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Originally Posted by Nuje
They have to be 15 years old to be imported. Why do people import such old cars? Several reasons.
Price/Condition: It's actually cheaper to import many models, than to buy them used here in the same shape. Due to the climate and short distances in Japan, many of the cars are in very good shape.
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Most of them are beat to crap. Not sure which ones you've been looking at. They usually require way more work than the 16 year olds that buy them can afford and end up broken down on the side of the road.
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Differences in Japan's market: Many cars look the same (save the side the steering wheel's on) but come with better engines. Some people would rather simply import one, than transplant the engine into a North American model
Knobbishness: Some people just think that Right Hand Drive is cool. It's not....but there are certainly good reasons to buy them.
I believe we should have a choice. There shouldn't even be a BS 15 year old rule.....I've wanted to import a car from Europe for a while, and it's illegal, and I think it's unfair.
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There absolutely should be a 15 year old law. I'm glad our government doesn't take Russia, India or China's auto safety standards as gospel and let us import any vehicle they make.
I think the law should be bumped to at least 20 years, as the point of it was to let people bring in collector cars, not piles of crap that would see the road every day.