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I appreciate your detailed response. I’m not looking for a racing machine, just to use it on the track exclusively for several years, to keep it in motion, until the vehicle is drivable on roads. There is a 15 year import ban on newer vehicles that dont meet specific criteria, so if it’s less then 15 years old, it can’t be driven on roads until it’s old enough. If there is a group of people racing them locally, it would make this time period much more fun.I actively wrenched or raced from the late 80's. Porsche, Prodrive and M/McLaren. Got out 10 years ago and now I am just playing in my spare time. I don't believe a roadster would be a good base for any particular racing, its heavy and has software written to protect it from serious track work. As a daily driver its fun and does not have the snobbery of something like racing a Lotus. I have always found the Boxster crowd very friendly and helpful, especially as you can bolt in anything from a Audi 4 or 8 cyl to a LS3 and now even a tesla motor. Roadsters are also heavy beasts with a poor battery pack in terms of chemistry, weight and available/stored energy. Its pretty much well matched to the motor so it works but unlike other Electric Vehicles the car is a one box unit. No separate charging unit, no separate BMS, no separate controller. Everything is controlled by the PEM which has 3 CAN bus and is far from deciphered and no known entity has fully mapped out the complex coding, the model S on the other hand is well understood along with the Volt and Prius and easily controlled with a can bus transmitter. Most Roadster owners except for one have enough trouble keeping the vehicle in perfect condition, there is very little / no support if you bend break or burn something,
At 15year mark, you can import JDM with steering wheel on right side, all bets are off, the speedo thing is not an issue then. When I imported a car in the early 2000 from the states, I never updated the speedo as it showed the km in the smaller numbers. I doubt that has changed as most exotics on trader are US and all have km in the small numbers and mph as the main numbers on the dial.I know of a few early roadster waiting to come over in 5 years.
I don’t know it you will be except from I’m/he speedo though. If you are then I guess there will be a lot crossing the border in 3 years. If I were looking for that I would be thinking of a 2008 for the more robust PEM. The issue would be the TMPS with better racing wheels/tires. I know when I registered my Porsche as a race only vehicle ( for transport across the border without hassle) I would have to jump through many many hoops to register it fit for the road again, thankfully I’m making it electric so it’s not ever going to be able to be registered in Ontario.
This is quite a chore and process it seems. The idea behind this was to import a european roadster, which is much better priced, I suspect the car culture there isn’t as strong, or lags.I forgot what I had to do with my last car but it was already licensed with a RAC rally log book (yes I’m old) and the new car is now declared a 25.5 NHRA chassis. Declaring it as a race vehicle is a slippery slope.
as the the cluster, same type but used clusters, the milage is stored in vms and cluster and have to match, I assume a new one is unwritten but that’s a moot point as the last one is in London ontario now.
If I have to keep it in europe for the 4 years I could. I am a bit concerned about the need to have it plugged in, and keeping it close to a service center for whatever maintenance is required for that time period. Also wouldn’t ship until those cost stabilized. Like I said before, no hurry, don’t even mind tracking it only for 4 years if I can get a letter from a sanctioned body it’s for the track. Is that far fetched or possible? RIV confirmed it’s no issue to do that process when the vehicle turns 15 years old. CSBA said if it’s accompanied with said letter, they would let it pass thru customs.Other than the cost to actually ship is 5-10 times higher right now it’s possibly the smartest way to go. I have a few containers waiting to get on a boat but I’m in no rush. Even my best friend who owns the warehouse they sits in refuses to ship until it becomes financially viable. I have all my TVR engines going one way and getting my RS500 finally delivered to Canada after it being resting for 20 years (another car I left behind because it was worth nothing, now it’s become a classic) but it’s been a terrible year to ship anything.