# Went out to club a baby seal came back with a crushed car
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [May 29, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375 "2012-05-29T13:02:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/1 "2012-05-29T13:02:47Z")
> **[Wisconsin man avoids jail by agreeing to have his Nissan Skylines crushed -...](https://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/29/wisconsin-man-avoids-jail-by-agreeing-to-have-his-nissan-skyline/)**
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> Authorities in Wisconsin are bound and determined to crack down on gray market vehicles. According to Stevens Point Journal, In 2010, the state government orchestrated a sting to catch Justin Beno selling two Nissan Skyline models, one of which...
> Authorities in Wisconsin are bound and determined to crack down on gray market vehicles. According to _Stevens Point Journal_, In 2010, the state government orchestrated a sting to catch Justin Beno selling two [Nissan Skyline](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nissan%20skyline) models, one of which played a role in the [_Fast and Furious_](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fast%20and%20the%20furious) franchise. A Wisconsin Department of Transportation investigator spotted both a 1995 and a 1996 Skyline up for sale and pretended to be a buyer. The investigator asked if it were possible to get the cars titled, and Beno said he believed the vehicles could be titled in Florida, then retitled in Wisconsin.
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> This was not the correct answer. The government seized both cars and charged Beno with a spate of offenses, including two felony counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, one felony count of owning a vehicle without a vehicle identification number tag and two misdemeanors tied to those missing VIN tags. Beno said he had originally purchased the cars as bare shells without the tags and that the seller later mailed them along. He also says he didn’t know it was a crime to simply own a car without its VIN tag attached.
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> Brown County Deputy District Attorney Dana Johnson offered Beno a plea deal wherein he would accept the misdemeanor charges and give up both fully restored Skylines. After offering to pay the fines and help the authorities find buyers for both machines overseas, the prosecutor declined. Instead, both cars will be crushed and sold for scrap. That’s particularly heartbreaking after Beno spent years assembling both from parts bought from all over the world. It’s made worse by the fact that in just a few short years, both cars will be exempt from federal safety and emissions standards for vehicles over 25 years old. Head over to [Beno’s site](http://www.bigbirdskyline.com/BigBirdSkyLine/bigbird.html) to see the Big Bird Skyline that’s headed for the reaper.
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/2 "2012-05-29T13:16:50Z")
Wisconsin.
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/3 "2012-05-29T14:02:21Z")
That’s retarded.
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/4 "2012-05-29T14:15:54Z")
too much big government.
leave the car enthusiasts the fuck alone and worry about real problems you political fucks.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/5 "2012-05-29T14:27:43Z")
It’s so dumb the amount of time and money the Feds are putting into these cases when millions in drugs just keep walking across the border every day.
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### Author:  [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/6 "2012-05-29T14:35:04Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> It’s so dumb the amount of time and money the Feds are putting into these cases when millions in drugs just keep walking across the border every day.
You can blame the bush family for that, feds won’t do a fucking thing.
Assholes.
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### Author:  [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/7 "2012-05-29T14:35:53Z")
So whats the big deal. I don’t see how or why they are even wasting time or charging him with anything. How are the cars illegal or gray market cars. why crush them
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### Author:  [@Sansone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sansone)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/8 "2012-05-29T14:43:16Z")
Sucks hard
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/9 "2012-05-29T14:47:15Z")
Next time buy a bitchin camaro instead
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/10 "2012-05-29T14:55:28Z")
We the people should change these stupid rules. Our government sucks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/11 "2012-05-29T15:00:04Z")
This bottles my mind.
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/12 "2012-05-29T15:22:32Z")
Is it that these cars aren’t up to highway crash standards, and could be a liability to drive around?
Still then, why do they let people make kit cars and rat rods, with no safety equipment at all.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/13 "2012-05-29T15:36:09Z")
he did not say he could title the car for them, he said it could be titled in florida, (i think he meant registered, because it can). Sounds like entrapment.
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### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/14 "2012-05-29T15:58:07Z")
This is important, we need to stop the illegal trafficking of vehicle. Our nation should make this a priority.
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### Author:  [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/15 "2012-05-29T16:22:20Z")
Ha.
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### Author:  [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/16 "2012-05-29T16:33:43Z")
This government is fucked up, who cares what we do with our cars…
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### Author:  [@kevbot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kevbot)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/17 "2012-05-29T16:48:11Z")
the government are just pissed off mustang bros
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### Author:  [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/18 "2012-05-29T17:59:02Z")
I don’t see why it’s illegal to own a car that doesn’t have a VIN especially if he hasn’t tried to register/title them himself. You can’t even trailer these as track/show cars?
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### Author:  [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/19 "2012-05-29T18:05:22Z")
> [@King](#):
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> I don’t see why it’s illegal to own a car that doesn’t have a VIN especially if he hasn’t tried to register/title them himself. You can’t even trailer these as track/show cars?
You can! that’s what i don’t understand… I guess the “right answer” would have been “its a track / race car” but he showed intent to illegally title it… (sort of)
it looks like scare tactics / entrapment to me
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### Author:  [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-out-to-club-a-baby-seal-came-back-with-a-crushed-car/223375/20 "2012-05-29T18:08:26Z")
> [@robftw](#):
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> You can! that’s what i don’t understand… I guess the “right answer” would have been “its a track / race car” but he showed intent to illegally title it… (sort of)
No.
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