[Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query 15 yrs +++

[Area31 Research Facility]

I guess if this got out, that all those foreign built, allegedly 2005
Hundais, Daewoo's, VW's, Volvos, etc. that folks are paying top dollar for
at car dealerships here are actually ancient 1990 models, there would be a
drop in allegedly new car prices eh!?.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "Area31 Research Facility" <stephensrw at stn.net>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query 15 yrs +++


> 15 yrs or older. (for Canada)..... Thems' the rules man. (25 for most of
the
> USA....California is even more complicated.
>
> It would take me too long to explain it all, but Canada Customs & the
local
> DMV both say so.
>
> No way around it w/o 10's of thousands of dollars in possible mods, and
even
> then, no guarantee.
> Believe me when I tell you this, as I have been active on the
> www.minimania.com website for 3 years
> and have been involved in or read HUNDREDS of threads on this very
subject.
> See these 2 links to get you started.
>
> http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4140/rc4140-e.html
> http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Area31 Research Facility" <stephensrw at stn.net>
> To: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark or anyone !
>
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > I'm a little confused.  Who prevents one from purchasing any damn car
> abroad
> > they desire and paying all the taxes (which can get pretty expensive)
and
> > bringing it in to Canada?  You must be talking about only the cars
allowed
> > in WITHOUT taxes due to so called Free-Trade.
> >
> > I know that in order to actually liscense a foregn car it must be
> compliant
> > with Canadian emission and safety requirements but cars are imported by
> > private citizens and then modified as the law requires all the time. In
> this
> > regard, I would think newer cars will more likely be compliant as found
> than
> > the older ones.
> >
> > A car would not need compliance to sit in a collector's private display
> like
> > a museum.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> > To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark or anyone !
> >
> >
> > > Hi Hagar et al.
> > > Still going to be way too new for the North American Market I'm afraid
> :-(
> > > Newest we can import here (from anywhere) is built before August 1990
> > >
> > > 45kms= ~ 27.9 miles
> > > 1 liter=0.21978 gallons (imp)
> > > 27.9/0.21978 = 126.945MPG (imp)
> > >
> > > Even a SMART car 799cc Diesel won't do that kind of mileage ~!~! (I
> think
> > > they top out @ 80MPG with a feather foot)
> > >
> > > Mike in Lobster Land
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> > > 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> > > NB
> > > Canada
> > > E6L 1T1
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org>
> > > To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:35 PM
> > > Subject: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark or anyone !
> > >
> > >
> > > > Interesting lil wee car that Lupo !
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here comes Hagar anyone. :      Mike in Lobster Land   I talked to
my
> > Lupo
> > > friend in
> > > > Denmark  today for about two hours about the Lupo.
> > > >
> > > > More to come stay TUNED.  ---- figure out 45 Km on a Litre for
> > > me ---first.
> > > >
> > > > Hagar.
> > > >
> > > > PS : The guy was a compulsory write down type --just like Hagar.
It
> > > started as Arosa in
> > > > 1997 mar. name changed to Lupo   and production was stopped a couple
> of
> > > months ago.
> > > >
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