Importing an illegal car into the America!

Daaryl

Wouldn't you be sick if you were stuck in this lads position lol



GULFPORT, Miss. - Prosecutors say an Ocean Springs man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of smuggling into the United States an illegally imported car made in Japan.

The Sun Herald reports a federal grand jury indicted 31-year-old Kendall Noble on four counts of wire fraud and one count of smuggling in the case. In exchange for the plea, the three wire fraud charges were dismissed recently.

Noble faces a maximum prison term of up to 20 years and up to a $250,000 fine.

According to the indictment, Noble knew a 2001 Nissan Silvia he brought to South Mississippi did not meet Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency standards. In addition, the car is a right-hand drive.


Source : http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/01/28/mississippi-smuggling-car/22454213/

Sobanek

#murica

Foxhole Norman

America never ceases to amaze me.

Asmooh

Gosh... 20 years and 250k just because you want a car? thats insane!

tossy

The American system is very prohibitive and it varies from state to state,also much like the civil service here information can be very hard to come by.

When i was selling my car back in 2010 i had several people in the states interested but most were put off my the restrictions on importing in their respective states.

I feel that poor chap, the law is a crap one but it's the law and if he was aware of it then....

Valetta

Did he mistakenly declare it as garlic?

ironclaw

Some Telsa models are illegal in some US States and the Polaris Slingshot is illegal too in many. Its possible to petition the State to allow them but its an expensive route to take.

wonski

Noble faces a maximum prison term of up to 20 years and up to a $250,000 fine.

He should sell or smuggle drugs. Or maybe, just maybe, kill someone.

Or rob a bank.

Up to 20 years:eek: America.

A law. Let's respect it:mad:

Kenny Logins

Valetta wrote: »

Did he mistakenly declare it as garlic?

Apples.

Atlantic Dawn

Makes our VRT rules seem tame.

I've spotted right hand drive London Bus's over there, is the right hand drive ban limited to certain states? No NCT or car test of any type over in the US, must be lots of cars on the road that shouldn't be.

twowheelsonly

Good old Mississippi, where no permit or licence is needed to buy practically any gun, rifle or shotgun and there's no need to register them either!!

I suppose they're right though, someone could be killed by that car :eek:

AndyBoBandy

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No NCT or car test of any type over in the US, must be lots of cars on the road that shouldn't be.

Remember that show a few years back, Pimp my Ride? some of the death traps they used to pick up were truly shocking,
and in the early days of the show, they simply put a set of turntables and the PA system from the Wright Venue in to the cars, along with 2 tons of other stuff.
it was only later I actually saw them fixing up the cars mechanically as well as loading them down with tech..

we knows you like doing a bit of DIY, so we've installed a fully functioning carpentry workshop up in here

The Real B-man

Assualt Rifles Yes
Kinder Eggs No
Importing a Jap Car No

Chris_Heilong

America always uses the word 'federal' far too much, annoying as hell.

It is crap that they cant get certain cars but if they could then the price of importing from Japan for us would triple.

wonski

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

America always uses the word 'federal' far too much, annoying as hell.

It is crap that they cant get certain cars but if they could then the price of importing from Japan for us would triple.

You don't want to put a word "federal" and "crap" in the same post.

20 years minimum:D

MarkR

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

America always uses the word 'federal' far too much, annoying as hell.

It is crap that they cant get certain cars but if they could then the price of importing from Japan for us would triple.

Should they call it big law / little law? It's a federal, rather than a state issue.

5500

Generally they have a 25 year rule with regards to imports, unless they chance the illegal route of cut and shut/kit car/unregd.

As an example the prices of 89 nissan skyline gtrs has risen rapidly with bidding wars from buyers in the states with them now being legal there

CJhaughey

Its designed to protect the domestic car manufacturers.
The amount of testing and EPA compliance etc is a joke.

goz83

There we have it. Motor indusrty in the usa throwing its weight around.

Tea 1000

On the bright side, there's a cheap RHD S15 for sale, so long as you export it!

CJhaughey

Tea 1000 wrote: »

On the bright side, there's a cheap RHD S15 for sale, so long as you export it!

Nope the Federal Govt, crush all these vehicles.
Lots of bikes gone the same way as well.

Tea 1000

CJhaughey wrote: »

Nope the Federal Govt, crush all these vehicles.
Lots of bikes gone the same way as well.

Feckin hoors...!

Del2005

The UK was similar till they realised that the Irish government was making money registering JDM cars and shipping to the UK. At the start they had to unload the cars, then the boats just entered Irish waters and then the UK allowed the boats to unload directly. Even now the amount of hassle to register an import to the UK is a lot of hassle.


Countries with domestic car industries always do this to protect their own, just look at the tariffs the EU place on a lot of foodstuffs. The Chinese stopping the export of rare earth metals. etc

He'd have been in as much trouble if he'd smuggled any product made outside the US

CJhaughey

Del2005 wrote: »

The UK was similar till they realised that the Irish government was making money registering JDM cars and shipping to the UK. At the start they had to unload the cars, then the boats just entered Irish waters and then the UK allowed the boats to unload directly. Even now the amount of hassle to register an import to the UK is a lot of hassle.

But its still possible to register a JDM vehicle in the UK and Europe.
Its pretty much impossible to register anything <25yrs old in the US.
Of course you can go through all the hoops but its the same as bringing in a whole series of vehicles for a company like Toyota or Honda.

ironclaw

This guy managed it. You can tell by the temporary plates :pac: