You guys are a hoot! I actually laughed out loud!!
Im actually a home grown Brit, born in London raised in Norfolk! Living and working in the US for the last 10 years as a charter pilot for a company in Tennessee.
Didnt want to put "USA" under my location as we all (inc myself), have our opinions of the Yanks!
Dont want to offend anyone on here that might be from the US, just saying Im a proud Brit is all
After realising the sad fact that the Landcruiser's were never offered over here in a diesel, I set out on a mission (well obsession really!), to build what you guys have readily available for peanuts in comparison to what I have invested!!! Im so jealous!
I cant bring myself to own an American car - I get American made rental cars all the time for work, and havent driven one yet I actually liked enough to buy.
Graeme (iH8mud member gbentink) in Aus does some great work modifying the Toyota CT26 turbo to give much more grunt over a larger rev range. Best mod yet, highly recommend it. Pulls light a freight train!!
But back to the topic, Uncle Sam really doesnt give a crap what I burn. They may say they do, but my "MOT" consists of a yearly emissions test, where all they do is put a probe in the exhaust to see what level of gases are coming out. So once a year I head down to the testing station with a tank of bio, or mixed diesel with veg oil and it passes with flying colours every time!!
In some counties around here all they do is an opacity reading - aka they shine a light through the exhaust smoke to see how dark it is!! Its a joke.
Hell I dont even run a cat, just a 3" straight through exhaust!
So when they tell us the reason you cant import anything that is newer than 25 years old is because of emissions, I just roll my eyes, and throw up in my mouth a little.