EPA, Customs & DOT stops efficient vehicle...

[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by Ryland

... At work we had an international shipment held up for 3 months because they found some grains of rice in the shipping container and they had to rip everything apart before letting it pass on to us.

Would not have been grains of rice here, I guess.
Coming from Switzerland, maybe muesli?
And of all the customs officers they were unlucky enough to get the cereal killer?
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[botsapper]

On the other side of the dock storage warehouse for 13 years, before Pres. Clinton signed the Show & Display law. Just keep it under 2,500 miles a year, buddy.

Bill Gates, his Impounded Porsche 959, and Some Gadget Guy

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by Ryland

People import vehicles all the time that are not allowed on the road and once they are imported they are still not allowed on the road.

But likely those vehicles are exempt either by their intended usage or by their age, the law stands that you are not allowed to bring in non-historic cars under 25yrs period.

Just because some people get away with it does not mean that is the law, and a dumb one at that.

Otherwise why did they try to crush all the sub 25yr old imported kei trucks from japan a couple years back?

They were imported for off road but even that was not good enough.

[niky]

Possibly figured on shenanigans. Fallout from the Motorex scandal a few years back?

Originally Posted by tjts1

So let me get this straight. These guys failed to gain EPA, DOT, or US Customs compliance for their vehicle and simply went on the fact that some director sat in their vehicle for a photo op as the green light to just ship the thing over to the US. Now we're supposed to believe the EPA and DOT are the bad guys? Am I missing something?

+100,000

There are a whole shebang of cars not legal for US use that come into the country. Why hasn't the government stopped them?

Oh, yeah... right... the owners went to ridiculous expense to have them certified.

Doesn't matter if it's a MonoTracer, a Porsche 959, a Nissan Skyline or a "Gubmint Motors" Cruze diesel. If it doesn't meet local regulations, it's not legal. That's exactly the way it is in most of the civilized world.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by rmay635703

why did they try to crush all the sub 25yr old imported kei trucks from japan a couple years back?

Because they spend less gas while retaining some comfort not available for a regular ATV?

[doclees]

saw the price and lost interest. I remember seeing the same side wheels on a BMW based vehicle that couldn't be imported. For me Elio is number 1 with Litt c1 number 2. Great speed specs though.