just a thought

[hawaiianhybrid]

wouldn't it be cool if people in japan were like us and wanted to make all their cars usdm spec? then we could sell our ka motors to them and they would send us all thier sr20s.

[SpeedRacer1]

There is no real need since more people just get into accidents or retire their cars after a certain amount of mileage.

[I H8 UR DSM]

turbo cars are popular...

na cars are not....

they dont want KA's...

: D

[BuudWeizErr]

I think they already have KAs in Japan. Didn't they put KAs in trucks or family cars or something? Anyway, there is a very small following there, thus, parts are few and far between for us.

[89sxRCR]

is that 30 k thing i heard true? MY friend told me that after 30k they have to get new engines or be heavily taxed, something about the emissions. Well that works out for us good, sucks for them.

[SWIFT_DRIFT]

well what i heard is if a car gets in a harsh fender bender, but the engine has more than 30k on it, they consider the car totalled. but doesnt the government or like insurance pay for most of a new car anyways over there? thats how they can get away with getting new cars all the time instead of fixing the mildly wrecked ones, which in turn they import the wrecked stuff to us for lots of extra cash cuz americans will pay top dollar for anything jdm.

[hawaiianhybrid]

actually as cars get older there registration and taxes and all that other crap gets more expensive. my econ teacher says they do that to promote people to support the car manufacturers, because japan is so small and the cars are such good cars that if they didn't do it, nobody would be buying new cars.

[sr20meplease]

i have been hearing alot that kids over there want to make thier cars look usdm...with the alltezza lights and all...sounds dumb to me...i hate alot of our cars looks....damn ricers

[BuudWeizErr]

i have been hearing alot that kids over there want to make thier cars look usdm...with the alltezza lights and all...sounds dumb to me...i hate alot of our cars looks....damn ricers

I wonder if they hate the fact that they have all the JDM stuff (one piece headlights on Hondas, factory turbos, the SKYLINE!, etc...)

I wonder if any of them convert their dashes to MPH just for the USDM look.

[sr20meplease]

i don't know how dumb they are...do oyu think they have ricers over there? what would they be called?

[89sxRCR]

LOL having actually been to Taiwan recently, i can tell you all its true... the rice is spreading. I saw numerous cars with "cobra eyes" or the lighted windshield washers. Also they have lighted bumpers 2, its kind of hard to explain. Like the little bendable book lights exept sticking out from where the license plate is going opposite directions... and no they do not crave usdm parts, they are quite happy with their own. I dont think taiwan had those 30 k laws because i saw no trace of it, thats why i was curious about Japan.

[180crafter]

supposedly, when you buy a car in Japan, you pay a 15 percent fee(tax) right from the dealer to take the car off the lot. This is not a problem, but then after about three years of driving (thats why its usually around 30k miles) they must pay another tax on the car. This tax is like a luxury tax and is around 25% of the original car price, even though the cars in Japan depreciate so quickly. Its usually more economical to trade in your car(at half the price you bought it at 3 years ago) and get a new car, than to pay a rediculous tax.

This is what ive heard and read online. If im wrong please correct me.