Hrm... VIN swap? ;) Kidding, kidding....That crap will REALLY get you in trouble!
Jay www.DSTRacing.4T.com Home of the ULTIMATE sport shift linkages ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: Re: OT: Importing > I tried this about 8 years ago and it simply isn't worth the effort. > In this case, the car was an '86 Turbo R that was carburated - the US > model in '86 was fuel injected. The comment from the companies that > federalize these cars was "don't waste your effort b/c it'll cost > $25K to change the bumpers, side glass, head lamps and so forth just > to find out that it won't be accepted". > > The US DOT has severely limited the Euro import (gray market) cars > since about 1984. For the most part, the regs state that if the car > is less than 25 years old, it must be identical to the US version in > every way, shape and form - including safety equipment AND emissions > equipment. In other words, you'll have to spend the money to add all > the necessary equipment which will, in most cases, have to be NEW > although the actual bits on a US spec vehicle are 20 years old. > > There are tax and bond issues - neither of which I'm familiar with > anymore. Suffice it to say that you're good buy on a Golf Rallye may > end up costing you 2 or 3x the purchase price with no guarantees that > it will be federalized. If the car fails federalization, you have > two simple options - ship it back to it's point of origin or crush > it. And bear in mind that this isn't like a junkyard - you don't get > to take anything off the car before it's crushed. > > You may want to check out http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ > > > > --- Nils9 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I was wondering whats involved to get an euro car to US, > > car which basically has an US model and is easy to convert. > > Have any ideas, anyone did that? Taxes to pay? > > Any readme on the subject? > > > ===== > Matthew > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
