Possibility of Aerodeck in the US

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 03:38 PM

Ok, its official, I am seriously in love with the aerodeck, and since I live in the United States, the chances of finding one here is less than none. So my only other alternative is to go to Europe and get one and have it shipped back here. So I talked to Tara about it, and she would be totally willing to go to Europe, and of course while we are there I would pick myself up an aerodeck

I just have a few questions for you guys.

1. Would it be street legal to have one in the United States?
2. What kind of engines are in the aerodecks? (Fuel Injected)
3. What countries in Europe that have aerodecks and are primarily English speaking?
4. How much are they usually in US currency?
5. About how much would it cost to ship it back to the United States?

NOTE: This thread is primarily for the Europeans who know the answers to these questions, and for anyone in the US who knows the answers to these questions. Any help would be greatly appreciated for I am extremely serious about doing this.

**dXsquared** · 05-03-2004, 03:45 PM

hmm... too bad your soo far.. i could get you one for like 2500 bucks!!!

Travis

**blazin3gen** · 05-03-2004, 03:47 PM

o hell ya mike if u do that you my man are gonna be the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good luck bro!

**NXRacer** · 05-03-2004, 03:53 PM

your first stop of inquiry about the legality of importing the car would be customs. There is a CRAPLOAD of red tape you'll have to go through to get it imported. The easiest way to get in into your posession would be to have it shipped as a 'show car' and try to convince customs that you're not going to drive it on the street. Thats the hard part. If you get it in your hands (and thats a big if) you can register it like any other car at the DMV.

You might want to talk to MotoRex in Cali and see if they could give you some pointers as to whats the best way to go about importing a car. If you have a friend in the service in europe, they could buy one and ship it through the military for free and totally bypass the Customs BS altogether.

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by dXsquared

hmm... too bad your soo far.. i could get you one for like 2500 bucks!!!

Travis

Wait... you can get them in Canada? Whoa this changes things.

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by NXRacer

your first stop of inquiry about the legality of importing the car would be customs. There is a CRAPLOAD of red tape you'll have to go through to get it imported. The easiest way to get in into your posession would be to have it shipped as a 'show car' and try to convince customs that you're not going to drive it on the street. Thats the hard part. If you get it in your hands (and thats a big if) you can register it like any other car at the DMV.

You might want to talk to MotoRex in Cali and see if they could give you some pointers as to whats the best way to go about importing a car. If you have a friend in the service in europe, they could buy one and ship it through the military for free and totally bypass the Customs BS altogether.

Thanks for the forewarning. Unfortunately I have no friends in the military so that option is shot. If I do have any problems getting it thru customs I guess I will just have to wait it out. I mean they can look all thru it all they want its not like they will find drugs or anything. Whats this MotoReg in Cali? Is that a company or a guy on 3geez?

**NXRacer** · 05-03-2004, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Bloodlust

Thanks for the forewarning. Unfortunately I have no friends in the military so that option is shot. If I do have any problems getting it thru customs I guess I will just have to wait it out. I mean they can look all thru it all they want its not like they will find drugs or anything. Whats this MotoReg in Cali? Is that a company or a guy on 3geez?

you could be waiting until you die of old age. Plus, they can hold it for something like 150% of the value of the car or something. MotoRex is the place in cali that imports and sells the skylines in the US.

**Cheeseburger** · 05-03-2004, 04:24 PM

its a company here in so cal they mainly export nissan skylines, they have a dealer here in orange county i think but they do all of the work with customs and make the cars street legal heres a link to there web site
http://www.motorex.net/contact.html

**NXRacer** · 05-03-2004, 04:29 PM

if you do get an aerodeck imported, see if you could throw in a RHD setup also. I've give my left nut to have a RHD hatch.

**Cheeseburger** · 05-03-2004, 04:34 PM

whats a RHD?

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Cheeseburger

whats a RHD?

Yeah I was about to ask the same thing.

