On Jun 7, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
 > wrote:

> 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 don't think we are saying it cannot be done. We just need to clarify
how it can be done legally. Passing it off as a US vehicle through
some yokel in some smalltown DMV might work but That does not clear
potential legal issues down the line. For recent imports, I'll bet it
takes be a couple of minutes to figure out how the vehicle entered the
country once I have the VIN. DMV can so it even faster.

Like taxes, they say 'avoidance' is legal. 'Evasion' can get you into
Alcatraz (or whatever they call Federal Pens these days).

> 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.

Why try to screw around with that State's DMV. It only takes a few
hundred dollars to register that Eurovan the legal way. No need to
keep looking over your shoulder.

> 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.

I was writing figuratively. California policy is friendly to
alternative fuels. Diesel's can burn common renewable fuels. You might
recall a posting I made here a couple of week's ago. California now
requires verification that you still have a diesel in your vehicle
every two years unless your vehicle is 1985 and older. Besides that,
they also test IIRC 1998 to present. They are doing a sniff test to
create a test sampling. No doubt bienniel inspections for diesels are
on their way in California.

> 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.

You know who should know better. If you know who knows enough to make
such a you know what comment, you know who should know well enough to
get a handle on his you know what.

You know who just likes to yank the Mod out of me.

BenT

>
> ----- 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