12-18-2017, 05:26 PM
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Bureaucracy sucks.
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true, but the gov wants it's taxes 
our yearly car tax has been "temporary" for 60 years now! 
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12-18-2017, 06:12 PM
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How are they about paint on the inside of the windows?
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12-19-2017, 03:08 AM
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How are they about paint on the inside of the windows?
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Makes me wonder if either painting on the inside of the windows at the trunk area or replacing them with sheetmetal could qualify for a van registration while retaining the rear seats, even though a bulkhead could be required to provide a phisical barrier between the cargo area and the cabin (maybe just a wire mesh that could be bolted-on). That would be quite similar to some crew-cab vans that Argentinians and Uruguayans seem to love.
Now, would that approach be legal?
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12-19-2017, 12:57 PM
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a van here can have glass sides. but a normal car-based van just cannot have more than 1 row of seats. For example, toyota Hi-aces are 3-seaters but classify as a van
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12-21-2017, 12:18 AM
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a van here can have glass sides. but a normal car-based van just cannot have more than 1 row of seats.
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Indeed. Well, it seems like Finland is quite more complicated when it comes to bureaucracy than some other countries in the European Union such as Spain and Portugal.
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For example, toyota Hi-aces are 3-seaters but classify as a van
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12-21-2017, 08:31 AM
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Indeed. Well, it seems like Finland is quite more complicated when it comes to bureaucracy than some other countries in the European Union such as Spain and Portugal.
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Oh man, tell me about it
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But the HiAce is not car-based.
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Yea, it isn't but i didn't have any good examples of 3-seat-front-row cars. Well, some american cars are 3-seated and they can be registered as light vans
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12-22-2017, 11:45 PM
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IIRC certain small cars can be registered as vans in Portugal, including small ones such as the Fiat Punto, as long as they have no more than 4 seats.
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Yea, it isn't but i didn't have any good examples of 3-seat-front-row cars. Well, some american cars are 3-seated and they can be registered as light vans
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01-18-2018, 04:29 AM
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Wagon got new springs, Awesome!
also, new brake parts.
the exhaust is being worked on
But it has it's small dings here and there
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the exhaust is being worked on
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Straight sidepipe? |
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01-21-2018, 04:05 AM
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My side-exit exhaust went through inspection every time without question, well worth doing if you're thinking about it. Saw about 0.3LHK improvement in consumption at the same time - plus it sounded rude!
If you've got a turbo you want to hear it right?
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