Re: final note about porsche discussion

[John Greenstreet <jgreenst@motown.ge.com>]

> From: bbell@csn.org (Bruce Bell)
> 
> If you really want an RS2, you could try your local Audi dealer. A
> Salesperson I talked to at Prestige in Lakewood thought one could be brought
> in for around $80,000 (federalized).  I suspect though you would have to
> have someone really connected with VAG (Frank Bedor) to pull it off.  Of
> course if enough of us on the list put in our orders they could't ignore us
> either, could they?  Lets see 29, 39, yep Ive got 44 cents right here - :-)
> 
I say one of these bad boys when I was in Switzerland, at a business
expo in Dietikon, a suburb just outside of Zurich.  A local dealer had
a used RS2 as well as a few Porsches and a Ferarri F40.  With the
Porsche wheels and brakes, it looks stunning.  The price was
SFr. 80,000., which translates to $65,000, but guess what: no airbags!

I'm not sure if the car is available with them, and that alone
would prohibit its importation.  But if one could be obtained that has
the US-spec airbags, AND is structurally identical to a model sold in
the US, it would be possible to bring it into this county.

The problem is that the DOT wants crash data, and if the car is not
structurally the equal of an approved vehicle, they'll want to crash
the one you're trying to bring in!  Bill Gates had this problem with
two 959s he tried (is still trying?) to bring in.

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John Greenstreet, Senior Engineer           (jgreenst@motown.ge.com)
Martin Marietta Government Electronic Systems    Moorestown NJ 08057
WPI Class of '75, Temple Class of '94

My new car history:
  1975    1978    1982       1986        1989      1992      1995
   VW ->  Audi -> Audi  -> Mercedes -> Mercedes -> Audi -> Mercedes
Scirocco Fox GTI  4000S    190E 2.3    190E 2.6    100CS     S320

POSSLQ's* new car history:
         1978       1981       1985      1988        1990     1993
       Triumph ->  Toyota ->  Toyota  ->  VW    ->   Audi  -> Audi
       Spitfire    Tercel     Corolla   Jetta GL      80      90S

*POSSLQ = Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
Note: All Audis and Mercedes above were sold to friends or family.
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