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Originally Posted by mr2tim
As you may or not know Japan has been flooding this country with their used engines heavily for the last 10-15 years. The Jap government REQUIRES that any engine over say 40k be recycled and from what I hear Jap authorities will not allow the owner to re-license his car till that old engine is replaced.
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Just to clarify...this is not a law...they do not require you do replace anything it is just mechanics charge an arm and a leg over there...
This is a myth..
Basically it boils down to this. They have emissions just like us except more stringent and cost more..Instead of renewing their registrations/emissions they just sell the car to a junker and buy a new one.. this is why you "assume" cars imported from japan have 40k KM on them..that may not always be the case..
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