Jap Import Cars - No More

[Bibbs]

Have a read .. Skyline thread ..

[Funkadelic]

If this is the thing about closing the loophole that allows the importing of Jap-nutter cars as being for disabled use...

There's not much short of divine intervention that can be done.

You could write a petition, get a relatively small number of signatures from Japanese car enthusiasts that don't account for a particularly substantial amount of the population, and then send it to VOSA or wherever you like, where it would most likely be shredded.

[Bibbs]

Well I can't see me staying in this country for much longer if the government carries on like this ..

[ZeroBlade]

u havta be kidding me...

some1 who's good at writing letters get summin sorted that we can alll send in, cos this is ridiculous...

-Z

[Master_Simon]

I can't open the link at present, but if it is to do with the 10 year rule, I thought that had been overcome?? The guy who i bought my Hiace off said they will just divert them via another port.

It does smack of restrictive practice though

[Funkadelic]

The law has been this way for a long time. The only difference is that now they've closed the loophole that was previously being exploited. It's a bit pointless if you ask me, but there's not much you can do - You can't write in saying "we want to drive stupidly fast cars that have been tuned to buggery in Japan" because of the connotations it has.

[Master_Simon]

Or you could say I want a choice about what I drive which is my effin democratic right as a citizen of a so called democracy you incipid little bunch of buttmunches, leaching off society and not actually producing any more than a bigger pile of even more useless paper, on the other hand you could run before the men in white coats turn up

[Bibbs]

The law basically states that if the car isn't stock .. it'll cost you £1000's to get it in this country.

Even though they currently have to go through ESVA and MOT and therefore should be safe on our roads.

(you can make a one off kit car and it goes through just the ESVA, a jap import had to go through so much more)

[Jamesb4uk]

so is that pre or post 10 year???? or both???

say my Cynos is a 92 import, registered here in 2000 - all ive had to do in the past is an MOT & tax cuz its over 10 years old

thing is im getting a new exhaust wednesday thats - how shall we say, non standard....

J

[Boro Sera]

If it's older than 10 then it's just MOT and registration (think).

Your's will be OK James cos it 's already here and registered.

Rich

[Jamesb4uk]

phew....

was gettin worried then - can never understand govenrment regulations....

J

[ZeroBlade]

dammit there goes my hopes of importin a tuned up to buggery nsx type r, lol

-Z

[TheNissanMan]

dammit there goes my hopes of importin a tuned up to buggery nsx type r, lol

-Z

not really, if the car is stock then it shouldn't be to much of a problemn importing as the cost of the report can be shared as am sure others will be importing them as well...

the problems arise when importing modded cars.