RE: Importing S2 (Was: Ersatz S2)

["Lewis, Gary M" <Gary.Lewis@West.Boeing.com>]

George said;


>     Still, this would not be a cheap venture. To drive it away from the
> importer, the guy would first have to install front US bumpers, front US
> headlights, US spec airbags (upgrade to Audi sport wheel?), etc. for the
> car
> to pass, and the process would be drawn out for the first guy to try it.
> Not
> to mention the fact that there are tarriffs involved too, but from the 27K
> figure thrown out as cost on the Ersatz, and since you could take your
> euro
> headlights and bumpers home and reaffix them to the car for free, it might
> be economically feasible.
> 
> Just a thought.-George
> 
And a good thought.  I had the same thought myself.  Except I couldn't get
ONE Registered Importer (RI) to call or email me back, let alone get a
quote.  I get the feeling they don't want to tackle this monkey.  Anybody
else had better luck?

The way I figured to do this is to ship an S2 to the states using the
non-resident exemption of one year importation free (my wife is from
Northern Cyprus), and put all the goodies on an American CQ (or just the
VINs, it's your call), import the remnents.  $17,000 car and shipping,
$5,000 labor. 

Gary Lewis 
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