jibduh
Well-Known Member
I might be hitting the wrong search terms since I feel like this would be a more common question... (did hit hanvonaxion's comment for the AU though)
I saw a Diahatsu HiJet kei-truck today which reminded me of a conversation with CrazyRussian540 about how cheap a clean eunos roadster from Japan (what, with their disincentivizing of 'old' car ownership and all) would be; if it's identical to the US market version or older than 25 years, why not?
Even if it's on the non-conforming list (http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/), rework shouldn't be That bad, right?
Roll-on-roll-off shipping for something from japan shouldn't be more than $1-1.5K (from the first google hit) and even if you wanted an importer to handle all of it, it shouldn't be more than a couple grand...
Why don't more people do it, what part of the puzzle am I missing (I'm guessing quite a bit...)?
I saw a Diahatsu HiJet kei-truck today which reminded me of a conversation with CrazyRussian540 about how cheap a clean eunos roadster from Japan (what, with their disincentivizing of 'old' car ownership and all) would be; if it's identical to the US market version or older than 25 years, why not?
Even if it's on the non-conforming list (http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/), rework shouldn't be That bad, right?
Roll-on-roll-off shipping for something from japan shouldn't be more than $1-1.5K (from the first google hit) and even if you wanted an importer to handle all of it, it shouldn't be more than a couple grand...
Why don't more people do it, what part of the puzzle am I missing (I'm guessing quite a bit...)?