Lance is a local member of the Calgary Sports Car Club and may be moving to the
US of A for work. He has a '91 Turbo MR2 and is wondering about importing it to
the US - anyone else done that with an MR2 specifically?
For street use I believe there are some differences - air bag, DRL's, and
labeling of panels for theft protection purposes........all I know is that a
Canadian Miata, for instance, cannot be registered in the US due to the labeling
(I know it sounds dumb but....). However, a competition-only car may be
a different deal - I'm sure people bring competition cars to the US all the time
- what about the Lotus Elise? It is for sale in Canada/US as a competition-only
car! It is not eligible for street use!
If anyone has info on that I would appreciate it - as would Lance!
TIA,
Reijo
Lance Heinrich wrote:
> Hi Reijo,
>
> I was wondering if you could check for me on the autox list if there is
> anyone that has moved to the US and brought a competition car with them.
> There is a chance (will be confirmed in about a month) that I may be moving
> to the US and of course, I want to take my MR2 with me.
>
> I'm just wondering what paperwork I might need and where to go to find out
> more information.
>
> I am starting to get the picture that I likely won't be able to register it
> for street use down here, but can I even get it into the country, strictly
> for competition use (i.e. take it to events on a trailer)? Of course, as you
> are aware, this car has a full cage and racing harnesses. I kept all the
> OEM parts, so "might" be able to get the stock seatbelts back in and most of
> what it would take to hopefully pass emmissions testing. I'm wondering if
> the seatbelt rules will get me, since the car doesn't have an airbag, nor
> does it have those automatic seatbelt things (even if I do manage to get the
> stock belts back in there).
>
> Thanks,
> lance.
> http://members.home.net/lance.mr2/mr2
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Reijo Silvennoinen, P.Eng.
President, CSCC
CSCC Nat'l Event Rep.
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Sports Car Club (CSCC) web site: www.cscc.ab.ca
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www.onelist.com/links/solocanada
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