

| Subject: | Re: Importing a Vehicle from Germany to the States. (was Detlev S ays Hi to List from Germany!) |
| From: | Scarlett Semko |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:16 -0400 |
It is a VW Eurovan cab with a Win. camper body attached. It is a complete RV with shoer, toilet, galley, generator, etc. Classified as a class B RV. Ron Semko Orlando, Florida JOSEPH.F.BADGER@ait9.ameritech.com wrote: > What is a Rialta? > > Joseph Badger > 1990 Vanagon and 96 Jetta (and a bunch of kids) > > > Well, > > > > I can tell ya this much, as a sales manager for a large RV dealership > (actually > > the company owns 5 dealerships) in central Florida. I sell quite a few > older > > RV's (he only wants to spend $15,000, each, dosen't care what year > they are, or > > how many miles are on the odometer, but they must be less than 30 feet > long, > > and diesels are a premium. to a fella from the UK, who tells me he > sells them > > to dealers in, of all places Spain. Go Figure? He buyes, or wants to > buy, if I > > have them, 10 per month. Apparently he wholesales them to dealers. > Probably > > keeps a few for himself to retail (more profit). He's been known to > buy some > > real dogs, so it's obviously fixing them up. Must be a very good > market in > > Europe for American RV's. I do know from many Europeans who visit this > mouse > > trap for people (Orlando), that they go all gooo goooo eyes for our > RV's. They > > take pictures, and load up on brochures, and spen whole days at our > dealerships > > just looking. > > > > He's not my only European buyer, but he is my most frequent buyer. And > as a > > side note he loads them up with, get this, toasters, TV's, radio's, > iron's, and > > who knows what else before he takes them to the docks. Say's he pays > for the > > shipping and makes a profit, on the what nots he's loaded in the RV's. > Go > > Figure. > > > > Life, it's what happens when your waiting for something to happen. > > > > Ron Semko > > Orlando, Florida > > 1984 Vanagon with 200,000 plus miles, and a spare in the garage. > > Yea, and I have a Benz too, but just for sales meeting, I promise (and > an > > occasional night out maybeee, and well, you get the idea), but nobody > is gonna > > get me to give up my Van I just love to pull up to valet parking with > it, God > > how I love the lok on their faces. > > > > ps Ok, I'll be blatent about this once, I've never mentioned this > before, and > > I've been on the list for years, one of the many lines we carry is the > Rialta. > > Any list member who wants one will get a very, very good deal from me, > I > > promise. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > von Clemm, Peter wrote: > > > > > I imported a Porsche in '86 before the laws were changed. Back then > it was > > > a lot of work but legal. Now it's not possible to do unless the car > is 25 > > > years old or older or you are set up as a manufacturer of vehicles > and do > > > more than some number of importations per year (100 cars?). > > > > > > Two government agencies have jurisdiction on this...the EPA for > emissions, > > > the NHTSA for car safety. They both have different rules and if I > recall > > > the EPA imposes the tough rules. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > '87 Syncro Westy w/Detlev 5 cyl in September > >
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