Cars that you love that you can't buy in your country.

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Posted by 3F05Q on Jul-12-2008 08:35:

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Originally posted by Moongoose
let me tell you a story about two friends who wanted to buy a car not made in the US, lets call them Bill and Paul. About 20 years ago, what they wanted the most in thw whole wide world was a brand new Porsche 959

I had one of Bill's fuel injectors for a while.

Anyway.. I'm not sure if you can still import R32 Skylines into the US since the Motorex screwup. Maybe it's just the R34s... don't remember now. At any rate... if you can't import the R32 EASILY... then that's what I'll pick.

Posted by ScuL on Jul-12-2008 09:46:

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Originally posted by Audious

German plates in the US. That's awesome

Question out of interest...

How many of you have actually >ever< seen a car with European plates driving in the US?

I assume it's quite rare.

A few weeks ago I saw a car with Connecticut plates driving around Amsterdam.

Posted by adi_hanson on Jul-12-2008 10:57:

I used to have one of these

proper pocket rocket

Posted by polkovnik86 on Jul-12-2008 13:37:

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Originally posted by Moongoose
Oh yes, 7.3L Mercedes AMG V12 with about 612 HP. Nice car, especially the roadster

let me tell you a story about two friends who wanted to buy a car not made in the US, lets call them Bill and Paul. About 20 years ago, what they wanted the most in thw whole wide world was a brand new Porsche 959 (and frankly who can blame them, that car was sick ). They went to Germany, bought the cars but when they tried to import them into the US they weren't allowed to, because those nasty German supercars were to filthy (emissions wise) to be allowed into the green US. Despite all their money and ninja lawyers (Bill and Paul were to say the least, filthy rich...think how much money Scrooge McDuck has and then imagine that each one of them has lots more) it would take them amny many years after another Bill signed some sort of law that allowed these precious cars into by classifying them as a part of history or something (cant translate that into english more accurately atm i dont have time

Actually the story behind 959 is that US Government asked Porsche for a 959 that they could crash for the safety standards, but Porsche didn't want to give them any. So what Bill did was he got a team of engineers to design a program to simulate the crash test of the 959, so that then Clinton signed a bill for those cars to be allowed in.

Posted by bas on Jul-12-2008 14:24:

quote:
Originally posted by ScuL
Question out of interest...

How many of you have actually >ever< seen a car with European plates driving in the US?

I assume it's quite rare.

I see it pretty often.

Posted by aNYthing on Jul-12-2008 15:24:

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Originally posted by biznology
same fucking thread as above lol!

Yeah... there are some people *cough* L.E.N *cough*, who are quite lacking in the imagination department but are quite good at thread hijacking/cloning.

but.... there's room for two.

Burger King & McDonalds
Pepsi & Coke
Trojan & Durex
Scotts & Charmin
My thread & that shitty rip off of my idea

Posted by L.E.N. on Jul-12-2008 16:52:

quote:
Originally posted by aNYthing
Yeah... there are some people *cough* L.E.N *cough*, who are quite lacking in the imagination department but are quite good at thread hijacking/cloning.

but.... there's room for two.

Burger King & McDonalds
Pepsi & Coke
Trojan & Durex
Scotts & Charmin
My thread & that shitty rip off of my idea

Well fuck

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jul-12-2008 17:01:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
A Citoren or Pugeot.

Or Alfa Romeo.

Posted by aNYthing on Jul-12-2008 23:07:

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Originally posted by L.E.N.
Well fuck

cmon man, I got nutin but respect for ya - especiall after those colon-bustin' recipes for most yummy (on picture) food evar. That bluecheese burger still gives me da munchies of Harrold and Kumar-ian proportions.

Posted by Lira on Jul-12-2008 23:17:

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-12-2008 23:21:

quote:
Originally posted by XaNaX
yep i love those
They are coming with the new one in 09 which will be sold here in the US.

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-12-2008 23:22:

quote:
Originally posted by polkovnik86

Pagani Zonda F Roadster
winner.

Posted by Lira on Jul-12-2008 23:30:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
winner.

Austin Mini > * > So-Called Winners

Posted by bamski on Jul-12-2008 23:32:

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Originally posted by Lira
Austin Mini

OMG! They're so cute.. and fast! Reminds me of my gerbil Francis.

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-13-2008 01:06:

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Originally posted by DuBam
OMG! They're so cute.. and fast! Reminds me of my gerbil Francis.
One of the greatest rally cars ever.

Posted by bamski on Jul-13-2008 01:13:

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Originally posted by nchs09
One of the greatest rally cars ever.

You mean the Delta? I was on about the Mini. But yeah, the Delta was a magnificent piece of work.

But i'm so Audi-biased you can't even imagine, and Lancias aren't exactly budget-friendly when it comes to parts & service.

The prices on spare-parts for an URQuattro ain't exactly cheap, but those Lancia parts are out of this world.

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-13-2008 01:16:

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Originally posted by DuBam
You mean the Delta? I was on about the Mini. But yeah, the Delta was a magnificent piece of work.

But i'm so Audi-biased you can't even imagine, and Lancias aren't exactly budget-friendly when it comes to parts & service.

The prices on spare-parts for an URQuattro ain't exactly cheap, but those Lancia parts are out of this world.
The delta and the mini.

Posted by zoogla on Jul-13-2008 02:12:

Posted by bamski on Jul-13-2008 02:18:

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Originally posted by fayraree

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-13-2008 02:29:

quote:
Originally posted by DuBam

Posted by bamski on Jul-13-2008 02:34:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09

Posted by nchs09 on Jul-13-2008 02:37:

quote:
Originally posted by DuBam

haha

Posted by mickeymarley on Jul-13-2008 18:51:

You can import whatever you want to any country

Posted by gehzumteufel on Jul-13-2008 20:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
do u have any idea how much money people with money are willing to spend on things like cars?

Doesn't matter how much money you have, if the DOT and EPA doesn't change their regulations, or allow you to do the research to import, then it matters not how much money you have. As previously mentioned, the Porsche 959 is a great example. Individuals have offered to crash the 3 needed for vehicle testing after Porsche refused, yet DOT and the EPA refused to allow this to happen. Also, there are cars that are BANNED for import, such as the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 and R33. R32 and R31 are able to be.

Also the only reason most companies don't come to the states is the cost to import is super high. Most of the cars in Europe sold today actually meet or exceed most US emissions standards, including diesels. (Most because not all, such as the states that have adopted emissions standards similar to California)
/nerd-on-import-bullshit

Oh and I wish we had (somewhat mentioned by chach) the Audi S3

or the new Audi A1

or BMW 130d

or Vauxhall VX220 (Looks similar to the Opel GT (Saturn Sky or Pontiac Solstice here in the states.) This car PRE-DATES the Sky/Solstice/Opel GT)

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