captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
4/4/20 4:33 p.m.

If they're not currently enforcing EPA regulations, does that mean that grey market vehicles are currently able to slip through a loophole?

Daddy wants some Jimny in his life. 

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
4/4/20 4:43 p.m.

I doubt you'd get it through customs before life is back to normal, just in tim for the EPA to snatch it (rightly so) from under you. 

ChrisLS8
ChrisLS8 Reader
4/4/20 5:00 p.m.

Not sure if serious

 This is GRM, THE place to be serious about the goofy, the inane, the downright bad ideas. 

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
4/4/20 5:07 p.m.

In reply to ChrisLS8 :

Serious to wanting a Jimny, not serious to importing one. (I'd love if Mazda sold them through their dealership network if they were to become federalized). 

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) PowerDork
4/4/20 5:13 p.m.
Will
Will UltraDork
4/4/20 6:33 p.m.

Getting it in and keeping it after things go back to normal are two different things.

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/4/20 6:58 p.m.
Will said:

Getting it in and keeping it after things go back to normal are two different things.

Yeah... there is precedent for cars getting crushed long after they were imported under questionable circumstances.

ChrisLS8
ChrisLS8 Reader
4/4/20 9:25 p.m.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
Will said:

Getting it in and keeping it after things go back to normal are two different things.

Yeah... there is precedent for cars getting crushed long after they were imported under questionable circumstances.

There absolutely is. I personally had an acquaintance in Sacramento, his R34 was seized and crushed after purchasing through motorex

Apexcarver
Apexcarver UltimaDork
4/4/20 10:00 p.m.

In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :

I assure you, government agencies are still working from home... 

alfadriver (Forum Supporter)
alfadriver (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
4/5/20 7:53 a.m.
Apexcarver said:

In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :

I assure you, government agencies are still working from home... 

That I can confirm 100%.

And I also agree that just importing it right now will be as or more painful than dealing with the EPA.  Things are just too shut down and borders are "sealed" except for certain things.

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/5/20 8:14 a.m.
DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

Just buy a Samarai.....https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/286928528962428/

For that matter.. Wasn't Toyman asking half as much for a rust free tin top Samurai?

 

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
4/5/20 8:24 a.m.
OHSCrifle said:
DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

Just buy a Samarai.....https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/286928528962428/

For that matter.. Wasn't Toyman asking half as much for a rust free tin top Samurai?

 

He was, because I was seriously considering buying it.  

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