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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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I want a S15.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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Dadriva is correct about the R33's.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...lig010807b.htm

They can be MADE legal, but the specifics of it I'm not aware of.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Willie Dynamite
I want a S15.
Same here, same here! lol
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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I thought that MotorEx shut down because Nissan put a stop into importing GTR into the US because they're debuting the R35 and don't want the car to have a bad rep with the old GTR. But I guess it's all just about Government greed and some shady business doing.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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It had nothing to do with Nissan and everything to do with the owners of Motorex.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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I love that people blame the government and Nissan when a businessman of ill repute gets caught sidestepping the law. ****ers keep making it illegal to bypass the laws put in place to regulate the safety of our automobiles. How dare they?
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Willie Dynamite
I want a S15.
Sure, don't we all. Here's the vehicle import eligibility list straight from the NHTSA. If it is not on here, forget it. No matter if it has a tag, title, vin etc... it is not federally legal, it may be state "legal" but not federally. If that ever catches up to you and your illegal import, you will lose it.

Like already mentioned, the few R32's and R34's imported by Motorex are the only Federally legal Skylines in the US.

Also, imagine you were in an accident with injuries / fatalities in your illegally imported car and your insurance company found out that you douped them too.



http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...LIG010906.html
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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It's so good to live by the coast. If this site is legit, I might be driving a Skyline sooner then I thought possible.

Edit: I don't trust sites that can't spell, can't use punctuation, and use Gmail.

Last edited by TeamTurtle; Apr 5, 2007 at 02:09 PM.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dadriva
Sure, don't we all. Here's the vehicle import eligibility list straight from the NHTSA. If it is not on here, forget it. No matter if it has a tag, title, vin etc... it is not federally legal, it may be state "legal" but not federally. If that ever catches up to you and your illegal import, you will lose it.

Like already mentioned, the few R32's and R34's imported by Motorex are the only Federally legal Skylines in the US.

Also, imagine you were in an accident with injuries / fatalities in your illegally imported car and your insurance company found out that you douped them too.



http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...LIG010906.html
Thanks for telling me everything I already know. All I said is that I want one, not that I have no clue about the process or that I was buying one.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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The Full Race R14 is about the closest your going to get to an accual GT-R.

http://www.projectr14.com
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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i love skylines also...especially the R34s.

but for some of the prices those are going for, i would trade my evo for one

PS, i love my evo also
...but it's about being unique
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by thisxguy
i love skylines also...especially the R34s.

but for some of the prices those are going for, i would trade my evo for one

PS, i love my evo also
...but it's about being unique

Being unique has its downsides, specifically getting stalked. Having to deal with crowds of people around you car everytime you park it, people following you and being dangerously close and trying to take pictures while driving, and people showing up at your house because they find out where you live or follow you home. Some of this sounds cool, but gets old realy quick. It probably a little better now, but was one of the factors to why I sold mine.
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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**** a skyline we want to see some FQ's for sale lol!!!!it is evom.net right???
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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wow they are selling the evo's for alote more than the r32's and such why???
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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Yeah I called this place last week, seemed very shady. Reading through the thread seems like it is nearly impossible for this website to be legit. The guy I talked to on the phone said it would cost $10,000 to import and modify it to make it legal in the USA. My foolish *** was thinking the cars were already here in the states at the dealership, didn't know they were still in Japan.
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