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xecutiv
08-19-2009, 12:22 PM
Hey so i live in canada and am selling my car, buddy wants me to drive it across the borderinto the states for him and im just wondering if its illegal for me to do this ? do i have to export the car legally before it goes across the border???
clark
08-19-2009, 12:31 PM
Hey so i live in canada and am selling my car, buddy wants me to drive it across the borderinto the states for him and im just wondering if its illegal for me to do this ? do i have to export the car legally before it goes across the border???

contact your DMV and whichever state DMV your buddy is from.
ZX88
08-19-2009, 01:02 PM
im almost positive you cannot just drive the car across the border and sell it.
qt_240
08-19-2009, 01:15 PM
I think Cfinch ( sp? ) might be able to help you.. he always offers to drive his car across the border from vancouver to washington on his threads
K_style
08-19-2009, 01:18 PM
im almost positive you cannot just drive the car across the border and sell it.

why not ?

??
93nismo
08-19-2009, 01:34 PM
why not ?

??
its registered and licensed in canada, and were not canada. so the stuff more then likely different. thats just a guess tho
sephiroth99
08-19-2009, 01:43 PM
contact your DMV and whichever state DMV your buddy is from.

and check with the Canadian and US customs, because technically you are exporting a car from Canada and importing a car in the US
dex
08-19-2009, 01:46 PM
You "technically" can't do that. The buyer needs to send papers (bill of sale, registrations, etc..) to the customs 72h before the car crosses the border. You're not suposed to do anything as the "seller".
BustedS13
08-19-2009, 01:48 PM
so.
skyline?
Teddy
08-19-2009, 01:51 PM
So, Skyline.
SR95Zenki
08-19-2009, 01:55 PM
So Skyline lol!
Thought i would be the third person to say it haha
VROOOM
08-19-2009, 02:03 PM
screw the skyline bring over a Pulsar GTi-R i used to see one at a trailer park by work alot.
RB240Mike
08-19-2009, 02:18 PM
why not ?

??

because the US is gay????
hOngsterr
08-19-2009, 02:23 PM
check the hood to see if it's under US emissions etc
SlideWell
08-19-2009, 02:27 PM
I think Cfinch ( sp? ) might be able to help you.. he always offers to drive his car across the border from vancouver to washington on his threads

yep. you could, but theres always risk. ill say it again tho, 2 guys in washington just got their registrations taken away for their 32's. good luck :cops:
handinpants
08-19-2009, 02:33 PM
Why can't someone drive across the border from Canada to go shopping in Washington, and take a bus home, of course don't tell the border patrol you are selling your car.
Mexicans drive into the us every day do work, only to drive back that evening
VROOOM
08-19-2009, 02:41 PM
Why can't someone drive across the border from Canada to go shopping in Washington, and take a bus home, of course don't tell the border patrol you are selling your car.
Mexicans drive into the us every day do work, only to drive back that evening

when you go to register it, the car will be registered in Canada not the US. how do you get past that?
JeremyR
08-19-2009, 03:15 PM
LOL guys come on. you DONT/SHOULD NOT REGISTER IT. simple as that. use it as a track car and nothing more. are you like, TRYING to throw money away???

i dont understand how people dont get it. you cant legally register/drive a skyline UNLESS its a motorex r33. simple as that. the feds will come and take it away.

best way to have a skyline in the US is as a track car, and have NO PAPER TRAIL.

that way they cant look it up.
VROOOM
08-19-2009, 03:28 PM
bringing a GTR over is wasting money. you can buy an Evo or STi legally and it will still perform better than most GTR's. plus more parts available for them.
dub40sx
08-19-2009, 03:28 PM
Idk bout you guys in Cali but it would be super easy here in CO to register any imported car. Buy a piece of shit car thats the same make, with a salvage tital. "rebuild" it as a GTR. Easy.
hOngsterr
08-19-2009, 03:39 PM
lol, contact
bones321
iirc i think he bought his car with a canada title
chibo
08-19-2009, 04:45 PM
screw the skyline bring over a Pulsar GTi-R i used to see one at a trailer park by work alot.

I want to know the legality of the GTi-R, there is a guy that lives near me that dailies one. I've not had the chance to catch up to him and talk yet.
Idk bout you guys in Cali but it would be super easy here in CO to register any imported car. Buy a piece of shit car thats the same make, with a salvage tital. "rebuild" it as a GTR. Easy.

Nice way to earn a felony.
nismo 240sx
08-19-2009, 04:49 PM
i wouldnt see why not you see mexico plates all over socal...
VROOOM
08-19-2009, 05:04 PM
I want to know the legality of the GTi-R, there is a guy that lives near me that dailies one. I've not had the chance to catch up to him and talk yet.


Nice way to earn a felony.

yup, there was a silver one that lived in a trailer park by my work. they are kinda ugly but i would love to have one.
g-via
08-19-2009, 05:34 PM
It's not a skyline.

It's a pimp ass gloria

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2589/101/31470050014_large.jpg
memphis180sx
08-19-2009, 06:08 PM
there are two pulsars that the feds around memphis and nashville have been tryn to get a hold of for a while they just keep changing owners so a pulsar is out of the question i think too but thats just how it is here
BustedS13
08-19-2009, 06:15 PM
wow. gloria instead of skyline. all of the felonious intent, none of the cool.
zenki.life
08-20-2009, 02:51 AM
damn i love those glorias. its funy how the japanese love girl niames, silvia, gloria. im drunk so its funny. :)
Manuelitoohno
08-20-2009, 08:20 PM
i dont get it. why if its so hard to export cars

why do people still export and import cars through long beach.

i know a local guy that has exported his s13 back and to twice like if it was nothing

yet again it was a usdm car but still
Dirty Habit
08-21-2009, 07:40 AM
I love how everyones callin out people on here with illegal shit.

This member has this, this member has that...

Im sure they appreciate it.
DeadlyZ33
08-21-2009, 04:17 PM
On a related note, a guy from my350z was moving back to canada and shipped his car to meet him there. Car got seized at the border and he got fined with illegal parts smuggling.
They confiscated about $17,000 worth of parts if I remember correctly. (which I prolly don't, but it was a lot of premo stuff)
g-via
08-21-2009, 05:21 PM
wow. gloria instead of skyline. all of the felonious intent, none of the cool.

I wholeheartedly disagree with you.
negrosx13
08-21-2009, 05:48 PM
Idk bout you guys in Cali but it would be super easy here in CO to register any imported car. Buy a piece of shit car thats the same make, with a salvage tital. "rebuild" it as a GTR. Easy.

I like your thinking man,but that great to lose the car completely and go to jail for lil bit.

Why not rock the CDM plates??i Seen 3 or 4 cars rollin around in ny with those plates
GSXRJJordan
08-21-2009, 06:03 PM
Ugh I wanted that Gloria so bad. Good luck, I'm curious to see what you're able to work out.
kalypso123
08-25-2009, 02:03 AM
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2589/101/31470050014_large.jpg

quoted for dopeness