A car fellow Tib owner got imported from Japan..

GeneralPatton · #1 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 05:52 AM

Guy over on my Tiburon forums who goes by the alias MoogLe, nice guy at that, just got a car imported from Japan for $9k after customs..etc... Has 80,000 miles on it and it RHD (d0h). Says hes believes it should be putting somewhere around the 300bhp mark and the Tib is a slug compared to it

So anyhow, what did he get?

1996 R33 Skyline GTS-T

Car needs work, the body is rather banged up here and there; looks like it was used as a drift car for reasoning of stickers of racing teams..etc. So, he's gonna be fixing it up; body work..paint..etc

He lives over in Curacao though, so not like I will ever see it

But yep, SKYLINES like these go cheap over there, and plentiful around that could be shipped here for that price - after customs.

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$9k is after like 32% customs fees, $1700 shpping etc etc.

the original cost of the car in japan is like $3000, insanely cheap.

crazybrew609 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 05:55 AM

yea now trying to get the thing registired is gunna be the huge pain in the ass.. he better like paying another few g's for paper work

GeneralPatton · #3 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 06:00 AM

Yeah I'm not sure, he does live in the Caribbean Sea (Curacao) so it would probably be better then here; also-no emission laws. He hasen't opened it up yet as he is not used to RHD.. I'm not sure if I would be able to do it O.o haha

mikecentola · #4 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 06:36 AM

those are great for race cars here, but almost impossible to register in the states. Now that motorex is gone, skylines might actually become rare again haha

Shawn96VR-4 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 07:39 AM

Yep. He spent a ton to bring over some riced out piece of shit. Good luck getting that thing registered. That thing is REALLY beat up.

GranMassaX · #6 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 08:09 AM

does anyone know the resgistering process in Curacao? NO! so stop saying it will be hard to register..... It could be a piece of cake down there.

mikecentola · #7 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GranMassaX

does anyone know the resgistering process in Curacao? NO! so stop saying it will be hard to register..... It could be a piece of cake down there.

I only mentioned registering in the states

Captain Moai · #8 (**permalink**) 05-09-2007, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by GranMassaX

does anyone know the resgistering process in Curacao? NO! so stop saying it will be hard to register..... It could be a piece of cake down there.

It IS a piece of cake down there. Curacao is similar to Antigua. You buy the vehicle. You fill out paperwork on what it is, you register the VIN #, you pay the customs duties, any inspection fees. I don't even think you have to have it certified by a mechanic, but it does need to be inspected. After that, you drive the freakin' thing.

I can't even begin to say how many skylines I saw when I was in Grand Cayman. The island isn't even 20 miles long and I saw three of them within two blocks of the port. Gentlemen, we should all move to an island.