Feds Seize Illegal Nissan Skyline GT-Rs In Cali - TriStateTuners.com :: Home of Tristate Auto Enthusiast

tomustang · 10-03-2009, 11:02 AM

http://jalopnik.com/5371967/feds-sei...-gt+rs-in-cali

cali boys are busted

NOPSTNS · 10-03-2009, 11:12 AM

let em take em. r34's and below are old news!

please no one yell at me, im fragile

importpower99 · 10-03-2009, 11:12 AM

Weak!!!
So when they seize the car are they going to crush it then?

TalonTsi97 · 10-03-2009, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by importpower99

Weak!!!
So when they seize the car are they going to crush it then?

I'm pretty sure they go to a private export auction and are sold pretty cheap and sent overseas.

ourbloodykisses · 10-03-2009, 11:17 AM

suckss

mcperson2k · 10-03-2009, 11:22 AM

No, they will prob keep them in a warehouse, so that the next time Paul Walker has to go undercover, he will have a decent sized selection.

Proven · 10-03-2009, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcperson2k

No, they will prob keep them in a warehouse, so that the next time Paul Walker has to go undercover, he will have a decent sized selection.

ha!, best response!

Scapegoat · 10-03-2009, 11:23 AM

sucks for the owners... but you gotta pay to play.

though, it is pretty ****ing stupid that they're generally illegal to own in the states

OMGz Turbo · 10-03-2009, 11:31 AM

thats beat

jcr557 · 10-03-2009, 12:03 PM

that sucks

ndubz · 10-03-2009, 01:16 PM

That...... Is unconstitutional on every possible level. Theyre registered as kit cars. You dont see the feds taking people's noble M400's and hot rods. Why are they doing this with skylines? and if they are cuz they arent supposed to be here, then why dont they go confiscate all of the porsche 959s, Pagani Zondas, and other imported high performance cars. This is bull****. These people are heretics.

GHost240SX · 10-03-2009, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndubz

That...... Is unconstitutional on every possible level. Theyre registered as kit cars. You dont see the feds taking people's noble M400's and hot rods. Why are they doing this with skylines? and if they are cuz they arent supposed to be here, then why dont they go confiscate all of the porsche 959s, Pagani Zondas, and other imported high performance cars. This is bull****. These people are heretics.

Hot rods are kit cars....M400s are kit cars. Skylines are not ****ing kit cars. They a JDM vehicles, meaning they roll off the factory line with all those same parts. Just cause you take it apart over there and then reassemble it over here does not make it a kit car. It makes it a ****ing Nissan Skyline.

Scapegoat · 10-03-2009, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GHost240SX

Hot rods are kit cars....M400s are kit cars. Skylines are not ****ing kit cars. They a JDM vehicles, meaning they roll off the factory line with all those same parts. Just cause you take it apart over there and then reassemble it over here does not make it a kit car. It makes it a ****ing Nissan Skyline.

considering the way these cars were imported and classified as kit cars when they reached our shores... yes... they are considered, by the law, as kit cars

GHost240SX · 10-04-2009, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

considering the way these cars were imported and classified as kit cars when they reached our shores... yes... they are considered, by the law, as kit cars

No they aren't considered kits. Kit car implies that it is a car constructed from a "KIT" aka no drive train and leave the factory unassembled. The government isn't stupid, and the only reason they care because it's an easy win. All you have to do is pull the person over and see how their **** is registered. There ARE skylines that are legal, BUT they are FEW and FAR between.

R32s are legal. SOME R33s and R34s are legal. It's all about the 15 year rule and believe it or not MOTOREX. Also, there wouldn't be soo much care about this if not for the F&F generation.

Scapegoat · 10-04-2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GHost240SX

No they aren't considered kits. Kit car implies that it is a car constructed from a "KIT" aka no drive train and leave the factory unassembled. The government isn't stupid, and the only reason they care because it's an easy win. All you have to do is pull the person over and see how their **** is registered. There ARE skylines that are legal, BUT they are FEW and FAR between.

R32s are legal. SOME R33s and R34s are legal. It's all about the 15 year rule and believe it or not MOTOREX. Also, there wouldn't be soo much care about this if not for the F&F generation.

what you are failing to understand is, they were registered as kit cars by the company that imported them... therefore, they are kit cars. If the current owner does not abide by the rules of owning a vehicle classified as such, the government has every right to step in as those laws were in place before this vehicle landed on the shore and was registered as such.

mcperson2k · 10-04-2009, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GHost240SX

No they aren't considered kits. Kit car implies that it is a car constructed from a "KIT" aka no drive train and leave the factory unassembled. The government isn't stupid, and the only reason they care because it's an easy win. All you have to do is pull the person over and see how their **** is registered. There ARE skylines that are legal, BUT they are FEW and FAR between.

