S15 for an fr-s?

[hamzam]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Apparently, they were purchased cheap in Japan but the dealer charges $5500.00 for importation and compliance. Mileage seems very low (under 50K miles, but I am sure it is really easy to have tampered with odometers. Their website states it is common for Japanese owned cars to have low mileage since there is a heavy tax imposed for higher mileage in Japan. They are virtually rust free underneath thanks to stringent Japanese inspection requirements.

That is absolutely true! At 40,000 miles, the Japanese government places stringent taxes on the vehicle. So ridiculous that it is more economically feasible to just buy a new car.

It's all done on purpose: to perpetually advance the Japanese car industry.

And look how far they've come!

Runs and kisses FR-S

[nzer]

No, I wouldn't. In fact I went the other way and traded the S15 I had from brand new (Feb 2000) for my 86.

I do miss it but LOVE my 86 as it is 12 years newer technology although I had looked after my S15 so well (completely stock) that it still had plenty of years left.

Very hard to find an S15 that hasn't been modified in a way you wouldn't do it. The rear wheel drive, with turbo, and no traction control has made them fairly scarce as a lot have been written off. That and the fact that they are still one of the most stolen cars here.

Here's what I traded in a photo just before I sold.

[Mr.Jay]

Originally Posted by Diode Dynamics

I bought my 240 from my connection on Craigslist

Nick C.

I can't wait till R34's are legal in the states

We got some R34 roaming our streets already. No GTR yet as build date for those are Jan/Feb next year if I remember right so not legal just yet

Originally Posted by wbradley

I can get a nice R33 or R34 skyline GTR from a right hand drive specialist shop really close to where I live. They both have some nice JDM mods, exhaust systems etc.

No GTR for the R34 yet close very very close

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

We got some R34 roaming our streets already. No GTR yet as build date for those are Jan/Feb next year if I remember right so not legal just yet




No GTR for the R34 yet close very very close

Really? So the R34 I stood next to was imagination?

Take a look at the link I posted above to see their inventory. They also bad a 4 dr GT-T or Type M

[Prog]

Originally Posted by nzer

No, I wouldn't. In fact I went the other way and traded the S15 I had from brand new (Feb 2000) for my 86.

I do miss it but LOVE my 86 as it is 12 years newer technology although I had looked after my S15 so well (completely stock) that it still had plenty of years left.

Very hard to find an S15 that hasn't been modified in a way you wouldn't do it. The rear wheel drive, with turbo, and no traction control has made them fairly scarce as a lot have been written off. That and the fact that they are still one of the most stolen cars here.

Here's what I traded in a photo just before I sold.

Nissan did so good with those cars. That is a pretty car. Makes me miss my S13 a little.

[pinkmeansdanger]

No, because there is no way to federalize an S15 in the US. You'd be running the risk of the Dept. of Homeland Security seizing your car and losing whatever you paid for it. Don't believe the guys that say "you could title it in florida or montana", because it would still be illegal.

[Mr.Jay]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Really? So the R34 I stood next to was imagination?

Take a look at the link I posted above to see their inventory. They also bad a 4 dr GT-T or Type M

I didn't say that did I? I'm just saying that according to the law it has to be 15 years or older and the first GTR R34s won't be available thru the 15 year law until Jan as that was their production date.

the one you stood next to could of been taken apart and put back together and thus titled as a "kit car" or could of been a conversion? Who knows I'm not doubting you stood by one. Hell there are 2 real R34 GTR here but both were import as kits cars and there are 2 conversion as well

I also checked their inventory and guess what no GTR also their front page shows a R34 with the words LEGAL all over it but guess what its not a GTR. http://www.rightdrive.ca/inventory_c.../sports/page:1

also here are multiple sources from places that would know

http://forums.gtrcanada.com/general-...th-2014-a.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_...2.80.931998.29

http://www.gtrusablog.com/2010/02/ni...roduction.html

so next time you want to post with a little bit of a **** tone you should prob check your own facts 1st

[dem00n]

Originally Posted by pinkmeansdanger

No, because there is no way to federalize an S15 in the US. You'd be running the risk of the Dept. of Homeland Security seizing your car and losing whatever you paid for it. Don't believe the guys that say "you could title it in florida or montana", because it would still be illegal.

Ding.

Truly, you could import any car here if you really wanted to, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to get it registered, insured and inspected to be driven on public roads.

There was some talk a while ago about two Zonda's running around in NY. Have yet to hear anything, most likely white lies...


There is some dude on the internet who did sell his S15 for a Subaru Forester.

[pinkmeansdanger]

Originally Posted by dem00n

Ding.

Truly, you could import any car here if you really wanted to, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to get it registered, insured and inspected to be driven on public roads.

There was some talk a while ago about two Zonda's running around in NY. Have yet to hear anything, most likely white lies...


There is some dude on the internet who did sell his S15 for a Subaru Forester.

Zonda's could theoretically be brought under the Show and Display Exemption(aka, the Bill Gates law) as its rarity would likely meet the threshold to allow it stateside.

[wbradley]

[QUOTE=Mr.Jay;1225241]I didn't say that did I? I'm just saying that according to the law it has to be 15 years or older and the first GTR R34s won't be available thru the 15 year law until Jan as that was their production date.

the one you stood next to could of been taken apart and put back together and thus titled as a "kit car" or could of been a conversion? Who knows I'm not doubting you stood by one. Hell there are 2 real R34 GTR here but both were import as kits cars and there are 2 conversion as well

I also checked their inventory and guess what no GTR also their front page shows a R34 with the words LEGAL all over it but guess what its not a GTR. http://www.rightdrive.ca/inventory_c.../sports/page:1
I believe you are correct. The silver R34 looks to e a GT-T. I presume that was the model under the R. There was a grey R33 next to a silver R34. From the back I could havd sworn they both said GT-R. I am no expert. Just happened to drive past and decided to look around. I am a noob here, but again I saw what I thought I saw. Sorry if I sounded like a douche.

also

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Astroboy

Would you trade in your fr-s for a pearl white s15?
How would you even make one street legal?

Impossible to make one street legal in the US, but my BRZ is pretty much bought when I resigned to the fact that I can never legally own a "new" S15, and this car was the closest thing to a S15 in my life.

If I could trade for a legal S15 in the US, I would. But I can't.

-alex

[Obja]

Originally Posted by Diode Dynamics

I picked up an S14 for $2,500 last wednesday. I could easily do an S15 conversion for half the price of a BRZ/FRS

I wouldn't trade a twin for an S15

Nick C.

S14 FOR 2.5K IN ST LOUIS?!

geez

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by dem00n

Ding.

Truly, you could import any car here if you really wanted to, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to get it registered, insured and inspected to be driven on public roads.

There was some talk a while ago about two Zonda's running around in NY. Have yet to hear anything, most likely white lies...


There is some dude on the internet who did sell his S15 for a Subaru Forester.

Originally Posted by pinkmeansdanger

Zonda's could theoretically be brought under the Show and Display Exemption(aka, the Bill Gates law) as its rarity would likely meet the threshold to allow it stateside.

zondas arent legal in america? just a couple days ago i saw the new hayuara or whatever. looks pretty good in person. not so much like a whaleshark

[pinkmeansdanger]

Originally Posted by fatoni

zondas arent legal in america? just a couple days ago i saw the new hayuara or whatever. looks pretty good in person. not so much like a whaleshark

The Pagani Zonda is not US street legal. The Huayra has been made legal for the US market.