i know sorry my kid was jumping all over me .. ill fix it now

and what would happen if you buy the needed parts in the states and you assemble your own car.

because if customs belive that you are going to import a car chasis and not try to assemble a car for you , thats just plain stupid.

what they think we are going to do with it, use it as table decoration??????

but the thing is that we owners dont resell the cars we just want to keep it for personal use

If the parts are brought in with the intention to reassemble into a functional car, then it's not legal.

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Definitely not the Autobarn car...

Because it's currently sitting in my garage...

Excuse me, I need to go clean out my pants and figure out a backup plan.

Io think not in a case like this , but you never know what they migth come up with

the more that keep geting taken I def want to buy one thats done right.

Good luck get something done about it.

Your right. Believe me, i tried to find any way to keep the car here legally. There just isnt a way to do it. Race cars have to be just that, race cars. They cant have anything that would allow to be legal on the street. Cant be a show car because it has to qualify as a show car through the DOT, there is a list of requirements and written justification for being a showcar, which the r32 gtr will not qualify.
The federal government are not people you can just make a deal with or bargain. If the car is illegal to be here, its illegal to be here. This means they are either going to auction it for export, crush it, or you have to fight back for it to export it. I believe i will have to have my export agent pick the car up and show proof to customs that it left the country.
It sucks, but it is the only way out. My only other choice is to cut my losses and let the feds keep it, but just cant do that out of principal. Id rather pay for the lawyer, fees, and shipping costs, which is a lot by the way.

Sucks for your luck, if I were you I would simply cut the losses and start over with another car.

There are ways they can trace sales of vehicles but that is all in the titles and VIN numbers used to register. It's a big title game and as long as you have a suitable title that doesn't raise a eyebrow with the VIN number on it then you are golden.

People using BCRN, BNR, ERC, HCR VIN numbers (the Japanese VIN's) are the one's who are clearly putting themselfs in the open. Grey market state issued VIN's is the route to go, there is no way to trace the vehicles origin and what kind it is unless you openly disclose "Yes this is a Skyline illegally imported from Japan"

Sorry again for your luck.

LOL I agree... another new low has been set!

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That blows man. And not to be a dick, But doesn't Dept. of homeland security have bigger **** to worry about then a couple of car enthusiests? i mean ****ing christ. it's been how long since we started looking for Osama bin Laden but nooo luck finding that go so lets go over to the next biggest threat ILLEGAL NISSAN SKYLINES get a ****ing life. someone really needs to email some news channel (CNN/FOX/MSNBC) and see what they say on the subject.

Rules for registering and titling vary per state, there is more then one way to register vehicles

I just got a massive headache trying to decipher that sh*t.

Long Story Short, FLORIDA IS CRACKING DOWN.

It's been common knowledge for the past 5 or so years that FL will let you tag ANYTHING pretty much..............well that's NOT the case anymore.

In short you have nothing to worry about IF YOUR CAR NEVER HAD A FLORIDA REGISTRATION if it did sometime in it's life then you got some issues to worry about.

Also to the thread starter, you're not the only one to get snatched here in Houston - a few other have gotten hit.......'specialy one of the biggest importers in the city, I'm not naming names but he's brought in quite a bit.

Modified by Mycah Leonhart at 2:18 AM 6/25/2008

Sorry to hear this happened, especially after just getting it.

(Have you looked into selling it up in Canada?)

Course, this does reassure me that the decision to spend the extra time and money to get a Motorex car was the prudent choice. :O

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I am still trying to find a trustworthy source overseas. My main countries are probably UK or New Zealand. I have some leads in UK through some guys i know, but nothing solid yet.
New Zealand is a good choice because of the $$$ exchange rate.

Ill keep everyone posted on what is going on with my situation. I hate dealing with this crap of exporting, it makes it such a pain.

Ask the guys on zeroyon, I bet one of them will be willing to help you out and could probably get it back state-side for you as well.

any specific person i should talk to there?

after 9-11 GWB gave customs new glorified names,i guess customs got tired of being glorified security guards

Surf through the Japan section and look for a post by 1EVILFD3S, check out his post on how he brought his RX-7 back to the U.S. very good info!

There's no specific person to talk to on there, most all of them are military or speak good english. I'm sure if you make a post on the Japan section someone will be willing to give you a hand in your situation. They have 20ft container storage at Naha port area which you could probably get your car dropped in or pay someone to send it back to you and try again

Go check on the Aussie sites and sections. They have it good there so you can export to them easily.

I could probably sell it to someone in the UK or Austrailia, but i couldnt sell it for much thats for sure. I would rather have it stored somewhere in the UK, new zealand, etc then bring it back when its 25 years old. Then i can at least have something for my money.
Just trying to find someone trustoworthy overseas.

I'm sure i'ts been discussed or whatever. Just tryin' to help out. If you could do something to disable the car maybe you could keep it as a "display" car till it's old enough, especially sense it looks like you've got other vehicles. Might help to convince the feds.

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Changing Honda owners lives, one ride at a time.

You can't just bring a car in, let it sit, and then it's all good. Doesn't work like that.

His best bet is to find someone he trusts, preferably a trusted NICO member to sell/hold the car in another country and have it sent back when it's time.

You could always send it back to Japan. You get the storage unit squared away, I'll make sure it gets there, and I'll keep it started once a month, keep fluids and such in good shape.

And no, I won't drive it.

I say send it to Japan and store it in a cheap place. There are few people in Japan who would steal a car. Most people go by without cars their entire life.