Feds Bust Importer Of GT-R Used In The Fast And The Furious
 

Feds Bust Importer Of GT-R Used In The Fast And The Furious

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:drool: over the white one

this article is BS.......




















... paul walker didn't drive a skyline until 2F2F...

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If they're going to start arresting people they should start with the producers of those movies.

I'm guessing they mean Fast and Furious, the 4th movie and that ill fated blue GTR.

Theres another one for sale on ebay . Nissan: eBay Motors (item 150514272881 end time Nov-06-10 19:00:00 PDT)

R33 and is a Motorex car, even those are not 100% legal even if the guy believes it.

why are they not legal?

Is this the plot for the next film? :)

did not pass safety tests, although out of all of them, the R33 has the most to stand on, as some owners actually bought cars for the gov't to test them for safety.

This, Motorex did legalize some but only a few and then tried to pass wrong information as real information and got caught.
So, the guy saying this is the last one actually makes it a bad buy as the ones near the end were the ones under suspicion.

can were not fix that problem?

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:
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ok so the owner dies in a crash whats the big deal if other cars are safe enogh?>

It's a mix of things. (1) it's a nanny state. The gov't knows better than you about what cars you can drive. (2) More importantly, the safer the vehicles, the less severe the injuries in crash situations, and the less severe the injuries are, the cheaper it is for hospitals and ambos to treat you, as well as the easier it is for cops to quickly clean up after you.

Bottom line: it's always about money.

And really, it was not safety of a crash I think the government is worried about.
The hippies fight hard when its come to the environment, the R33/34 never did any EPA testing so the engine is not safe thus the car is not allowed.

But even then, it boils down to money. The EPA wants its vig. :roflpuke2:

$55K :roflpuke2: :roflpuke2:

**** the world

Im pretty sure the motorex R33's are legal. My brother used to work for them for 3 years. The R33 was the only that they actually were able to pull off legally AFAIK.







But then again that could have been the 32?







I got to play in all kinda scary *** cars lol. I still miss his R33

U know u want one ! lol

Fixed that for ya. :ugh2:

Screw the Progressives and screw the hippies. If I want to own a Skyrine GT-R, I should be able to.

ahh i miss Motorex..they had soo many nice cars in there..

When I was 14 the owner tried to sell me a 750hp 1 piece body RX7... I was like HELL YEAH! :tup:

Then my brother say no and I got :owned:

true :iagree:

smart brother. you prob killed yourself if you got it.

The cars Motorex imported and are still driving around in the US must have a DOT bond release letter along with the title. If you are looking to purchase a GTR in the US (R32,R33, R34) the seller must have this so you can legally title the car.

Motorex did legtimately crash test two R33. Then they told the feds the others R32 and R34 were structually similar and they would have similar crash results. At the time the Feds bought it. Importation began.

All 1996 and newer cars require obd2 compliance.Motorex was supposed to be adding US DOT safety equipment and bringing them up to obd2 standard before sale. Well, in the end motorex didn't do that. Plus the Feds consulted Nissan for crash test results for the R32, R34 and they were in fact different from what Motorex claimed. And none of the 96 and newer GTR's were made obd2 compliant. Which is neary impossible unless you are a manufacturer.

At that point GTR importation ceased, motorex was fully investigation and some crazy stuff went down. The GTR in the US is actually quite an interesting story filled with drama (kidnapping etc). The story should be made into a documentary. Most of the owners were allowed to keep their cars after the DOT released the bonds they were held on.

In the end you can still bring in an R33, but you have to add DOT safey items and make it obd2. Which obviouslly no one in our industry can do successfully. So pretty much you can't bring it in.

This article is referring to Kaizo industries cars. Basically establishing a company in Japan who buys GTR's. Tears them down, recondition the chassis as Kaizo chassis. Put new vins. reassemble chassis with all parts except engine and drive train. Now it's not a Nissan GTR. It is a Kaizo kit car. Ship to us. Customer puts their own motor/drivetrain. Now rules requiring obd2 compliance/DOT standards do not apply since it is not sold as a complete car by a manufacturer.

In Canada you can import a car that does not emission regs as long as it is 15 years or older. That's why you see an influx of R32's for sale there. Now it applies to R33's, soon what about 2014 R34.

The United States has a similar law with one exception; 25 years instead of 15.

hahah..yeah they had some sick cars in there..prices werent too bad either..i think they had a R32 for about 25k which i still couldnt afford at the time:icon17:

:rolleyes:

Man those are sexy;):yum::drool:

Lol I feel like if I started it I would have been pulled over in my driveway... built 20B it idled like a bursts from a gatling gun. It was HEAVILY detuned lol