Just saw a Toyota Alphard
01-19-11, 01:12 PM
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Just saw a Toyota Alphard
Just saw one of these badass vans in CA. How is that possible? It had Washington plates.
01-19-11, 01:15 PM
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The latest-gen Alphard is produced with LHD too now, so it's entirely possible to import it to the US.
01-19-11, 01:21 PM
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purchased in canada maybe?
01-19-11, 01:22 PM
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But this one was RHD. Man I haven't geeked out about seeing a car in a while. And this was over a van.
01-19-11, 03:04 PM
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It's not uncommon to import vehicles.
Probably easier to import into WA than CA...
(I have no idea, just speculation)
01-19-11, 03:29 PM
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Just saw one of these badass vans in CA. How is that possible? It had Washington plates.
easy, just drive it from Japan, head to Alaska, and go south, steal a WA plate and you're set
it's ok. when he sees how much it is to register here, he' ll just drive back
01-19-11, 04:11 PM
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It's not uncommon to import vehicles.
Probably easier to import into WA than CA...
(I have no idea, just speculation)
but i don't think you can register the car unless it passes bunch of regulations?
01-19-11, 04:39 PM
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maybe it's easier to pass the regulation in WA than CA...
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But this one was RHD. Man I haven't geeked out about seeing a car in a while. And this was over a van.
haha. I do the same thing, with any JDM/RHD cars I see here.
01-19-11, 07:27 PM
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My cousin owns one in Hong Kong. Superb van...if they only sold these kind of minivans instead of the stuff we have now!
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