Ever hear of Bill Gates' Porsche ? Billy imported a Porsche here to the states that isn't street legal. What did the gov't say? "that's nice. But it's not street legal" As far as I know, it's still sitting in storage in customs, or he just had it shipped back to some country where he has a house and the car is street legal.
Contrary to popular thought, the federal gov't isn't gonna legalize your car if you have buckets of money.
your wrong kid!!! the porsche he imported was the 959 and yes after 10 years of work it finally got federalized.
there was a good story about it in auto week like almost 2 years ago.Bill gates and paul allen funded the whole thing,they ever crashed a few to do it
2 people i know got there cars from them,they didnt find out till after how it was brought in.they even wrote a letter to one of teh owners stating it was EPA and DOT legal.the owner knows and i know its not a FEDERAL compliant car
also moto imports use to be fuel imports and we believe omega skyline as well
am i reading this correctly? the owner of the shop sent a letter saying it was street legal? they got a car to pass federal compliance when it doesnt?
your wrong kid!!! the porsche he imported was the 959 and yes after 10 years of work it finally got federalized.
there was a good story about it in auto week like almost 2 years ago.Bill gates and paul allen funded the whole thing,they ever crashed a few to do it
They didn't use money to "muscle" their way to a legalization. They had to do the SAME THING every other importer has to do in order to make a vehicle street legal.
They didn't use money to "muscle" their way to a legalization. They had to do the SAME THING every other importer has to do in order to make a vehicle street legal.
thanks for proving my point.
yes we all can create computer generated models of crash tests and expected crash scenarios.......
Sorry about being lat into this, but here is the website for motorex... right on the front page it says that they are the "ONLY REGISTERED IMPORTER OF THE NISSAN SKYLINE" so any where else will be a shady legalization.
also here is what the company is all about...
"Here at Motorex, we stand behind each Nissan Skyline we import. Each car must meet our highest standard before leaving Japan. Our Skyline’s are bought at 1 of 3 used Nissan dealerships to ensure quality. All Skylines we buy in Japan are as stock as possible along with the cleanest body and interior available. As for the mileage most cars we pick have around 36,0000 miles. Engines are compression tested and all electrical is checked. If you look through our stock list and can’t find what you are looking for we are also able to special order Skylines from Japan. Working with our agent in Japan the process of finding your Skyline is easy. We work with you each step of way, from your first phone call, locating the vehicle in Japan down to the end when we hand you over the keys. The special order process does cost $500.00. Rest a sure the money goes towards the value of the car once located and imported. Once the vehicle is at the Port of Los Angeles the average wait time on the conversion process takes 6-8 months. The conversion process includes Dot approval, EPA testing and the paper work to clear the car for U.S. street use. We are also able to ship your Skyline to your front door if you wish. If you have any future questions please call. For futher reference on our process please visit http://nhtsa.gov/"
You cannot simply import a skyline GTR or any other car not sold as a US model ( Is300= Atlezza and so forth) without first contacting a RI ( expensive for most people), then having them purchase the car. After that the car is shipped which is also very expensive, then you have to deal with import taxes and the DOT. Then you pay 30k to motorex for them to legalize the car for emissions ( cali standard). Afterall that you have the RI go to motorex to pick the car up and have it inspected. Then after about 2 years and 90k you have yourself a street legal GTR. However, no RI is bringing them at the moment so you're screwed.
Now the attitudes, I think its time the two of you guys ( excluding lemon and chimmike) take a break. Attitudes like these arent becomming of good members. Plus, no one wants a little kid who thinks he can hang with the big boys on this forum.
Sorry about being lat into this, but here is the website for motorex... right on the front page it says that they are the "ONLY REGISTERED IMPORTER OF THE NISSAN SKYLINE" so any where else will be a shady legalization.
newbie SHUT THE FUCK UP!
MOTOREX has gone out of business, they stopped updating the site, now stop trying to be cool and prove people wrong, and sit down shut up and stay n your place
dude it was just put up there as a point im not trying to prove anyone wrong.
people were asking about another place that does legalization and yes i know they have gone out of business. if you read the posts before these make sense.
OMG there are too many OT whores in here, go back to your forum. (yea that you icp and flying, but thanks anyways).
B14sentra- thanks but if you read the whole thing, motorex was already discussed, so the info you posted is irrelevant. sorry but thats a part of being a noob.
I know Celm know his sh*t as he has been doin this for like 10+ years.
71 hakosuka, thanks for the input, it proved my point in many ways.
flying and icp, thanks for the laugh.
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i am sorry, i saw the post about MOTOREX but didnt know if the website may help the matter...
nope, cuz recently i just heard they were buyin repoed cars and bringing them over, which means they would be making insane profit. secondly they still own like 10 people cars.
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They didn't use money to "muscle" their way to a legalization. They had to do the SAME THING every other importer has to do in order to make a vehicle street legal.
the owner of the shop sent a letter saying it was street legal? they got a car to pass federal compliance when it doesnt?
(yea that you icp and flying, but thanks anyways).
*runs back to OT wouldn't want to miss all the pointless stuff*
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