OT: JDM Vehicles

[William]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Toll booths? Those ticket things to get into parking garages? Parallel parking in reverse after years of spatial and muscle memory?

I love the R34 Skyline as much as anyone. Kei cars rule.

But mad tyte JDM just seems miserable as a primary car.

Well, it's either that or something like the 2019 Charger R/T that I rented last week when I was in upstate NY. This was a great car for cruising the back roads between Syracuse and Ithaca...though I have heard some reports of mysterious squiggly black lines showing up on the roads and unexplained clouds of smoke in that area. Glad I got through okay.

I did thoroughly enjoy this car though and it could dissuade me from the 4x4 bent...maybe.








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[William]

Originally Posted by William

Nice rig!

There is a Toyota HiAce locally with a 3.0 liter 1 KZTE Turbo-Diesel. Not real familiar with these but I'll do some digging.







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I may take a closer look...



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[jtakeda]

Originally Posted by cderalow

The rule still applies for it being 25 years old or more. Even if it came through Canada.


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I think he’s trying to say that since Canada is less restrictive cars were being imported to Canada and now that these cars are 25 years old you can import them to the US from Canada instead of having to import from japan

[Mikej]

I lived in Japan for a year, Okinawa as a US Marine - I loved it. From my gear head buddies that all wanted to send their Skylines and Preludes home, the hardest part was converting the fuel line system and several other items with the fuel delivery and door beams for crash strength. It was very expensive and none of them were able to do it. $6k car was about $6k to pass inspection and shipping. Then the US insurance was pretty high for a RSD vehicle. Took me months to stop getting in the passenger side, btw. Cool times though!

[GOTHBROOKS]

i love my honda crv.

[Polyglot]

Originally Posted by jtakeda

I think he’s trying to say that since Canada is less restrictive cars were being imported to Canada and now that these cars are 25 years old you can import them to the US from Canada instead of having to import from japan

Canada is more restrictive in some matters and less restrictive in other things. Cars have to be at least 15 years to avoid smog and such regulations. In the US the rule is 25 years. In 2001, I brought in two cars when I moved from Italy to the US: a 1954 Fiat and a 1974 Alpine Renault. Getting insurance was the biggest problem that I had, especially for the Alpine as it was never officially imported. We will be moving to Canada later this year and many recent cars need to have daylight running lights installed, km speedometer, immobilizer and ISO-fix child seat fittings.

[jtakeda]

Originally Posted by Polyglot

Canada is more restrictive in some matters and less restrictive in other things. Cars have to be at least 15 years to avoid smog and such regulations. In the US the rule is 25 years. In 2001, I brought in two cars when I moved from Italy to the US: a 1954 Fiat and a 1974 Alpine Renault. Getting insurance was the biggest problem that I had, especially for the Alpine as it was never officially imported. We will be moving to Canada later this year and many recent cars need to have daylight running lights installed, km speedometer, immobilizer and ISO-fix child seat fittings.

Couldn’t get classic car insurance on the fiat?

I would hardly call those mods restrictions. You can install DRLs and the speedometer in a couple hours. I don’t know what an immobilizer is and child seats seems easy enough.

The smog restrictions are extremely expensive fixes if the car doesn’t pass. Insurance is another story.

But then again my tolerance for doing car work is pretty high

[William]

Originally Posted by jtakeda

.....Ps. If you like the delica try looking at Hi-Ace or the unfortunately named Master-Ace

Thank you for the tip on the HiAce. After researching these they are up on my list.







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[pbarry]

Here you go, William: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Mitsub...A/183863173620

I owned a Toyota LE 4x4 van for a few years and loved it. Hard to work on with the engine placement, however.

[William]

Originally Posted by pbarry

Here you go, William: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Mitsub...A/183863173620

I owned a Toyota LE 4x4 van for a few years and loved it. Hard to work on with the engine placement, however.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl9bvuAV-Ao






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[mtechnica]

You could always just get a land cruiser instead of some Japanese beast that might be hard to get parts for, just an idea.

[William]

Originally Posted by mtechnica

You could always just get a land cruiser instead of some Japanese beast that might be hard to get parts for, just an idea.

You mean like this one???



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[goonster]

Originally Posted by jtakeda

I think he’s trying to say that since Canada is less restrictive cars were being imported to Canada and now that these cars are 25 years old you can import them to the US from Canada instead of having to import from japan

That's exactly what I was trying to say.

AFAIK, the 25 yr federal rule never really had anything to do with safety or emissions, but was the result of carmakers lobbying for a way to crack down on gray market importers that were beginning to cut into their dealerships' business in the late 80's. That's why it is virtually impossible to circumvent, even for the persistent and well-intentioned.

[mtechnica]

Originally Posted by William

You mean like this one???



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Well, in that case carry on and live the JDM dream!

I always wanted a 60 series but I got my 80 for basically free and now I'm stuck with it

[AngryScientist]

as seen in denali national park yesterday.

pretty cool IMO