R32s are legal. SOME R33s and R34s are legal. It's all about the 15 year rule and believe it or not MOTOREX. Also, there wouldn't be soo much care about this if not for the F&F generation.

The 15 year rule doesn't apply to Skylines. Some people manage to get the 32's registered with their insurance companies, than claim they are "Legal" when they try to sell them, but they aren't. If they were, than everyone would be bringing them down from Canadia, no questions asks, since they are very affordable super cars.

DPancoast · 10-03-2009, 01:56 PM

lol... do you even know what the requirements are of a "kit car". I highly doubt that they are following the rules of having a kit car and are DDing them every day.

Too ****ing bad.

evomike · 10-03-2009, 01:59 PM

So because the govt thinks they may be driven frequently they just came and took em? That's kinda wack and really out of line I'd be pissed

DPancoast · 10-03-2009, 02:12 PM

lol while I would be pissed too, it's just what happens. It's the govt and it's IN CALIFORNIA... of all states in the US... you can't be surprised.

evomike · 10-03-2009, 02:35 PM

I just doesn't seem legal to me it even says they suspect they are being driven
frequently that's a lawsuit in my book.

10-03-2009, 11:02 AM	#1
tomustang Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northampton County, Pa Member #1302 iTrader: (0)	Feds Seize Illegal Nissan Skyline GT-Rs In Cali http://jalopnik.com/5371967/feds-sei...-gt+rs-in-cali cali boys are busted

10-03-2009, 11:17 AM	#5
ourbloodykisses Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Williamstown, NJ Member #8143 My Ride: 2002 Honda Civic EX iTrader: (0)	suckss __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

10-03-2009, 11:31 AM	#9
OMGz Turbo Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ltown Member #3108 My Ride: 01' WS6..That whistles...01' Explorer 5.slow iTrader: (0)	thats beat __________________ loading HATERS.....99% ████████████████] NO ONE CARES ABOUT BEING TTT APPROVED

10-03-2009, 12:03 PM	#10
jcr557 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2008 Location: Philly Member #7777 My Ride: Fiesta ST, Subaru WRX iTrader: (0)	that sucks __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Nissan Skyline GT-R	olletsocmit	Spotted!	5	10-20-2008 07:04 PM
Nissan Skyline GTR!	05 mazda6s	General Car Related Chat	3	07-18-2008 09:03 AM
stree racers cars in cali. being crushed to stop illegal racing.... WTF	cmr076	Off-Topic	10	06-22-2007 02:41 AM

10-03-2009, 11:12 AM	#2
NOPSTNS Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Member #3176 iTrader: (0)	let em take em. r34's and below are old news! please no one yell at me, im fragile

10-03-2009, 11:12 AM	#3
importpower99 Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Allentown, PA Member #5620 My Ride: 2012 Xterra Pro 4X iTrader: (0)	Weak!!! So when they seize the car are they going to crush it then?

10-03-2009, 11:22 AM	#6
mcperson2k Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Apr 2009 Member #13471 My Ride: ██▓▒░ iTrader: (0)	No, they will prob keep them in a warehouse, so that the next time Paul Walker has to go undercover, he will have a decent sized selection.

10-03-2009, 11:23 AM	#8
Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	sucks for the owners... but you gotta pay to play. though, it is pretty ****ing stupid that they're generally illegal to own in the states

10-03-2009, 01:16 PM	#11
ndubz Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: tristate area Member #6107 iTrader: (1)	That...... Is unconstitutional on every possible level. Theyre registered as kit cars. You dont see the feds taking people's noble M400's and hot rods. Why are they doing this with skylines? and if they are cuz they arent supposed to be here, then why dont they go confiscate all of the porsche 959s, Pagani Zondas, and other imported high performance cars. This is bull****. These people are heretics.

10-03-2009, 01:59 PM	#18
evomike Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Member #2578 My Ride: 03 duramax and a 04 evo iTrader: (3)	So because the govt thinks they may be driven frequently they just came and took em? That's kinda wack and really out of line I'd be pissed

10-03-2009, 02:35 PM	#20
evomike Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Member #2578 My Ride: 03 duramax and a 04 evo iTrader: (3)	I just doesn't seem legal to me it even says they suspect they are being driven frequently that's a lawsuit in my book.