so my passion for rx7 began when i was 12
and one of friends brother bought an rx7 and took us for a spin
since than i wanted to have 1
and finally i have when i am 20
let me know what you guys think about the video
anees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWBcvkUmi5A

 

Pakistan is on the list of places I'd never want to visit but it's nice to see they like RX-7s.

 

^^^^^

 

^ Karachi is in Pakistan.

 

so is Osama bin laden hahaha

 

Wow, they have RX-7 there? cool~~~~

 

many places are able to import kouki rx7's. its just that here in canada we have really **** import policies :P

 

I thought Karachi was in MW2? :P

Good to see 7 fans are everywhere, but I cannot stand the music choice, spanish rap just reminds me of ricers trying to race everyone at red lights...

 

just to make it clear for every1
that
karachi is in pakistan
and it is a really beautiful city with many good people and car lovers
but unfortunately due to some people ... pakistan is no longer a safe place to be!!!

 

i made this thread coz i found it shocking that they can almost import any cars
and we have shitty rule of 15 years old cars!!!
i wonder who came up with this rule... why the cars have to be 15 years old?

 

lol yeah!!!! back home we run any street lights
our streets our rules

 

Could be the worse, you could be in the States - where the rule is 30 years (although they get a few newer ones in too, mostly through US servicemen stationed overseas being allowed to bring cars home, I think).

Most countries with any sort of safety and emissions regs restrict import of foreign-sold autos that may or may not meet domestic regs. Imagine, for example, if someone had decided to import smokey, deathtrap East German Trabants - made from compressed lint and sawdust, and burned enough oil to put rotaries to shame.

That our rule "only" prohibits newer than 15 years is based on the assumption few 15 year-old cars are likely to be driven regularly, and will rather be primarily collector cars. This is part of why the relative flood of JDM's is causing rethinking of the 15 year rule - lots of JDM's that with RHD and different safety regs aren't really intended for our roads are being driven as daily drivers.

 

good point!!
i also think they want to keep japanese cars out of market
they want people to buy american cars... better economy may be..........
even though honda, toyota are dominant in canadian car market !!!!!!

 

I don't think it's about keeping out JDM's so much, since again, 15 year old cars generally bought for a few thousand dollars cash aren't, as a rule, cutting into new car sales, foreign or domestics. Besides, most popular Japanese models are already built at North American assembly plants, so they are "domestic" in a sense, since jobs are created here, even if a lot of components are still shipped from overseas. Although some used car dealers have complained 15 year imports cut into their sales (lots of used dealers have gotten in on the act too, though, importing them from the US or offshore themselves to sell). Mostly comes down to the relatively large numbers of JDM's now coming over and being driven regularly raising questions of whether large numbers of RHD cars should be on the road when the roads and driving laws were designed with LHD in mind. I'm not saying no to JDM's myself, but I do recognize why it raises questions - fairly legitimate ones.

I'm hoping it doesn't turn out these cars are being involved in a disproportionate number of accidents (related to RHD, or just to the fact many are in the hands of young/inexperienced/reckless drivers, because the two are separate issues, but may not be treated as such), because that will probably give BC, Ontario, and Quebec the ammo they're looking for to pressure Transport Canada to raise the 15 year rule and tighten imports generally. I'm all for cool cars continuing to get here, even if it's after 15 years.

 

excellent points, and i fully agree.

Most buyers that look into buying 15 year old JDM vehicles aren't really in the market for other vehicles (i.e. LHD counter-parts), since most of them are performance vehicles (Skylines, RX7s, supras, MR2s etc, these are the most popular), so it's not like the buyers are looking for your regular DD type cars. I personally believe it has nothing to do with competition on domestic car sales etc.

It definitely has more to do with the safety of RHD vehicles like rx7racerca mentioned. Since most of the RHD imports are performance vehicles (i'm making a generalization, but a pretty accurate one at that), they are more susceptible to getting into accidents (this may not be true, but is most likely the view the gov't takes)