Re: alfa-digest V9 #643

["Paul M. Johnson" <pjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, George Graves wrote:

> That's what I was thinking. The Navy dude didn't have to get the car
> through customs.

Ummm, it still comes through customs...it just gets a waiver since it is
personal property.

> A car that one of us brought back would have run that
> particular gauntlet, and something tells me that those guys aren't as
> dumb as the DMV types (they probably have better model identification
> information, anyway).
>
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6 3.0S
>
>
> On Sunday, Jul 13, 2003, at 22:40 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:24:56 -0400
> > From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
> > Subject: re: "164 Spider"
> >
> > At 11:42 PM +0000 7/13/03, alfa-digest wrote:
> >> He registered it by going to the DMV and
> >> telling them that it was a "164 Spider."
> >
> > I've pondered similar scams, but don't they have a range of valid 164
> > VIN #'s?  I mean, a 'Sud Sprint looks a lot like GTV-6 to a DMV
> > goon...  Could an SZ be a 164 variant too?  Can I get a Maserati
> > 3200GT and tell them it's a 4200?  Can a Peugeot 205GTi be a 505GTi?
> > The possibilities are endless if only the manufacturer and model year
> > have to coincide.  Of course, I imagine that this is borderline
> > fraudulent, but I wouldn't have any problem registering an R5 Turbo
> > as a "Le Car," and that's a car that I could actually own some day.
> >
> > But that makes me think of something--besides trying to register an
> > RS200 as a Taurus--what keeps 959 owners from registering them as
> > 911's?
> >
> > I think the real issue may be getting it into the country in the
> > first place, something that the Navy Captain didn't have to worry
> > about.  Passing the local smog check is no big deal, even on a gray
> > market '83 3.5L BMW with no catalyst or oxygen sensor...
> >
> > - -Joe
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