PDA

View Full Version : Gray Import (market) Vehicles


ODS
10-21-2014, 11:42 AM
What is the definition of a Gray Import (market) Vehicle? Just curious if other peoples opinion matches mine.

s0fa king
10-21-2014, 01:06 PM
something imported thats newer than 25 years old. Its black & white that the US won't allow those cars to be here. If someone is trying to sell one that is already here it goes against the laws stating that they shouldn't be here. How it was imported & 'registered and/or insured' is a mystery, but its here and (Gray market).

HORShi
10-21-2014, 01:21 PM
What is the definition of a Gray Import (market) Vehicle? Just curious if other peoples opinion matches mine.

My spidey senses tell me that the reason you created this thread is much deeper than curiosity and opinions...:coolugh:

jr_ss
10-21-2014, 01:23 PM
Small questions thread. This doesn't need its own thread when you could've easily googled the answer.

ODS
10-21-2014, 01:27 PM
Haha, I know what a gray market vehicle is. I was looking for opinions of other members.

s0fa king
10-21-2014, 01:28 PM
My spidey senses tell me that the reason you created this thread is much deeper than curiosity and opinions...:coolugh:

well he's trying to sell his Skyline & I'm sure someone PM'd him or tried to call him out by saying it was gray market. From what i saw in his thread everything was done on the UP & UP.

If its legal i don't see the need to worry.

KoukiMonsta
10-21-2014, 01:28 PM
Haha, I know what a gray market vehicle is. I was looking for opinions of other members.

Spidey senses are tingling indeed.

ODS
10-21-2014, 01:32 PM
well he's trying to sell his Skyline & I'm sure someone PM'd him or tried to call him out by saying it was gray market. From what i saw in his thread everything was done on the UP & UP.

If its legal i don't see the need to worry.

Someone get this guy a metal.

s0fa king
10-21-2014, 01:35 PM
i saw someone try to use the 'gray market' line on a person trying to sell a 30 y/o car.

People are idiots dude. Those who could actually afford shit don't say shit like, 'if only you were closer'. If someone wants it, they'll do whatever they have to, to get it. If someone is genuinely in the market for a Skyline they'll know enough about it to know whats 'gray market' and whats not.

ODS
10-21-2014, 01:40 PM
Every car is gray market until proven otherwise I guess. Not like I have a thread detailing months of waiting and almost every step I went through.

EJ8 944
10-21-2014, 01:43 PM
For me, it's a car that's here, that really shouldn't be here. If it wasn't imported legally, it's a car that will forever have a noose (seizure) around it's neck.

Currently with the legal importation of certain makes/models, existing grey market cars are worthless IMO, you can generally import these cars for affordable prices now. So purchasing a grey market car without the intent to use it as a parts car, or strictly as an off-road vehicle, is a huge waste of time if you ask me.

deolio
10-21-2014, 02:24 PM
is this regarding a black gloria?

ODS
10-21-2014, 02:29 PM
is this regarding a black gloria?

Negative Sir.

deolio
10-21-2014, 02:31 PM
yeah, nvm just saw your fs thread. glws

ODS
10-21-2014, 03:34 PM
Yea the term gray market get tossed around a lot and its getting old.

GTR-Garage
10-21-2014, 03:59 PM
"Grey import vehicles are new or used motor vehicles and motorcycles legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker's official distribution system. The synonymous term parallel import is sometimes substituted"

California and some other states refer to them as "direct imports".

slower than you
10-22-2014, 07:51 AM
is this regarding a black gloria?

Black Gloria? I went to high school with that bitch.

Kuma
10-23-2014, 11:19 AM
he might have saw this ad on CL

http://texoma.craigslist.org/cto/4700945850.html

hellaslows13
10-23-2014, 11:45 AM
Black Gloria? I went to high school with that bitch.

lolllllllll

GabeS14
10-23-2014, 12:10 PM
Well actually now that there are more and more skylines enterign legally it will actually make it easier to drive a grey market vehicle.. I assume the feds wont be as active as they were in the past.
I dont see the value of grey markets diminishing but infact increasing a bit.

slower than you
10-23-2014, 01:13 PM
Technically federally legal skylines wouod be grey market, and illegally imported ones would be considered black market. Grey market does not mean the car is illegal, it actually means the car was imported legally through a channel other than the manufacturer.

The OP's car is in fact grey market, but thats actually a good thing.

ODS
10-23-2014, 01:40 PM
Well actually now that there are more and more skylines enterign legally it will actually make it easier to drive a grey market vehicle.. I assume the feds wont be as active as they were in the past.
I dont see the value of grey markets diminishing but infact increasing a bit.

I predict the exact opposite.