Date:         Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:42:56 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         michael.heron@utoronto.ca (Michael Heron)
Subject:      Re: Brazilian Bus: The Plan

well, there are sure some butthead u.s. border guards at the detroit crossing

i once made the mistake of carrying tri-coloured pasta and trail mix in my
car across the border.

The border guard had never seen tri-coloured pasta and was immediately
suspect, plus he thought that the remanants of my "trail mix" was a bag of
weed! Now come on you can't tell me that guy has an i.q. larger than his
shoe size! When i told him i was a university student, he wanted to know
why i wasn't carrying my homework with me!

Just one example of the countless hassles i have received from us border
guards who see a very stock 65' Westy as the ultimate drug carrying
machine. I don't even have long hair, or any peace signs on the van!

Michael (donning his fire retardent flame suit!)


>Hey, avery
>
>When the Custom Officials arrest your butt, can I be your lawyer?
>
>Jeeeeeessssuuuuuuussssss! Why does every twit (sorry) think that
>the customs types at the border are stupid? Or that they have
>the idea of the century to bring in  uncertified cars to the
>US??
>
>Let me give you a quick story. You all know who Bill Gates is, right?
>He has a Porsche 959 (you all remember the Porsche supercar from
>the early 1980s) that is sitting in a warehouse because he
>can't get it into the country legally. Here is a guy who has, what,
>Billions of $$$$....and for all he's worth, he can't even buy
>the access to the US for his car. So get a clue!
>
>Also one other thing...affixing a VIN from one car to another is a
>Federal offense! Punishable by making you share a cell with a
>large 300 pound male named "Bull", and who will gladly refer
>to you as "Peaches". After you have picked up the bar of soap
>in the shower a few times, you may come to realize that changing
>a VIN number and assuming the Customs Officers are stupid, may
>not have been a smart move.
>
>Ahhhh, thank you .... I feel better now.
>
>(putting on my anti-flame suit)
>
>Ric