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Old 08-01-17, 11:11 AM
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My JDM FD has arived in Cali :)
It has been over a year since I was daily driving my FD in Japan. I'm super excited to finally have her here for good...
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Originally Posted by Son1cB00m
It has been over a year since I was daily driving my FD in Japan. I'm super excited to finally have her here for good...
What a pain in the *** it must be to drive a RHD car in the US.

Congrats!
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Nice!

Did you import it under the 25-year exemption?
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Oh man that's awesome, I'm jealous! And glad there's just one more of them in the states now
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Welcome to the brotherhood.


Any issues for emissions in California?
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What's up man! Stationed in the UK and looking to bring back my RX7 to Cali as well. Did you have any issues with emissions or registering the car at DMV?

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Originally Posted by MK3Brent
What a pain in the *** it must be to drive a RHD car in the US.

Congrats!
so far it hasn't been at all ... just driving to work today on the highway it didn't even seem different... even in town. I daily drove it for 3 years in japan. it is funny seeing people break their necks as I go by lol
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Originally Posted by jza80
Nice!

Did you import it under the 25-year exemption?

yes I did. she is 25 years and 3 months old this month. it was pretty easy. i'll register it in Oregon DMV was cool about it when I spoke with them on the phone. insurance was easy too progressive wasn't too much.
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Originally Posted by Redbul
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Any issues for emissions in California?
i'll register it in Oregon DMV was cool about it when I spoke with them on the phone. insurance was easy too progressive wasn't too much.
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Originally Posted by Rotary_Redliner
What's up man! Stationed in the UK and looking to bring back my RX7 to Cali as well. Did you have any issues with emissions or registering the car at DMV?

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i'll register it in Oregon DMV was cool about it when I spoke with them on the phone. insurance was easy too progressive wasn't too much. cali wont be too hard but I would recommend finding someone to do a hot smog or registering out of state if you want to upgrade too much... otherwise it would just fall under a reg FD smog. you may need to upgrade egr and all that crap to meet standards.
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nice FD , i wanted to do the same when i was stationed in S Korea but i end buying one in WA after the korea assignment.
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What's up man! Just following up to see if you were able to get your FD registered in Cali?

I still have my FD but undecided if I want to go through the hassle of bring it back...
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bling... sorry i never even tried Cali.

Originally Posted by Rotary_Redliner
What's up man! Just following up to see if you were able to get your FD registered in Cali?

I still have my FD but undecided if I want to go through the hassle of bring it back...
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Originally Posted by Son1cB00m
bling... sorry i never even tried Cali.
How did you work that out? You must have had an Oregon address to use. Please enlighten me!
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Welllllll. Im from Oregon. Im only stationed here in cali so it was quite easy. Oregon is my home of record. So i dont really have to mess with any of the cali bs
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Originally Posted by MK3Brent
What a pain in the *** it must be to drive a RHD car in the US.

Congrats!
You might be surprised how easily you get used to it....I have zero issues here in Canada. I find the RHD stigma peculiar.

I imagine if you frequent parking lots and drive through's it would be a chore, and insurance can be a pain. But otherwise in my opinion LHD, RHD wheel in the centre.....no big deal.....!
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