**dXsquared** · 05-03-2004, 04:43 PM

right hand drive

and ya.. theres actually an aerodeck here for ya now

Travis

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by dXsquared

right hand drive

and ya.. theres actually an aerodeck here for ya now

Travis

Oh that sucks that its right hand drive tho. I would def need to find a left hand drive one. There are two necessities for it:

1. Left hand drive
2. Manual Tranny

**Rex** · 05-03-2004, 05:13 PM

Man, I would love an aerodeck.... but it just seems like too much $$... it will be interesting to see if you ever do get one though.

***Vanilla Sky*** · 05-03-2004, 06:36 PM

DX, is that in US funds? how much would that be in US funds?

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 06:54 PM

Well I have talked to Alex, who most know was originally born in Europe, and he told me the best place to find one is Germany. Hell we will go there and drink and eat some sausage. w00t!

**dXsquared** · 05-03-2004, 06:58 PM

http://www.importconcern.ca/broker/10109/

that one is like 2400 USD... so like 3000 shipped taxes in to Ontario... then just drive it down to PA....

Travis

**wprocomp** · 05-03-2004, 06:59 PM

but ddont expect to get it over here all in one peice...expect dents,missings parts etc. ,and there is a 95% probabilty that it will be that way

**Bloodlust** · 05-03-2004, 07:26 PM

I was talking to my Dad who is a mechanic and he brought up two very good points to me.

1. Would it pass US inspection, ecspecially in the state of Pennsylvania?
2. Would it pass emissions?

**NXRacer** · 05-03-2004, 09:28 PM

1. Would it pass US inspection, ecspecially in the state of Pennsylvania?

it wont pass Federal safety standards. Thats the biggest reason why they dont let cars into the states without some serious work. you have to reinforce the bumpers, replace the glass and a bunch of other shit.

2. Would it pass emissions?
probably not, but thats not hard to fix.

**Bloodlust** · 05-04-2004, 03:56 AM

geez it sounds like a lot of work just for a car! But hey at least I will be visiting Germany and see where my great grandparents were from.

**LadyofBloodlust** · 05-04-2004, 03:58 AM

Oh geeze I am sorry that last post was from me, Mike was signed on my computer here at my house and he never logged out. My bad! Sorry babe!

***Vanilla Sky*** · 05-04-2004, 03:58 AM

well, if it's been registered in canada, find yourself a "snowbird" from canada to buy it for you... since they are in canada, they can reg one here for winter use, and they can then sell it to you

that's a loophole for canada

BTW, he probably like it when you jump all over him like that

**thegreatdane** · 05-04-2004, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by Bloodlust

1. Would it be street legal to have one in the United States?
2. What kind of engines are in the aerodecks? (Fuel Injected)
3. What countries in Europe that have aerodecks and are primarily English speaking?
4. How much are they usually in US currency?
5. About how much would it cost to ship it back to the United States?

1: Depending on which country you buy the aerodeck in there may or may not be a catalytic converter installed on the car, but with a catalytic converter I think they should be close to pass your emission inspections. European Accords does not have EGR and does not have any Oxygen sensors.

2: The most common engines in the aerodeck is the 2.0 litre EFI A20A4 with 122hp, in some of them (not many) there is also the B20A2 engine with 137hp. Recently I have even seen an aerodeck with leather interior for sale in germany. They also have the 2.0 litre carbureted A20A2 engine with 106hp.

3: In England they have the Aerodecks but they are right hand drive. Most of the northern european countries have the aerodecks and are generally good english speaking. You will find a lot of aerodecks in Germany but they are usually not that good english speaking. Some are and some are not. Countries with left hand drive aerodecks in Europe: Norway, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Holland. Russia has them too.

4: From $1000 to $5000 depending on the condition and what country you buy it in.

5: No idea..

***Vanilla Sky*** · 05-04-2004, 04:01 AM

as a loophole for everywhere else, have it container shipped, and pull like the ECU so it's a non-running car... import it as parts... seems that if you can get it past customs the rest is gravy