Back in January of 2004 I started a little forum devoted to the Skyline GTR scene in Canada. By scene i mean myself and about 12 friends who were interested in exploiting Transport Canada's 15 year automobile import exemption law. What this law mean is that any 15 years old car that was built for foreign markets are allowed to be imported into Canada as long as it passes provincial safety and emissions tests. It was a law aimed at car collectors and enthusiasts who brought over the odd Morgan, MG or split window Beetle. What the Feds didn't realize is that starting in the late 80's, Japan started a domestic arms race of sorts for force-induced high performance cars. This arguably started with the Nissan 300ZX, through the MR2, Supra, NSX, included oddities like the Subaru SVX and Mitsubishi GTO and culminated in the big daddy of them all, the R32 Skyline GTR. By 2004 these cars have become legal on our streets and this little forum I started on the back of
NEO240SX.CA grew into the 40,000+ members it has today.
I've long sold the forum to my good friend Daryl Henwood of RightDrive Parts, and nowaday enjoy the freedom of just being a moderator. One thing Daryl does annually (aside from Annual Skymeet) is the GTRCANADA CALENDAR. As luck would have it, I was honoured his year by having my car sected as the May feature GTR.
