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 Driving a Cappuccino in North America (currently 291 views) |
| IngleDingle |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 8th, 2015, 5:02:13pm |
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Hello everyone,
Currently I am living in Japan and was looking at purchasing a Cappuccino in the near future. The car will be 25 years old before I leave here, so I should have no issues with bringing it with me. However, I heard recently that I will not be able to drive on the interstates/freeways if I do. Does anyone know of this is true or not? |
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| mattjohns |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 9th, 2015, 3:48:03am |
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You *might* be able to loophole it through Canada but I doubt it. Apparently there are some skylines in California registered as farm equipment to get around the rules. To the best of my knowledge, no, you can't legally register a Cappuccino in the states.
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| IngleDingle |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 9th, 2015, 4:56:31am |
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You *might* be able to loophole it through Canada but I doubt it. Apparently there are some skylines in California registered as farm equipment to get around the rules. To the best of my knowledge, no, you can't legally register a Cappuccino in the states.
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I should be able to register it after it is 25 years or more though right? Similar to Canada's 15 year rule? I mostly was concerned about it not being legal to drive on the interstate/freeway once I do register if after the 25 year mark. Is that only the case right now since people are registering their cars as farm equipment until is it fully legal? |
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| mattjohns |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 9th, 2015, 8:03:32am |
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I'm not aware of a 25 year rule, you'd want to talk to a governing body about that. To be fair, when I say 'knowledge', I mean I've read a lot about importing cars and complying with regulations (Australian rules changed a while ago, now everything is near impossible)
Seriously though, email the DMV for answers in writing. They make the rules, they should know what they are.
Apparently the skylines arrived in pieces and reassembled in the U.S. to get around some regulation. |
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| IngleDingle |
| Posted on: Monday, August 10th, 2015, 6:07:49am |
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| Ahh, okay. Never crossed my mind to e-mail the DMV haha, but I'll see what they have to say about it. Thanks for the help. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, August 10th, 2015, 2:34:25pm |
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| Yeah I think the no freeway rule was for the loophole method of registering as a show car or farm equipment, as in they wouldn't be able to keep up with the pace of traffic if they really were farm equipment. Hopefully the 25 year rule gets round that! |
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| ishigakisensei |
| Posted on: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015, 12:54:49am |
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Hello everyone,
Currently I am living in Japan and was looking at purchasing a Cappuccino in the near future. The car will be 25 years old before I leave here, so I should have no issues with bringing it with me. However, I heard recently that I will not be able to drive on the interstates/freeways if I do. Does anyone know of this is true or not?
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Fellow 'Murcan here and this is the first I've ever seen about not being able to drive on the freeways. Once your car is registered in whatever state, there is no restriction on what can be driven on the freeway that I have ever seen in my life - except bicycles and scooters of course. The Cappo comes with a 660cc engine which is a small motorcycle.
Where is it written that a Cappo cannot go on the freeway?
Oh wait...the 25 year rule. Yes, after 25 years, you are completely 100% good to go in all ways. Will need to stay away from E85 and also get your ECU reprogrammed. |
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| IngleDingle |
| Posted on: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015, 5:02:51am |
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| That's exactly what I wanted to hear! I never heard about the freeway thing until a friend mentioned it to me, but the only restrictions I found were things registered as farm equipment. Just wanted to cover my bases before I got my hopes up and invested too much into this project. |
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| ishigakisensei |
| Posted on: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015, 10:08:16am |
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That's exactly what I wanted to hear! I never heard about the freeway thing until a friend mentioned it to me, but the only restrictions I found were things registered as farm equipment. Just wanted to cover my bases before I got my hopes up and invested too much into this project.
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Ah yes, farm equipment. I looked into this too because Florida and North Carolina are two great places to get cars in under the radar. Having them registered as farm equipment does not protect you from the feds (they hate us for our freedom) but it will make it harder for them to find you.
But, once you get the 25 years from the exact date of manufacture then you are good to go with anything. |
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