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WorldTech
Just Starting
Joined: 07 Jun 2005
Posts: 3
Location: Singapore
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 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:04 pm Post subject: Does Russia have right hand drive cars n in where thks! |
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| Hi i m a exporter from singapore, can anyone in this forum help me with how to import a right hand drive car into Russia? |
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wavetossed
WayToRussified
Joined: 27 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Officially, Russia does not use right-hand drive cars. But they are common in the area around Vladivostok because they are so close to Japan. |
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WorldTech
Just Starting
Joined: 07 Jun 2005
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Location: Singapore
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks very much for your advise, btw do u know any who is a importer? |
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UsualSuspect
WayToRussified
Joined: 08 May 2003
Posts: 324
Location: The Land of Oz
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:32 am Post subject: Unofficially..... |
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| You'll find lots of RHD cars throughout Siberia. They are imported from Japan and either driven/rail freighted from Vladivostok for delivery/sale elsewhere. The volume might have gone down due to one of the transport ships overturning in the docks in Japan though....... |
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Intourist
Talk Show Host
Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 245
Location: Moscow
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| wavetossed wrote: | | Officially, Russia does not use right-hand drive cars. But they are common in the area around Vladivostok because they are so close to Japan. |
Officially, both right-side and left-side steering wheels are allowed. About a month ago, the Duma tried to make them illegal, but the motion failed, so there's nothing 'unoffical' about them.
They ARE common in the Far East (Vlad, Khabarovsk, Chita, etc, etc, but you can usually spot one or two a day in Moscow as well. |
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Camrade
VIP
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
Posts: 516
Location: Санкт-Петербург
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:37 am Post subject: |
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It's more simple to turn road's direction in the Far east to the english style, then to make right-side cars illegal  In my opinion. |
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poet
Just Starting
Joined: 17 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:32 am Post subject: |
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I found lots of RH drive cars in Siberian cities as well as the LHD..
traffic is quite dense in the cities and chaotic..I have been in traffic jams 9pm at night..
It;s rather odd to see cars coming at you with people driving both RHD and LHD |
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I-amp-9829-Russia
Frequent Guest
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 31
Location: Wishes it was Moscow, Russia
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| I may be stupid, but you are saying that cars in Russia are like the ones in England, speaking of steering wheels? |
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cdnexpat
Lounge Lizard
Joined: 19 Sep 2005
Posts: 86
Location: Afghanistan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:08 am Post subject: |
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We also have a lot of them in Afghanistan. Officially they cannot be registered, but they sport Dubai license plates and officially are in transit only. I think they should be banned alltogether! The amount of accidents caused by them is incredible. When people try to pass busses or lorries, they have to go all the way onto the left lane and frequently end up in a head-on collision. I have seen a lot of them...
There are shops that specialize in converting them. It typically costs about 1000 USD for conversion to LHD. The parts come from shops in Dubai.
Cheers, |
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