Bare with me /o/, I'm gonna tell you a brief story.
>Have family in Mexico
>regularly go visit once or twice a year
>every time I go, I find at least one or two gems
>found a '67 Camaro shell in excellent condition
>Dad's buddy agreed to sell me his 240z for [spoiler] $3500 USD [/spoiler] .
>Z is in fantastic condition, all original.
>Have never imported a vehicle before
>thinking of investing some of my savings into buying some of those cars and flipping them in the US of A
Does anyone have any experience with importing cars from Mexico/Canada?
>>16616285
You have to go back
>>16616297
No, I don't. Ebin maymay though, did you come up with it all by yourself?
>>16616285
>sell me his 240z for $3500 USD
>Z is in fantastic condition, all original.
I am really jealous of you
I've never had personal experience with importing cars from bordering nations, but I heard its all tricky paperwork. You gotta dot your I and cross your Ts and make sure everything is right when you submit paperwork or you are going to go through a lot of headaches
>>16616456
If it's more than 25 years old it's easy. Otherwise it's basically impossible unless it's rare as fuck or completely identical to the us model.
>>16616285
It's actually not that hard to register so long as it has an American vin you can fudge it by registering it as salvage.
It's old enough none of the emissions states, even California, give a shit.
Drive it across the border, register it through Vermont.
>Bare with me
Stopped reading there.
>>16616549
>reading
Look at this fagboi
>>16616285
I don't see why you'd stand to make any more money flipping them just because they happen to be from Mexico
>>16616285
Bumpity
I'm also from Canada and have family in Mexico. Been really tempted by all the cheap old vws
>>16618735
You have to go back
>>16616285
>Z is in fantastic condition
>in mexico
Should I tell him boys?
>>16616285
>BARE
>>16618744
Well obviously, shipping several VW's would cost too much.
>>16618762
This is the one breh, for $3500 I won't complain
>>16616297
>>16618744
Next time you see a Mexican man tell him that
>>16619117
That entire rear quarter panel is nothing but bondo, and it's cracked because of the rust expanding and pushing it out.
That car is swiss cheese.
>>16619175
>Mexican "men"
lol
>>16619117
>tinted windows
>shit wheels/tires
>weird paint
>dirty
>>16619117
>no mirrors
>clearly not the pride and joy of whoever owns it
>>16619210
All this jelly-o
I think the paint looks great op.
>>16619321
That Z is a giant turd.
>>16619193
this
also look at all that rust forming, marked by the green circle.
>>16619273
A lot of 240z's came from the factory with only the driver side mirror sempai
>>16617129
The exchange rate right now is about $23 MXN to $1USD. Basically get them for cheap there and restore them State side. You deal with a lot less "i know wat i got" type of bullshit than you would in the US.
>>16619605
>smartass
left to right.
crack, paint blister from rust, cracked bondo on upper fender flair.
>>16619605
You forgot to outline the aerodynamics too.
>>16619575
You sure can tell a whole lot from one shitty picture.
Either way, there is no chance of a complete and running 240z for $3500 anywhere else.
Pic related is what $3500 gets you in my area
>>16619702
That's also a 260z, which was made for one year.
>>16619699
>>16619193
Hehe I'll sure get this guy
>thoroughly examines a bad picture of a 4th of the car
>$3500? That's insane look at these minor issues with the paint
>heavy breathing
you need to get outside your basement turbo autist
>>16619735
240>260
>>16618876
>>16616549
>not wanting to get butt-ass nekid with OP
>>16616285
OP, there have been many "hand me down" cars from the US to Mexico. You should check the VIN and see if you can find out if it was sold or registered in the US.
>>16619273
>not knowing that 70-73 240z's only came with 1 mirror on the drivers side.
Scrub
I tried importing a 06 sti and it was a nono... If the car is not made in the US, Canada or mexico you will have to pay 50% of the price to import it.
>>16621336
From where? Japan? Australia? Canada? 50% is insane, is it off MSRP or what you paid for it? Why import an 06 STi tho? There are plenty in the US
>>16621884
Probably MSRP
and probably because he was a college student who moved across the border.
T - lost my corolla when I moved from Canada after finishing college in Quebec
Thing was barely worth 2k, let alone the 2k in fees to get the process started
>>16619175
not all wetbacks all violent criminals you racist.