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

Eric Sanborn esanborn at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 12:58:57 PST 2010


I have always lusted after one as well.  I wish they had at least imported
the B4 Avant.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:54 PM, tom at tomwintermedia.com <
tom at tomwintermedia.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
>
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