Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:16 -0400
Reply-To: Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Scarlett Semko <damosem@MAIL.MCO.BELLSOUTH.NET>
Organization: Pre-installed Company
Subject: Re: Importing a Vehicle from Germany to the States. (was Detlev S
ays Hi to List from Germany!)
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It is a VW Eurovan cab with a Win. camper body attached. It is a complete RV
with shoer, toilet, galley, generator, etc. Classified as a class B RV.
Ron Semko
Orlando, Florida
JOSEPH.F.BADGER@ait9.ameritech.com wrote:
> What is a Rialta?
>
> Joseph Badger
> 1990 Vanagon and 96 Jetta (and a bunch of kids)
>
> > Well,
> >
> > I can tell ya this much, as a sales manager for a large RV dealership
> (actually
> > the company owns 5 dealerships) in central Florida. I sell quite a few
> older
> > RV's (he only wants to spend $15,000, each, dosen't care what year
> they are, or
> > how many miles are on the odometer, but they must be less than 30 feet
> long,
> > and diesels are a premium. to a fella from the UK, who tells me he
> sells them
> > to dealers in, of all places Spain. Go Figure? He buyes, or wants to
> buy, if I
> > have them, 10 per month. Apparently he wholesales them to dealers.
> Probably
> > keeps a few for himself to retail (more profit). He's been known to
> buy some
> > real dogs, so it's obviously fixing them up. Must be a very good
> market in
> > Europe for American RV's. I do know from many Europeans who visit this
> mouse
> > trap for people (Orlando), that they go all gooo goooo eyes for our
> RV's. They
> > take pictures, and load up on brochures, and spen whole days at our
> dealerships
> > just looking.
> >
> > He's not my only European buyer, but he is my most frequent buyer. And
> as a
> > side note he loads them up with, get this, toasters, TV's, radio's,
> iron's, and
> > who knows what else before he takes them to the docks. Say's he pays
> for the
> > shipping and makes a profit, on the what nots he's loaded in the RV's.
> Go
> > Figure.
> >
> > Life, it's what happens when your waiting for something to happen.
> >
> > Ron Semko
> > Orlando, Florida
> > 1984 Vanagon with 200,000 plus miles, and a spare in the garage.
> > Yea, and I have a Benz too, but just for sales meeting, I promise (and
> an
> > occasional night out maybeee, and well, you get the idea), but nobody
> is gonna
> > get me to give up my Van I just love to pull up to valet parking with
> it, God
> > how I love the lok on their faces.
> >
> > ps Ok, I'll be blatent about this once, I've never mentioned this
> before, and
> > I've been on the list for years, one of the many lines we carry is the
> Rialta.
> > Any list member who wants one will get a very, very good deal from me,
> I
> > promise.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > von Clemm, Peter wrote:
> >
> > > I imported a Porsche in '86 before the laws were changed. Back then
> it was
> > > a lot of work but legal. Now it's not possible to do unless the car
> is 25
> > > years old or older or you are set up as a manufacturer of vehicles
> and do
> > > more than some number of importations per year (100 cars?).
> > >
> > > Two government agencies have jurisdiction on this...the EPA for
> emissions,
> > > the NHTSA for car safety. They both have different rules and if I
> recall
> > > the EPA imposes the tough rules.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > '87 Syncro Westy w/Detlev 5 cyl in September
> >
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