vmukkamala

Hi all,

Glad to join the club at last. Its been so long that I intended to join one of BMW forums. I proudly own a Jap import 2005 BMW 525i - E60 and so far my journey with it has been tremendous and very smooth drive. I had a 2002 BMW 525i - E39 until I traded with E60 series. Hope I will get support from all of you to fix any issues with my E60.

Have lot of questions on Japan Import as I am seeing many discussions pros and cons of a Jap Import BMW....

Cheers, Kris

JayArras

Glad to have you Kris! Welcome to the forum!

So tell me, what exactly do you mean by a Jap import? This is the first time I am hearing that term.

texasmr2

Pretty sure he just means the car was a Japanese market version. I am not sure what the difference is compared to our US version but for the longest time Japanese versions of vehicles did not comply with our (the US) safety regulations but could be legally imported almost anywhere else in the world. Its kind of like the Nissan GT-R as the only GT-R that meets our safety standards is the R35 and the only other GT-R that is legal for importation is the R33 because it had reached the 25yr age limit where as the R34 has not yet reached that age requirement..


When I was in Russia in '98 there were GT-R's and WRX's and STi's all over the place, I was saddened that we did not have them in the US. I did see an R34 on the road a few years back but it was not road legal.

KyleB

...yet.


Godzirra, raaaaaaaawr!!!!

R34 is my favorite car of all time. I'll take mine in blue.

Kelly Boyd

Hi there welcome, I'm new here too

texasmr2

I have never met ANY GTR that I did not want to take home .

KyleB

hi