Date:         Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:32:04 -0400
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Importing van from Canada to US (Victoria BC to Seattle) ?
Comments: To: Hugo Varotto <vanagon@varotto.org>
In-Reply-To:  <6D2EC079-D847-4578-8767-AE3F0F01F493@varotto.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Make sure you stop at a BIG Canada / US border crossing (especially DO NOT
cross on any of the BC / Washington ferries). Customs has started to get
really weird out in BC / Washington on BOTH sides of the border. The last
thing you want is a customs agent with too much time on their hands turning
a legitimate legal purchase into a training exercise.

Christopher
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Hugo Varotto <vanagon@varotto.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> first post here :-) I'm currently a Eurovan Weekender owner who's
> looking to get into the Vanagon world (Syncro most specifically). I've
> been soaking/reading all the e-mails here for a month or so, learnign
> as much as I can.
>
> I'm currently looking at a very nice (read, nice price) Syncro Westy
> in Canada, and would like to know if anybody has any experience/tips/
> recommendations on how to import it to the US (paperwork, process, etc).
>
> Is this something feasible, or should I forget completely about it (am
> I asking for lots of trouble ?). Should I do it on my own or see if an
> importing company could do it easier ?
>
> Reason I'm looking for a Westy Syncro: my idea would be eventually to
> do a Zetec conversion and prepare it for an Alaska trip in the medium
> future (couple of years).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Hugo
>