Isn't NAFTA supposed to take the headache out of things like this? Do we
have free trade or do we not? We should email the White House and
complain...

>A guy I work with had a friend who tried to take his car with him when he
>moved
>to the States.  He had to post a $10,000 bond and then get the car set-up
>to DOT
>standards, which can include changing all the glass, I believe changing
>over the
>instrument cluster to read in those funny units they use down there, the
>bumpers
>may also be different (the reason we don't have an Audi A4 1.8T Avant
>here), an
>extra funniness with the camper is that the regulations about RVs are
>different,
>and the big nasty - emissions (which is totally state dependent, I guess).
>If
>they didn't sell a diesel EV in the States, there's probably a good reason
>and
>to import it may be financially challenging.  As Chris said, it is
>dependent on
>the age and the regulations in effect when that vehicle was originally
>manufactured.
>
>Importing U.S. to Canada I think is (somewhat) easier, but no cakewalk.
>Canada
>Customs publishes a list of which cars are and aren't admissible (those
>which
>are newer than 15 years old)
>
>Aside from that, I didn't even know they made diesel EVs... that's my new
>knowledge for the day.
>Cheers!
>Keith Adams
>Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia
>
>Christopher Michael Gronski wrote:
>
> > I'd caution you to really investigate importing a vehicle to the states.
>I
> > live in Canada and the rules are great for US to Canada importation but
>are
> > aparently very strict for Canada to US. A few weeks ago myself and a guy
> > from Michigan were both looking at the same '80 Westy, he ended up out
> > bidding me and got the van, then proceeded to struggle for days to try
>to
> > export it from Canada to the States. He tried phone calls, e-mail, etc.
>and
> > I'm told he even drove the vehicle to the border but no dice... he
>couldn't
> > bring it in. His loss was my gain. Since he wasn't able to export it to
>the
> > States, I ended up getting the van. It may have had something to do with
>the
> > age of the vehicle but be VERY careful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris

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