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RE: Importing my Audi.
Or you can immigrate to Canada! A friend of mine from Holland explained to
me when he moved here two years ago he could have taken his VW Polo here
with NO problems as immigrants are allowed to take their personal vechicle.
The lack of Polos in Canada convinced him not to take it.
At 08:43 11/18/98 -0800, Lewis, Gary M wrote:
>Geir said;
>
>> Hi,
>> I have just moved to "The great state of Minnesota" (As Jesse Ventura
>> puts it!!!) from Sweden. At home I left one of my dearest posessions, My
>> S4 avant 1993. I called a coupple of freight companies but they only
>> tried to rip me of with "offers" like 3500 dollars to ship it over here,
>> so I hesitated. But now I have heard figures more appealing, 800-1000
>> dollars for a Roll on roll off - kind of deal.
>> Now I wonder if anyone on the list has any experience in importing cars
>> into the US, and wich additional costs I'm facing? I'm thinking of the
>> conversion - Km/h into Miles/h etc, etc. Who carries out these kind of
>> conversions? I asked Carousell Audi , a dealer here in Minneapolis, but
>> they had never done one..
>>
>> Regards Geir,
>>
>> PS: Want to have a look at the car? Point your browser
>> to:http://www.nordicaudi.com/club/Medlem/geir_s4.htm
>>
>Hi Geir,
>You can import the car for one year under a non-resident exemption. After
>that I don't know what to tell you. I don't know enough about the euro-S4
>vs. USA/Canadain S4. If you are gonna stay here permenent, sell the S4 and
>buy an S6 Avant. Nice car (damn nice!!), by the way.
>
>Gary Lewis
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