The long version

US buyers only got legal access once the 25-year import rule cleared each model year, and that drip-feed of legality turned every newly eligible R34 into an instant speculation target rather than a car someone simply wanted to drive, which is exactly why it wears Forbidden Fruit. Values have run up more than sevenfold since the mid-2000s, most of it after 2018 as the import window opened, and container-fresh examples routinely go straight into storage rather than onto American roads. Flip Bait fits because the margin on a clean, documented example can beat holding almost anything else in this index. The RB26 deserves to be revved; the invoice mostly prevents it.