So I got orders to Okinawa, I won't be bringing the NSX because I won't be able to bring 2 cars back. It will stay in California with the parents for the few years I'm gone. Needless to say I may start a GT-R build thread in the near future depending on what I find. I'll find something 25 years old by the time I return so I can bring it back. Expect more details in the future.

i dont know if it has changed but it was a pain in the ass for me when i tried to bring a car back so i said fuck it.

How long will you be there?

Drop it off with me; I'll keep it safe for you.

Is there much by way of car culture on Okinawa itself? Is it particularly difficult to get to the mainland when you're not on duty?

Isn't there some wierd clause where if you owned the car while you're over there you can bring it back regardless if you follow the right steps?



Military kids with too much money and no brains buying whatever they want (not directed to you personally decom) so yeah theres a big car culture there.

This post was edited by ride686 on Jan 29 2015 09:24pm

i was in oki for a while its not as good as you would think main land on the other hand has alot more than oki.

if you're going to kadena i threw up in the chilis......

3 years, 4 if I extend a year.


You don't even have to take leave to go to the mainland, I belive there's a farry to get you over

No you still have to follow the 25 year exemption rule for registering and making it DOT legal.

They will be flying the shit out of me there anyways, kadena is the only tanker base in Japan so no other options:-/. Better than Oklahoma which is where most booms head after their first assignment.

This post was edited by Decom on Jan 29 2015 10:47pm

also if the red headed girl still works at the chilis bar shes a cunt avoid kin town like the plague

Can I borrow it?

you may be thinking of the "substantially similar" clause, which doesn't work in most cases.
http://jalopnik.com/here-are-the-four-legal-ways-to-import-a-car-to-the-uni-1682067632