Euro to USA

[GeorgeM]

Hello Folks,

General question which hopefully someone can answer. If I purchased a LH Euro car and shipped it to the USA, will it pass emissions? From what I have read, its a pain to get a euro car shipped to the states.... No tax but a bunch of red tape.... Has anyone research this or even tried it??

Thank you for your comments in advance....

GeorgeM

[shimmy]

Hello Folks,

General question which hopefully someone can answer. If I purchased a LH Euro car and shipped it to the USA, will it pass emissions? From what I have read, its a pain to get a euro car shipped to the states.... No tax but a bunch of red tape.... Has anyone research this or even tried it??

Thank you for your comments in advance....

GeorgeM

I thought CsL was not legal in US. You will have to wait until it becomes legal which iirc is 25 years from manufacture (blimey CSL prices will rocket in 2028 - reminder is in my diary.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/02/14/import-car-united-states/

[GeorgeM]

Just curious, is there an exhaust kit that can change out to make it pass US emissions.....? I would assume the US sold units have replacement parts that would drop in.... Sounds like a hassle but worth it on a low mileage car....

[Mike R]

Just curious, is there an exhaust kit that can change out to make it pass US emissions.....? I would assume the US sold units have replacement parts that would drop in.... Sounds like a hassle but worth it on a low mileage car....

I guess it depends on which State, but the US exhaust has the cats closer to the manifold for emission compliance, so combined with these and a tweak of the ECU, I'm sure a good tuner can get it to pass, as you are getting cars retrofitted with CSL parts to pass okay?

[shimmy]

Just curious, is there an exhaust kit that can change out to make it pass US emissions.....? I would assume the US sold units have replacement parts that would drop in.... Sounds like a hassle but worth it on a low mileage car....

Makes no difference.....its not legal, not crash tested, not legal........exhaust is irrelevant iirc

[Mike R]

Maybe convince the powers that be that it is a "Substantially Similar" car to the standard M3 (perhaps even putting standard M3 parts on to get it to pass)?

[shimmy]

Maybe convince the powers that be that it is a "Substantially Similar" car to the standard M3 (perhaps even putting standard M3 parts on to get it to pass)?

I think BMW might have tried that!

[GregorFuk]

I think BMW might have tried that!

Yet according to Cutters & Pistonheads they are the same car.

[Trawler]

Yet according to Cutters & Pistonheads they are the same car.

But they are. They said so :clown:

[shimmy]

Yet according to Cutters & Pistonheads they are the same car.

And that's why we are clever and they are all plebs ......... billy and Yanto aside :)

[Bounce]

And that's why we are clever and they are all plebs ......... billy and Yanto aside :):hahaha::hahaha:

[Trawler]

And that's why we are clever and they are all plebs ......... billy and Yanto aside :)

Are you sure? I think you are making that up to make them feel better :hahaha:

[shimmy]

Are you sure? I think you are making that up to make them feel better :hahaha:

I was excluding them from being clever at cSLR not the other way around :)

[Trawler]

I was excluding them from being clever at cSLR not the other way around :)

That's more like it :hahaha:

[Yanto]

Next Fridays table now reduced by 3......twats :hahaha: