[urq] Re: [s-cars] Re: Imported Audis?

[Keith Maddock]

At 04:29 25.02.2004, quattro at subvertdesign.com wrote:
>Read this first: Links on vwvortex to someone dealing with him. Read ALL 
>the posts. (seller is XDavid)
>
>http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1239222&postid=12023667#12023667 
><http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1239222&postid=12023667#12023667>
>
>This is the car he was selling on ebay:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2459674311&category=6055 
><http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2459674311&category=6055>
>
>And strangely, the same exact picture is of a car being sold in germany:
>http://mobile.de/cgi-bin/da.pl?bereich=pkw&id=11111111129585210&sprache=2 
><http://mobile.de/cgi-bin/da.pl?bereich=pkw&id=11111111129585210&sprache=2>
>
>
>Not trying to slander the seller, but draw your own conclusions.

Easy there..  If you really read the Ebay ad, he clearly states that the 
car is located in Alsbach, Germany.      How is that strange then?  I think 
he has the right to try to sell the car in more than one place.

It is a bit shady, however that the mobile.de says "Kein Klima" translates 
to NO AC.
And in the ebay ad, he states the car has Air Conditioning.

But the price is reasonable really.. 7k EUR for the car in germany.  That's 
about $8900 already.  Consider shipping costs ~$1k (included if you buy it 
for 19k) and you're up to $10k.     That leaves $9k for him getting the car 
through customs and DOT + EPA approval , which is  about the same that I 
was quoted by a ICI for importing my 968CS.....

The thing that would worry me the most (besides the AC problem) is that 
this bodystyle was never offered in the states, might make it impossible to 
import.

His previous 3 examples were all sold in the US in slightly different form, 
but with the same body structure (UrS Avant, M5 sedan,  S8), so these cars 
are "simple" to import if you're prepared to pay the $10-15k for the 
customs/DOT/EPA process).

However as one lister has already found out from DOT, they are aware that 
the S2/RS2 avants were never sold in similar body form in the US, and that 
would cause a problem for importing it "above the table"

I haven't read the VWVortex stuff yet, but I will....


Cheers,
Keith

keith at maddock.com    http://keith.maddock.com/

93 S4 (mit RS2 + BR upgrades) Portland OR
95 968CS (Ring Tool + Daily Driver) Koblenz, DE
1/8 89 GTI  16V (Spare Ring Toy)  Nürburg, DE