tarheel91 said: @BCNR34: How hard are those to import?
I'm thinking about either getting a Skyline in the future or just putting a Skyline engine in a 240SX. |
well, do you live in the US? :P
since motorex went under its become a lot more expensive and difficult to import to the US. i don't really know much about importing to the US though, sorry.
*edit* actually, i think motorex is back now, you can check them out at www.motorex.net the cars are pretty expensive though due to the hassle that they have to go through to import the car to the US, a decent skyline in canada goes for 12-15k$, in america you're looking at 30-80k$ depending on year/model/condition
since i live in canada, i can just find an importer and buy the car directly from them, with all shipping, import duty, gst, and AC tax already covered. plus they come with detailed estimates for insurance companies, since canadian insurance companies know nothing about skylines (at least where i live) insurance is dirt cheap though, i pay 1700$ a year. not bad for a 320hp car :P
a car only has to be 15 years old to be eligible for importing to canada (gray import law), which is kind of annoying (no R34's for me) but there isn't much you can do about that, they are considering changing the law up here to 25 years to stop people importing cars for use in street racing, but if they do change the law, my cars value will go up exponentially so it's a win/lose situation