Here's America's Problem:

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
12/13/2014 at 21:34 • Filed to: None

Nissan Skyline GT-R R34.

Approved for sale in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, South America, Canada, Mexico, but not the US.

Remind you of anything?

"We follow the imperial system You've probably never heard of it."

"Euro-NCAP? Too mainstream."

DISCUSSION (46)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:36

I don't know what you're getting at.

ClassicDatsunDebate > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:39

Are you saying that the Metric system is the reason that you guys can't have nice things?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:39

As asinine as it is that we can't have the R-34 over here, I am positive it's the least of our Nation's problems at the moment.

The whole racist, sexist, other-phobic, Corporate takeover by Angry Old Rich White Guys who hate anything that isn't just like their idealized vision of the 1950s springs to mind first.

TheHondaBro > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/13/2014 at 21:40

The Hoonda experience is better with some Shrooms.

Jayhawk Jake > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:40

I don't think I follow

Flavien Vidal > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:40

You can thank Ronald Reagan for doing the opposite of what he advocated and close the borders on car imports... free market yeah!!! but no :)

Alex from Toronto > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/13/2014 at 21:40

Countries with the metric system have awsome cars.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:40

If this had been sold in America, you would have had to drive on the wrong side of the car, or your steering shaft and the twin turbos would be trying to occupy the same space.

While we can change our nation's laws, we cannot change the law of displacement.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Alex from Toronto
12/13/2014 at 21:41

Awesome cars

Stanced Nissan

Metric System

TheHondaBro > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius
12/13/2014 at 21:42

People in other countries, such as Great Britain, drive both types of cars. Ya know why? They can import ANY car they want!

Alex from Toronto > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/13/2014 at 21:44

Okayy minus stanced nissan.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/13/2014 at 21:45

I can't drive racial equality through curving mountain roads.

Duh.

TheHondaBro > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/13/2014 at 21:45

If you examine the law's political implications, it is kind of a bigger deal than being able to live out our Fast and Furious fantasies.

We can't import these cars so that American OEMs get more sales. Well, rather than funneling our money to them, why not get them to build and sell cars like the ones we can't have?

At this point, you get into automotive politics, and corporate greed, then your cocoa is ready.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:45

Except you don't actually follow the British Imperial system as it has evolved over the years. It causes confusion because the Imperial system is still in use in Canada in a limited capacity, but half the units are different from the US customary units which we see all the time. Half of the gallon jugs are 20% bigger than the other half.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:47

The fact that Canada and Mexico can have it but the country directly in between the two cannot is a little ridiculous.

DoYouEvenShift > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:48

Kinja'd!!!

Blondude > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/13/2014 at 21:50

*Lowered Nissan

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 21:54

we in Australia can import almost anything BUT if it's under 25 years old , you have to pay someone to convert it to RHD if it isn't already if you want to register it for the road.

E92M3 > Alex from Toronto
12/13/2014 at 21:55

There's 2 types of countries. Those that have been to the moon, and those that haven't.

TheHondaBro > Flavien Vidal
12/13/2014 at 22:01

I wasn't around during Reagan's reign, so I wouldn't know.

Flavien Vidal > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 22:09

You can't thank him anymore either :)

TheHondaBro > Flavien Vidal
12/13/2014 at 22:12

I don't think I ever thanked him.

Snooder87 > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 22:13

It's not to improve sales for American OEMs. It's to help foreign OEMs prevent grey imports.

The law was sponsored by Mercedes, not GM.

ly2v8-Brian > pip bip - choose Corrour
12/13/2014 at 22:21

That is even more stupid.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ly2v8-Brian
12/13/2014 at 22:25

welcome to the nanny state!

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > DoYouEvenShift
12/13/2014 at 22:35

Soooooo last century.

Kinja'd!!!

ly2v8-Brian > pip bip - choose Corrour
12/13/2014 at 22:40

I know, I feel for ya.

DoYouEvenShift > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
12/13/2014 at 23:02

Yes it was.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 23:27

I think I addressed why in the second half of my first reply.

I don't disagree with your point. I would rather live in this country and be allowed to import any car I wanted so long as I had the means.

The larger political implications are just what I said. Our country has been stolen by a bunch of racist, sexist, greedy assholes who want very much to return the world to their vision of what they think the 1950s looked like.

Being able to drive an R-34 in the US means that we've actually decided to run the country on reason and logic not rhetoric and grandstanding.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
12/13/2014 at 23:30

Sarcasm aside, I would rather go without any possibility of getting the R-34 over here if that meant we could achieve equality for everyone.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/13/2014 at 23:44

Yup. I am in 100% agreement. Trust me, equality is something I am very passionate about. I'm sure the Cigar Lounge is bored of my posts by now.

But while I think we should certainly focus on racial/gender/general equality before we focusing on focusing on import laws, one is not going to stop the other. And I certainly wouldn't complain if some sneaky politician worked a clause that let us import RS6 Avants into into a thousand-page bill about something more important.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > TheHondaBro
12/13/2014 at 23:49

And of course, there's a Polandball for this.

Kinja'd!!!

Xyl0c41n3 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
12/14/2014 at 00:46

Heh. I see you posting over there and it always makes me smile. Keep pulling the long troll, Smores. It's fucking awesome. :-)

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Xyl0c41n3
12/14/2014 at 01:07

While I do get some twisted pleasure out of other people on CL getting mad about them (or completely ignoring them, in the case of my most recent post) I'm not trolling! I swear! That doesn't mean I'm going to stop though. Ahaha.

Really I just don't have anywhere else to post my rants, but I think I would still post them there even if I did. Some of the comments I got on the last two were absolute gems.

Xyl0c41n3 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
12/14/2014 at 01:12

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SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Xyl0c41n3
12/14/2014 at 01:18

Oh, okay! That would be awesome. I've heard of Backtalk but I don't think I've ever ventured over. I'll add it to my list of kinja blogs I rotate through when Oppo and GT are slow.

Xyl0c41n3 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
12/14/2014 at 01:33

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SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Xyl0c41n3
12/14/2014 at 01:43

I definitely will! Thank you :)

God, all these new sub-blogs are going to make procrastinating even easier. Ahaha

Xyl0c41n3 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
12/14/2014 at 01:54

Hehe. Kinja is a very big place outside of oppo. ^_^

SlickMcRick > TheHondaBro
12/14/2014 at 07:36

People that work for the Post Office drive RHD trucks. Well the smaller delivery ones are.

DipodomysDeserti > DoYouEvenShift
12/14/2014 at 13:34

The guys who put the flag on the moon all used the metric system. Your comment reveals America's real problem: education.

DipodomysDeserti > E92M3
12/14/2014 at 13:35

and even the country that went to the moon used the metric system to get there...

DoYouEvenShift > DipodomysDeserti
12/14/2014 at 14:10

Im very aware of that. I use mostly metric units where I work.

Clearly your comments reveal your problem. No sense of humor.

Move it along downer Debbie.

E92M3 > DipodomysDeserti
12/14/2014 at 14:42

Bullshit! The rocket fuel was measured in gallons not liters.

DipodomysDeserti > DoYouEvenShift
12/14/2014 at 16:35

I thought my comment was pretty funny too.

DoYouEvenShift > DipodomysDeserti
12/14/2014 at 17:09

I had a lol