[s-cars] Devil Went Down to Georgia..

[tom at tomwintermedia.com]

RI = Registered Importer, right?

I guess if it is such a PITA, then I¹ll keep modding the S6 as it¹s pretty
damn fun to drive and no one who looks at it really understand just how much
of a beat down I can deliver with it! (current audience excepted) LOL!

Too bad, though, as I¹ve often surfed PistonHeads.com and dreamed of picking
up an RS2 Avant and bringing it across the pond.

Tom Œ95 S6 Avant


On 12/16/10 1:41 PM, "Tom Green" <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

> If I understand things correctly, it was not a "roller" and it was not a RS2
> model vehicle.
> 
> Those who are stating "facts" about importation of vehicles need to add that
> those "facts" are only their lay person interpretation of federal regulations
> and hearsay gathered from the internet, or get some real facts from a
> registered importer or attorney qualified to opine on these matters.
> 
> These vehicles are not "banned" from importation.  But, no one said it would
> be easy or inexpensive.  You just have to be willing to pay a RI to modify the
> vehicle where necessary to meet all federal regulations, certify it for EPA
> emissions requirements, and do all the paperwork,   And, be prepared to
> abandon the project if the RI finds an obstacle they can't overcome in the
> time limits the feds allow.  Bringing the vehicle to the US does not guarantee
> success  in federalizing it, since those restrictions mean it is not eligible
> for any of the exceptions to the rules, which is going to make it an expensive
> project.  
> 
> I think that means nobody here is going to legally import one to the US for
> another 10 years.
> 
> 
>  
> Tom '95 S6  
> 
>          '95.5 S6 avant
> 
> Knoxville, TN
>  
> 
>