First Motorex, now Kaizo. More GTRs seized by police forces from Cali owners.

[speedminded]

Thats good to hear!

I have never and probably will never own a Skyline(but i like them) but this shit is stupid....there are MUCH bigger problems out there besides cars. There has to be some way to stop this or atleast get people their money back. The way I see it is the government is stealing cars...I mean...they are not the ones that purchased these cars....yet they take them from people...hmmm

The government seizing something they consider federally illegal is stealing now? So with that logic if I bought a Class III weapon without going through the proper procedures of obtaining the required permit to purchase and possess it you're saying it would be wrong for them to seize it and put me in jail? Despite it being illegal [to me] I paid for it so it should be mine and I should have the right to use it how I see fit?

[oneSLOWex]

Skylines are a danger to everyone if you ask the import/customs office of the NHTSA, one of them was quoted saying these cars were like rocket ships with all kinds of electronics and doodads

WOW are you kidding me?

The government seizing something they consider federally illegal is stealing now? So with that logic if I bought a Class III weapon without going through the proper procedures of obtaining the required permit to purchase and possess it you're saying it would be wrong for them to seize it and put me in jail? Despite it being illegal [to me] I paid for it so it should be mine right?

Skylines dont kill people LOL

I wonder how many of these people purchased their cars thinking they were legal?

[speedminded]

Skylines dont kill people LOL

I wonder how many of these people purchased their cars thinking they were legal?

Guns don't kill people.

How many of them purchased a Kaizo in attempt to get around the federal laws specifically banning them?

It took 10 years and over $1,000,000 for Bill Gates to finally get to drive his Porsche 959 on US Soil...

[quickdodge®]

The government seizing something they consider federally illegal is stealing now? So with that logic if I bought a Class III weapon without going through the proper procedures of obtaining the required permit to purchase and possess it you're saying it would be wrong for them to seize it and put me in jail? Despite it being illegal [to me] I paid for it so it should be mine and I should have the right to use it how I see fit?

Exactly. Again. You buy something you weren't supposed to buy means it was never yours. You can't steal from someone what doesn't belong to that someone. Later, QD.

[Type-R]

Exactly. Again. You buy something you weren't supposed to buy means it was never yours. You can't steal from someone what doesn't belong to that someone. Later, QD.

That's actually not the case with Kaizo. Vehicle sales and customs are 2 different monsters, just becasue a vehicle is non-compliant with standards and is not eligible for importation doesn't mean that if someone buys it the sale is voided.

The NHTSA doesn't seize the vehicles off the bat, they tell the owner you have x amount of days to get it out of the country or else we'll take care of it for you. It's very common for the owners to be in over their heads at that point and just have the agents take the car. Money is a big factor because you have to shell out upwards of $5,000 to send the car someone out of the country and then on top of that have some place for the car to go, which generally people don't because they live in the U.S. and don't know anyone outside or have a storage location for it.