I have had a rhd car in the us.Having driven and owned a couple JDM cars in the US, it is quite a hassle driving a car with the wheel on the wrong side. Things you don’t even consider have to be carefully thought out. Drive thru windows, toll booths, parking garages, sight lines for intersections, the list goes on. I definitely see it as being more cost effective and less headache to rent something there. Plus it is an opportunity to drive something we can’t get here yet until the 25 year rule goes into effect.
Why are you renting from this company if they can't sell you the right insurance to go with it?If I rent it, and it breaks, which is an actual possibility, I get to fix a skyline which will cost more than shipping both ways. Doesn't matter why it broke, if I'm driving it, it's on me
One more thought on this:If you have to pass Shaken like Nightmonkey's post above says, the GT in your sig is guaranteed to fail.
Me, I'd buy a classic JDM over there, then ship it back here, then sell it here. You get to drive it for a month, and maybe some while selling it here. This will make your cost for having a car to drive over there almost nothing, or nothing. This is what I would do. IF I was to ship a Mustang over it not be mine, and it have a for sale sign on it while driving it over there. Sell it when leaving, You get to drive it over there and no cost to ship it back. And someone got a Mustang that wanted one over there.I'm considering doing this. I'll be in Japan for most of June, and it's been since 2019, for obvious reasons. I think I want to ship the car over there to drive while I'm there, already sent for a Carnet Passages en Douane so I get the process started.
What I did previously was rent a normal car for the trip, then I rented a "JDM" for some fun. I would much rather have my own car there, and then I can still rent like a Skyline or something.
The main concern is rust, and how the trips will affect the car. Coating everything in oil is a possibility, I gues? But I dont want the car to be aged prematurely to the point that I need to get rid of it once I'm back. I have an Evo but those are already there, and I don't trust that car to just drive around .
Very helpful.What a waste of time and money. Just drive what is available there. The mustang is not that special of a car.