[Vwdiesel] Diesel Eurovan in Canada

[Tad]

Best of luck to anybody who tries to bring this (or any) Canadian vehicle
into the US (without a lawyer by his side).

Several years back my sister attempted to buy and bring to the US a
Canadian-spec Toyota pickup truck.  After calling the right folks and
getting the supposedly right paperwork together, she was turned away at the
border by different folks with a whole different interpretation of the
rules.  They told her she needed to call Toyota and get a letter of
conformity to EPA regs, of course when she called Toyota they had no idea
what she was talking about.

Ended up wasting a lot of time and money and giving up the whole idea.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Just Joe <stuff at wormshit.com> wrote:

> Ah, that was my confusion… yes, the DOT laws are a little different, and
> that’s where the 25 year rule is… though it seems there are exceptions.
>
> http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/
>
> Either way, $7,000 for a ’93 Eurovan is a bit steep.  KBB says maybe $4K
> private, $5K retail for a US spec gas model.
>
>
>
> From: pmdolan at sasktel.net [mailto:pmdolan at sasktel.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 8:59 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com; Just Joe
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Diesel Eurovan in Canada
>
> WOW>  I hadn't heard of those before!!  Guess I am out of touch.  The EPA
> ones are for emissions, What about the NHTSA/DOT laws for safety standards
> (that is what gets us coming the other way)??
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:54:43 -0400, Just Joe <stuff at wormshit.com> wrote:
> The "25 years old" rule is still in effect?  Because I found this which
> seems to suggest otherwise:
> http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/canadian.htm
> And specific to the '93 Eurovan:
> http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/canadian/canlis95.htm
> "… All 1988-1995 Canadian automobiles (gasoline or diesel fueled),
> light-duty trucks (gasoline or diesel fueled) and heavy-duty gasoline
> fueled engines are considered by EPA to conform with U.S. emission
> requirements. …"
> Am I missing something?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pmdolan at sasktel.net [mailto:pmdolan at sasktel.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 7:10 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com; Just Joe
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel Eurovan in Canada
> an not come �into US for another 6 years, unless you want to do
> one-off (very expensive)
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:33:18 -0400, Just Joe <stuff at wormshit.com <
> http://mailto:stuff@wormshit.com> > wrote:
> Just FYI. pretty sure you can bring this into the US.  Price is kinda high
> > though.
> >
> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1357487
> >
> >
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