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Old 06-24-2009, 09:11 PM
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Does anyone know if Korea imports JDM cars?
just curious...........
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just curious...........
Yes they do. My friend is in the ARMY and stationed in Korea and he did it.
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I recall a lot of "grey market" imports, whatever that means.
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what are you trying to do? I have cousins and contacts there plus my friend owns a container (the big kind on ships) transportation company.
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man, if i had any suby in korea i wouldn't stop driving. the endless amount of tunnels, droooooool. i'll be in korea in about 30 hours.
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Old 06-25-2009, 08:50 AM
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man, if i had any suby in korea i wouldn't stop driving. the endless amount of tunnels, droooooool. i'll be in korea in about 30 hours.
yeah but the traffic sucks and the quality of the roads are no good so what's the use?

I think that car above is the concept version of the tiburon maybe?
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yeah but the traffic sucks and the quality of the roads are no good so what's the use?
why not? traffic and roads suck in Hawaii too but we still drive Suby's
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why not? traffic and roads suck in Hawaii too but we still drive Suby's

ahahaha +1
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Uhhh, Korea traffic stomps Hawaii traffic anytime of the day.

With that said, after having deployed there, no JDM car is worth a tour in Korea.
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I'd rather go to korea for 12 months then iraq for another 15 haha
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Originally Posted by dchoi23
yeah but the traffic sucks and the quality of the roads are no good so what's the use?

I think that car above is the concept version of the tiburon maybe?
isnt that the new genesis?
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that is the new genesis which i think replaced the tiburon. I think they come in a 4 door also.
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