Found a mazda presso import from japan

[import_fan7]

sorry eggs, I don't you can at all. kinda stupid law I think eh?

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WHAT?! how come I see all these RHD cars coming on ebay through FL and CA then??? and they are legal to drive and stuff - what is the secret?!

yea it is 20 years for the usa but i seen people with 99 skylines and such driving in canada and the usa.. nor is that 15 years or 20,what ive been told is people go to a junkyard or whereever and get the vin off a car thats close to whatever it is you got and swap them and on the insurance and everything they register it as the car from the junkyard....dont ask me how they go about all this but ive seen it done.....just dont get caught!! maybe theres a way to do that legally i dont know.

[Jepha]

What is this 15yr old law? Is it you cannot import a car from a different country unless its 15yr's or older?

[se7en]

ya, that's right.

I recently imported a 1992 300zx TT from japan. 1992 was the year of the cut off when I bought it.

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[Jepha]

Thats a really nice car, grats man. There has to be a way around it, my friend has a 1994 mr2 turbo that was imported from japan...

[wytbishop]

Actually, you can import a 2008 JDM car, but it has to meet Canadian DOT spec which would mean changing lights, bumpers, moving the steering wheel...etc. The way the law is worded allows cars over 15 years old to be imported without conforming to the same spec.

In the past, lots of people import American new models into Canada because the required changes are minimal and the deals when the dollar was weak were really good. I think that this is less common these days.

[Flyer]

Actually, right-hand drive vehicles are perfectly legal here in Ontario. The exact wording of the way states that you have to put a "Right hand drive" sticker that's 54mm in height in a visible location in the rear, or osmething very similar to that >_>

However, you have a better chance of being anally probed by aliens from Omicron Persei VIII than getting charged with that offence

[wytbishop]

"I don't understand why we're still anally probing humans. We've been probing them for generations and all we've learned is that 8 out of 10 seem to like it!"
-Unidentified soldier from Omicron Persei VIII

[Pocrobs]

nice sights.

[Pocrobs]

What could one do to get them leagal in the US?

[wytbishop]

I'm no expert on American Import regulations, but I'd say it would be very expensive. Cars cannot be legally imported without modification until 20 years after their date of manufacture...vs. 15 years in Canada.

That's just what I've heard.

[projectmx]

if i hadn't spent all that money on my awd mx-3 i'd get that first blue rx-7, insane!

those AZ-1s are kinda cool too