Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:30:27 +0430
Reply-To:     TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Attn: Vehicle Importers (LVC)
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  I have a question for those of you who import or have imported vehicles
as either a business or in the case of doing it more than one time for
personal use.  I don't want to clog up a bunch of the list bandwidth as
it's a fairly simple question but being so basic, it will no doubt inspire
a whole lot of conjecture. That being the case, please Pmail me and we can
discuss it.  Again, it's very basic question but I will be the first to
admit; I myself or people who know as much as I know about importing a
vehicle, are dangerous due to that limited knowledge.  I'm Trying to avoid
a whole bunch of "locker room lawyer" responses or the classic, "My
brother's, cousin's, best friend's, third cousin's, little sister's
boyfriend, *tried* to import a vehicle from Outer Slobobia (Slob-bo-bia)
once but...."
  The question is (and I originally was NOT going to post it):  After a
certain model year (i.e. The vehicle being "X" years old) can the vehicle
be imported as is, or does it have to also be modified (DOT & EPA) as a the
(same year/model/spec) U.S version would have to be?  IF so, how old would
that vehicle have to be?  State of possible import would be FL and they do
not have inspections there so no worries about the state level issues.  The
vehicle in question is 22 years old.
  My apologies to those who do importing as I've seen your contributions to
the list, but I don't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, let
alone your names.
  Again, Pmail me to avoid one more never ending post on the list.  I did
search but no such answer came out in dozens of posts based on "import"

Thanks,

TJ