? I mean, I'm pretty sure a Legnum is out since I don't think US ever got a Galant wagon, but what about an Evo Sportback? US market basically just got one that's one trim line down, and the important bits for DOT have US equivalents. You would need the manufacturer to give you 2 sheets of paper, one saying the safety equipment is identical to the American model, and one saying the emissions equipment is identical to the American model. I have seen RHD toyota cavileers in the US, but i'm pretty sure that's just a lot of vinfuckery.
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R32 GTRs were down under 10 grand here at one point. then they all got crashed/blowed up.
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This popped up in my youtube suggestions. Clarkson in rad kei cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxVApIcIDXM
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Darchangel posted:I never thought my 6'2" butt would fit in those, but if Clarkson does, then I'm in like Flynn. I'm almost thinking i could wear a honda beat if i pulled the drivers seat out.
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Gary Duncan is dumping some interesting cars at mecum in florida, including a 2009 suzuki every which they are saying is street legal somehow? https://www.mecum.com/auctions/kissimmee-2018/collections/gary-duncan-right-hand-drive-collection/ For anybody who forgot who gary duncan is: http://www.roanoke.com/townnews/mot...9d1cae7d48.html
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Oh hot drat. http://goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/JAPAN_OTHER/JAPAN_OTHER/700070338830170528001/index.html
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InitialDave posted:Nearly a million yen for a chopped-about March/Micra? Yeah, the price is nuts. I'd rather spend twice that on this Autech Stelvio Zagato http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/JAPAN_OTHER/JAPAN_OTHER/700040228520100831002/index.html e: apparently they only built 104 of these.
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You should buy one of these monsters. http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/DAIHATSU/FELLOW_MAX/700973091030160516004/index.html http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/DAIHATSU/FELLOW_MAX/700030208730160902002/index.html
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From what i've seen, most of them also have insanely high gearing to make the most of their little power and top out at 65-80kph.
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Looks like something dream factory blow would cook up.
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https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-MsXav4JvYks2V.htm flying pug! somebody do it, you know how bad you want it.  You would almost certainly have one of the only flying pugs in the US
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Well that's legal here in Canada, one of the canadians do it 
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Charles posted:Is that a floppy disk drive under the coolant and fuel gauges? Also dog pics are good It's a electronic toll transponder. you put your ETC card in it and when you drive through toll booths it charges it to the card instead of having to stop and pay and stuff. e: KAKER,. GET THE SAWZALL http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/SUZUKI/JIMNY/700080281130190102002/index.html Powershift fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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wargames posted:How do we figure out which month our car was made? Should be on the sticker on the driver's door jamb
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Does smog not go by the original vehicle's specs? It seems strange to expect a vehicle to perform better than it did new.
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everdave posted:I assume they sell well to the Japanese market, they never bring big money from what I’ve seen over here, maybe 5-7k max and I’ve seen them go for over a million yen at Japan auction Naw, it's all that one jerk in the US who owns like a bajillion of em. e: i guess that was figaros. He's got 133 figaros, only 6 paos  come on, gary Powershift fucked around with this message at 04:53 on May 12, 2019 |
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everdave posted:Wow I know about that guy but had no idea he had so many of those. I mean I love the retro style but I’m sore not going to pay Land Cruiser prices for one He actually has them listed for sale now that they're legal and stuff. If you want the real low down on what the ladies are in to, look right here. https://www.duncanimports.com/used/Mitsuoka/1993-Mitsuoka-Viewt-1293f1800a0e08bd2fad829e51feee7e.htm
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oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii https://b-pro.ca/car/1972-honda-vamos-25865-km/ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
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That's such a handsome car. Nobody makes handsome cars anymore.
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Those are so drat clean i'd almost feel bad about driving them.
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https://www.tc-v.com/used_car/suzuki/jimny/27014943/?isNew=1 lol.   e: hot drat https://www.tc-v.com/used_car/suzuki/carry+truck/27002017/?isNew=1   3e2: oh poo poo, a rolls royce! https://www.tc-v.com/used_car/mazda/carol/26988501/?isNew=1  
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Femtosecond posted:Just having a look at JCD. This 1997, 79,000 rated 4. didn't sell at 547,000Y. Prices have def gone up. I remember 2JZ-GTE Aristos everywhere for 5 grand. Now you can't even get a 2JZ-GTE engine for less than $8k. 1JZ soarers were $3k, R32/R33 GTRs were $8-10k We didn't know what we had 
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I can’t imagine you get too many customers from Maine considering nobody lives there but here is something you/they might have to look out for. https://www.autoblog.com/2021/07/09/maine-deregistering-mitsubishi-delicas/ tl;dr Maine is pulling the plates and registration of delicas and possibly other RHD stuff by declaring them off-road vehicles
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When our horribly corrupt grifting Premier(like a governer) was soliciting election money from dealer groups, in exchange for a minimum of $100,000, he promised them, among other things, banning RHD vehicles.  He has been too busy destroying our healthcare system and poisoning our water to get around to it though.
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