RE: collectability Euro Vs US spec.

["Craft, Nick" <ncc@scr.siemens.com>]

So what's the deal with importing a car for personal use from abroad to
the US these days?

I heard they stopped that one-time exemption thing a while back. Does
that mean it's now basically impossible or totally uneconomic?

I'd love to own an old UrQ, but the US prices turn me off, when I can
get a decent '86 944 Turbo for around $8K, it's hard to justify more
than that for an 83 UrQ.  Of course, ideally I'd own them both :-).

Cheers,
Nick Craft

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	glen powell [SMTP:gpowell@acacianet.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, January 20, 1998 1:05 PM
	To:	audidudi@mindspring.com; EICHSTEV@aol.com; 'ScharfR'
	Cc:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
	Subject:	collectability Euro Vs US spec.


	The US-spec. cars are *very easily* brought up to Euro spec.
performance and beyond.
	Once you get used to the look of the US bumpers they actually
look better..... IMFO.
	As the US-spec. cars are far rarer Vs ROW spec. I would think
that it would not
	necessarily be worth paying the higher price for a very rare
US-spec car unless you
	really wanted all the nice high-end options that all the
US-spec. cars have. 
	(everything - virtually all US ur-qs are fully loaded) Of
course, if you want a stock 20V ur-q 
	then you will be looking outside the US.

	-glen