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minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·24 days agoSo as an American, are there any hoops I have to jump through to buy one of these? Besides, you know, going to Canada…
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-224 days agoNot certified for the US, won’t be able to be imported to the US. You can stand at the the border with your face against the glass and wish you were Canadian.
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·24 days agoAlready been doing that digitally for years
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoMaybe wait 20 years , figure out what loophole allowed a handful of Kei trucks to be imported. At that point even 20 year old car tech might be more advanced than what we’d be saddled with
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoIt’s not a loophole. You are permitted to import kei trucks >=25 years old.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoThe loophole is that “antiques” are exempted from safety regulations. I thought I remembered seeing something about an explicit ban a year or so, but trying to find it I see state level registration bans
So as an American, are there any hoops I have to jump through to buy one of these? Besides, you know, going to Canada…
Not certified for the US, won’t be able to be imported to the US. You can stand at the the border with your face against the glass and wish you were Canadian.
Already been doing that digitally for years
Maybe wait 20 years , figure out what loophole allowed a handful of Kei trucks to be imported.
At that point even 20 year old car tech might be more advanced than what we’d be saddled with
It’s not a loophole. You are permitted to import kei trucks >=25 years old.
The loophole is that “antiques” are exempted from safety regulations.
I thought I remembered seeing something about an explicit ban a year or so, but trying to find it I see state level registration bans
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