So You Want to Import a Car from Japan

     I wouldn’t say importing a car is hard, but it certainly isn't easy. The word I’d use is complicated. It’s like a car itself. If you know how a car works, and you know how to work on a car, owning a car is affordable and incredibly rewarding. If you don’t know anything about cars, and can’t do anything to it yourself, you’ll probably just buy a newer car until the mechanic’s bill gets too high, and then get another one. When you work on a car yourself, and save the money (unless you get in too deep and realize you actually don’t know as much as you thought you did and end up paying even more than you would have if you never laid your greasy hands on it), you develop a deep and indescribable connection with your car, and this is true for importing a car from Japan (or anywhere, really). I wouldn’t have had this opinion before I started all this, but after I spent months learning, researching, and cursing, I can help.
 
​   - Elias Hellstrom