Date:         Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:08:44 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: T5 imports
Comments: To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <605867.17331.qm@web51502.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Financing is a second issue assuming you can get the vehicle in and want to
finance.

Banks only finance against valid VIN - I discovered this when trying to buy
a used Mercedes 280SL a few years ago. No problem getting money, just not
for that grey market car!

Tom
www.towercooler.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Anthony Egeln
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 7:23 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: T5 imports

I'm sure that the Mexican dealer will be happy to sell one, but getting it
registered legally here is another matter altogether.  The VIN will trip you
up.
You have to go through a registered importer like this one:
http://www.autostadtwest.com/
And that's only if the vehicle is on the official list of vehicles that the
registered importer can legally modify to US codes.
Of course, stuff does happen.  A year ago, while spending a couple of days
in Captiva, I didmeet some people from Illinois that had gotten that
specific vehicle across the Canadian border and somehow registered in that
state.  I suspect they were lucky.
Still.....  a tough row to hoe.
Anthony'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

--- On Fri, 11/26/10, A PETER MARSH <apetermarsh@MAC.COM> wrote:

From: A PETER MARSH <apetermarsh@MAC.COM>
Subject: T5 imports
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, November 26, 2010, 7:33 AM

Morning Turkey Gobblers

Hope you all had a great day yesterday. Is there any info available for
buying a T5 in Mexico and driving it across the border?

 I mean, lots of humans walk across and seem to stay in the US so why not a
few "naughty"  2.5 TDI T5's?

Just a thought.

Smile. Peter Marsh


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