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Originally Posted by Matt Monson
Never really understood devaluing and keeping grey market cars at arms length. As long as they are federalized and have some records they are generally better cars and I think now that they are vintage they are more attractive than US counterparts.
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Because sometimes the "federalization" was nothing more than a broom-job. Fraud, IOW.
Cars that have had half-@ssed work done to them are suspect, and enough of those suspect cars are on the market to cause concern.
I agree that the better, higher-compression motors make for more fun on the road, but it's the rest of the car that could be a problem.
I don't think I'd have any problems owning a properly-federalized car with good records, but all else being equal, I would choose a North American market car over a ROW car. And I think that is a prevaling sentiment, which drives the ROW cars' values down.