https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/mazda-shaped-cherry-on-top-of-a-very-nice-cake/274366/page1/
This is a fun story about a guy (DaewooOfDeath - refers to his previous project car) trying to buy a Miata from another guy in Japan - where the author also lives. If you don't want to read the whole thread, skip down to post #16 for what he had to go thru just to get permission to buy the car - we have it so easy here by comparison!