Need Help!!
02-17-2005, 01:34 AM
#1
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Need Help!!
I Am A Us Marine Currently Stationed In Japan And I Am Thinking About Purchasing A Nissan Skyline. I Have My Eye On A 1992 Gtst However I Know Very Little About Skylines. I Am Only Planing On Purchasing This Car If I Know I Can Get It Back To The States. I Am Told That It Is Not A Problem To Get The Car Through Customs, Is This True? How About Registering, Insurance, Title, Etc. What Would This Car Be Worth In The States. What Kind Of Obstacles Can I Expect To Encounter. Thanks For Any Help You May Be Able To Proivide.
Last edited by onna-tarashi; 02-17-2005 at 01:38 AM.
02-17-2005, 02:36 AM
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not true. im an air force guy stationed here in japan. here's some info about it same guy asking about exporting one.
http://www.hipertekspeed.com/3forums...opic.php?t=377
http://www.hipertekspeed.com/3forums...opic.php?t=377
02-17-2005, 09:59 AM
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I think since you are military you should be able to bring the car in, but I think there are some restrictions to that.
Here's some info I found on the net:
FREE ENTRY: U.S. CITIZENS employed abroad or government employees returning on TDY or voluntary leave may import a foreign made car free of duty provided they enter the U.S. for a short visit, claim nonresident status, and export the vehicle when they leave. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES of the U.S. government returning at the end of an assignment to extended duty outside the customs territory of the U.S. may include a conforming vehicle among their duty-free personal and household effects. The auto must have been purchased abroad and be in its owner's possession prior to departure. Generally, extended duty is 140 days or more. Navy personnel serving aboard a U.S. naval vessel or a supporting naval vessel from its departure from the U.S. to its return after an intended overseas deployment of 120 days or more are entitled to the extended duty exemption. NONRESIDENTS may import a vehicle duty-free for personal use if the vehicle is imported in conjunction with the owner's arrival. Nonconforming vehicles must be exported within one year and may not be sold in the U.S. There is no exemption or extension of the export requirement. Conforming vehicles imported under the duty-free exemption are dutiable if sold within one year of importation. Duty must be paid at the most convenient Customs office before the sale is completed. Conforming vehicles so imported may remain in the U.S. indefinitely once a formal entry is made for EPA purposes.
You can also check this out for more info:
http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm...ingyourcar.htm
http://www.military.com/MilitaryRepo...as_Car,00.html
http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/opm/cars.htm
Here's some info I found on the net:
FREE ENTRY: U.S. CITIZENS employed abroad or government employees returning on TDY or voluntary leave may import a foreign made car free of duty provided they enter the U.S. for a short visit, claim nonresident status, and export the vehicle when they leave. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES of the U.S. government returning at the end of an assignment to extended duty outside the customs territory of the U.S. may include a conforming vehicle among their duty-free personal and household effects. The auto must have been purchased abroad and be in its owner's possession prior to departure. Generally, extended duty is 140 days or more. Navy personnel serving aboard a U.S. naval vessel or a supporting naval vessel from its departure from the U.S. to its return after an intended overseas deployment of 120 days or more are entitled to the extended duty exemption. NONRESIDENTS may import a vehicle duty-free for personal use if the vehicle is imported in conjunction with the owner's arrival. Nonconforming vehicles must be exported within one year and may not be sold in the U.S. There is no exemption or extension of the export requirement. Conforming vehicles imported under the duty-free exemption are dutiable if sold within one year of importation. Duty must be paid at the most convenient Customs office before the sale is completed. Conforming vehicles so imported may remain in the U.S. indefinitely once a formal entry is made for EPA purposes.
You can also check this out for more info:
http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm...ingyourcar.htm
http://www.military.com/MilitaryRepo...as_Car,00.html
http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/opm/cars.htm
02-20-2005, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dave
I know a person who served in the US military, was in the JET program, he got everything free, and his stationed base even helped him pay for his r32 skyline gtr while in station. He got it for 5k, modified, no crash history, mint.
03-02-2005, 07:51 AM
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If you can get it street leagle without going threw MotoRex.
http://www.motorex.net/motorex.html
Then you should buy ten of them and ship them threw.
Sell them here for a 10K markup.
It would be the break threw move of the centry.
Except, for props. it has to br registered for street not show.
Before you do that read this:http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=68376
http://www.motorex.net/motorex.html
Then you should buy ten of them and ship them threw.
Sell them here for a 10K markup.
It would be the break threw move of the centry.
Except, for props. it has to br registered for street not show.
Before you do that read this:http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=68376
03-02-2005, 08:52 AM
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General Skyline Info
For starters, this is a great site to catch up on your basic Skyline knowledge:
http://www.jbskyline.net/
http://www.jbskyline.net/