I have friends who have imported dozens of vehicles.
from Vespas, to Mercedes S class.

  No major problems to date, and last year, one of the
cars was totalled, the insurance company paid for
replacement value, the owner of the imported car was
at fault, and there were injuries. Nothing abnormal,
no questions were ever brought up, and the case was
processed as any other case was.

Next....;)

"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to
arrive, safely, at death." - Tony Campolo

--- Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote:

> FYI: There are not any "technically legal" ways to
> permanently import a
> vehicle that is less than 25 years old without the
> use of a registered
> importer.  Yes, there are ways to get a vehicle into
> the country, and there
> are ways to get it registered in your state, but
> understand one thing, those
> vehicles ARE NOT legally in this country, and you
> have committed a federal
> crime by circumventing Customs, EPA, or the NHTSA.
> One more thing, if you
> ever get into an accident in your "technically
> legal" vehicle, you will be
> considered to be 100% at fault, regardless of the
> circumstances of the
> accident due to the fact that your vehicle is not
> legal for use on the U.S.
> highways.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Buffalo 66
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:44 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Importing a vehicle to USA - need
> advice
>
>
> I know a few grey areas, that are technically legal,
> but requires a bit of legwork.
>
> email me privately if you want the details.
>
> I've done it personally on 2000 MY vehicles.
>