I suggest the under the radar appraoch ...
just go to a DMV in a small town in a state without millions of laws and
overwhelming buracracy ...
both seller and buyer ..
and transfer ownership like it was a normal deal. Sometimes that works just
fine.

I know a guy who drove a new Candadian Diesel Eurovan from Canada into
Washington state. At the border they didn't pay much attention.
At the DMV they were sligtly befuddled at first, but he got it US titled and
registered rather easily.

And the diesel aspect ...sometimes there's no smog check on those ...like
the old days ...just transfer title and register it.

as for California 'liking diesels' ..I can well believe that a smog
refferree said that , but I can't imagine california actually LIKES diesel
cars. It's long been my thought they never used to smog check them becuase
they would need millions of dollars in personel and equipment to be able to
administer that whole project.  Though they are doing a basic check on newer
diesels now I understand.

and to think, gas was once around 25 cents a gallon.
I have worked in gas stations, in LA, in the late 60's  where a common fuel
order was 'two dollahs regular' ..
and you could drive for about 4 or 5 days on that.

Not to go off on a tangent too badly ...., even at 5 dollars a gallon, fuel
is an incredible bargain, given what it takes to get it to our fuel tanks.
and the Gulf Oil spill is still not under real control...
the Earth she's pissed and getting back at us dumb humans !
whoops ..too political !
back to fixin' them vans !
you know who.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Jakob Andersen" <jayjay@ZORCK.DK>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: Very special expedition Syncro for sale in the US

> Hi Ben
>
> Thank you very much - I appreciate the information.
>
> Remember, the Bager-family are trying to do the right thing with this
> car - so the help from in here to properly understand the challenges
> with US-import helps a lot.
>
> BTW - it was given a full service by Gowesty a short while ago.
>
> Happy driVWing
>
> Jens Jakob