So I found this on Craigslist.

"Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)" (brycehimelrick)
01/21/2016 at 16:12 • Filed to: None

I like skylines in general and didn’t realize how cheap they were.

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DISCUSSION (26)

Party-vi > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:15

Saying that lip is “a bit scraped up” is like saying your girlfriend is “a bit pregnant”. Also, I would ask for confirmation of the date it was imported/received in the US, because even though the car is a 1990 and it’s currently 2016, if the car was in-country before it was 25 years old it is still illegal and they can seize your shit. Being registered in Connecticut doesn’t mean a damn thing.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:19

That isn’t really cheap at all... http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv…

djmt1 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
01/21/2016 at 16:24

I wonder how lucrative it would be to start hoarding R33 & R34 Skylines in preparation for when the Yanks can get them.

Takuro Spirit > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:24

Kinja'd!!!

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Party-vi
01/21/2016 at 16:24

That’s not true. Once the car is 25 years old it’s safe from the the crusher. No matter when it was brought it. It’s part of the reason the motorex R34s are legal

CALUSA > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:24

Kinja'd!!!

FAPauto?

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
01/21/2016 at 16:25

That’s the uk...not the us

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > djmt1
01/21/2016 at 16:26

It might actually be a decent money maker. Hell if you bought an r34 a few years ago and sold it here youd be in profit. When I was dreaming about cars in my mid teens you could get an r34 gtr for 20k theyre 30k now.

The Hope of Africa > djmt1
01/21/2016 at 16:26

I hope the Feds give an amnesty in these cases.

Or maybe the reason they’re zealous of crushing these beauties is because they want the prices to skyrocket?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
01/21/2016 at 16:28

Both are imported from Japan and therefore from the same market. Yes there may be differences in import/registration cost but the rest is just price hiking by sellers.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
01/21/2016 at 16:28

Nope. There were a bunch of cars that were crushed because they had been imported before they were 25 years old. Even though at the time of seizure they would have been legal to import.

BeaterGT > Party-vi
01/21/2016 at 16:29

I thought scraped up lips usually meant herpies?

Conan > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:31

These guys are good and trustworthy. DeMuro ordered through them. One and maybe another of my former students will be interns with them

http://japaneseclassics.com/

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
01/21/2016 at 16:32

No the difference is from the get go skylines were legal in the uk. They weren’t in America. So the market saturation is higher in the UK meaning prices are cheaper. Since they just became legal here in the states the ones that are already here are going to be more expensive. And not everyone wants to deal with importing one themselves.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
01/21/2016 at 16:36

Thats exactly my point, the supply price is roughly the same, the only difference is that people selling them can sell really high because of the demand. Prices will probably crash once a good few have made it over there.

Party-vi > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
01/21/2016 at 16:36

The only reason Motorex R34 cars are legal is because Motorex mislead the US Government, stating the R34 and R32 were similar enough to the R33 that they did not have to perform additional crash testing and emissions testing, and they mislead consumers stating the cars had been federalized in compliance with their proprietary process. That is why owners of the misrepresented Motorex R34s have a Motorex letter issued for their cars .

Also, vehicles imported after the Motorex fiasco are not legal unless they are over 25 years old, so any R32 or R34 imported after March 1, 2006 but before 25 years after the production date is an illegally imported car, regardless of the vehicle age now. None of the illegally imported cars are or have been grandfathered in.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Party-vi
01/21/2016 at 16:40

I knew the motorex cars were grandfathered in because the government got duped I just thought that as long as you kept it from the feds till after it was 25 it’d be safe

RX > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:43

Didnt Doug buy and sell his for $21k?

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 16:44

They really aren’t that bad. All the ones on Japanese Classics have all been between 21 and 24 grand. http://japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1990-n…

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 17:00

I’m sorry I thought you said it was cheap?

How about $12K ?

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/…

or a little nicer one for $16K

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/…

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 17:02

there’s one for sale out in Long Island as well, same price. I don’t believe anything though of this rarity and cult following to be legit on CL though

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 17:16

Lots of skylines kicking around western Canada. Lots of them have been here for years. Lots of seriously messed up skylines in back yards in the hood.

Needmoargarage > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 17:28

This one showed up pretty close to me. Sort of tempting, but I think I’d rather do other car things with that money.

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/540446…

Party-vi > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
01/21/2016 at 19:12

I’m sure you wouldn’t get as much scrutiny, but they’ve got such hard-ons for these things if they caught a whiff of it they’d crush it.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/21/2016 at 20:49

CP. You can get them in Canada 15k - 20k all day.

DirtyBird > Bryce H(Wants an M coupe)
01/22/2016 at 07:57

fairly certain ive seen this one near me, and if its the same one the guy who drives it is an idiot, went screaming down a residential street in the flurries last week