Good Idea or Not?

[afrail81]

I am currently in Japan, and since I've been here I have grown to like the MR2. I will be returning to the states in a year or so, and I'm considering bring a couple cars home. I bought a 1990 NA, with less than 50k (km) for $2000. Anyway, do you think that it would be a good investment/project to take to the states?

If anyone has any thoughts/opinions/ideas for me I greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

[todd0305]

Where are you going to be locating? If CA, you might have problems with SMOG CHECK and registration.

[aosmith]

if youre in mich or somewhere in the midwest then do it by all means...no smog here

[Razo-E]

you might have trouble registering it as a legal car...

there are no 1990 MR2s in America...

if it were a '91, you could register it as a "normal" 1991 north american NA MR2, just as long as they dont catch you...

but, i think by the time you get it registered legally, you would have paid more than the price of a USDM NA MR2..

[afrail81]

Thanks for the hits, guys. I actually plan on registering it in MI. The 1990 MR2 is on the NHSTA's list of eligible vehicles for import. I'll have saved up enough cash before I leave here, so I'll be bringing a couple cars home with me.

On another note, if you folks ever have the opportunity to go to Japan, do not pass it up...It's a blast!!!

[MR2Jedi]

I'm curious as to how much it'll cost to ship a car from there?

[todd0305]

About $2000, I think.

[MR2Jedi]

I see...so thats $4,000.00 for a '90na with 50K km-so that would be 30,000 miles. that sounds ok. thats very low mileage for a '90 . you could probably find a '90 MR2 NA here in the states in that price range, but not likely with that low mileage. I assume that would be a righthand driver? have you considered that in respect to the standard lefthand here? I think if I were driving somewhere the standard is right and I'm use to left, it would take me awhile to get use to that. thats if I didn't fu*k up first....

[MR-355-5sfTe]

I wish I had good news.... but I've looked into the importation of jdm cars... just check out this site: www.batfa.com they have a great selection... and for the price of DIRT..... shipping to my closest port (new orleans) was $750..... but batfa was not the problem... it was the registration\emissions\saftey\importation broker\port storage fees..... that's where I decided against it. but, if I had money lying around for that type of thing...... then absolutely, go for it.

[afrail81]

Thanks for the replys! The cool thing about my situation, is I don't have to pay to ship the car (Military pays for it). But after doing some research, I am probably not going to bring the NA to the states. I'm going to find me a turbo or 2 to bring home...with as many parts as I can get my hands on.

[MRQtwinturbo]

the hassles u will encounter with trying to register a rhd car isn't worth it IMO.....save your money and find a turbo in the states when you're back....

[Pineapple]

Also I believe by law you'll need a big "Right Hand Drive" sticker at the back