I wish I could convince the DOT/NHSTA that my bringing in a Lancia Delta Integrale Evo Martini 5 is
for a 'farm vehicle.' Somehow, I think they'd laugh. <g>
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From: Gnarly 505stx <gnarly505stx@yahoo.com>
To: Peugeot list <peugeot-l@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peugeot-L] importing again...
> hi everyone...
>
> this comes up here from time to time, and i've done it myself before, but this time i
> have picked a more difficult car! i have been digging more deeply since this car is not
> as easy to get in, and now i have learned a few interesting things! (My chosen car now is
> a diesel 92 VW Jetta 5 speed.)
>
> The BMW Club has done a lot of this, and people there encourage you to import on your
> own (an informal entry, as i did several years ago with a volvo from canada). Certain
> variables can put a few more hoops in front of you, pushing you toward using a Registered
> Importer ($) or for worse cases, an International Commercial Importer ($$). (Using either
> importer makes the process not just expensive, but lengthy and involoved. The opposite
> informal entry is simple, quick and very easy!) However, some creative people have found
> a few ways around some of these obstacles (and therefore, avoid the need for using an
> importer).
>
> One way some people have done it is to bring the vehicle in as a FARM VEHICLE. (Think
> of one of AndrE CitroEn's original goals for the 2CV: To be able to transport a farmer's
> eggs to market, across rough French countryside WITHOUT BREAKING UP THE EGGS! lol) This
> reminds me of a farm owner I sold a Volvo wagon to a few years ago. He paid almost
> nothing for insurance and registration, since he plated and titled the new 240 wagon as a
> farm vehicle.
>
> http://www.bmwworld.com/bmw/importing.htm Goes into more detail about other ways to get
> them in without going through difficult modifications for compliance.
>
> As for me, I am still working on this VW (no passive seat belts, no airbag!)...
>
> jay
> in a border city
>
>
>
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