Re: Scirocco on Ebay

["Brian Haygood" <Scirious@hotmail.com>]

In 1976 my Dad bought a Mercedes in Texas.  A friend of his bought one
(brand new) in Germany and had it shipped over.  He had to buy US bumpers
and lights, but no emissions because it was a diesel.  The car ended up
being way cheaper even after the modifications.

All these things need for emissions would be a cat, right?  So put on a new
exhaust with a cat, pull some US bumpers out of some lister's trash heap,
grab a pair of US lights for the weekend and get the darn thing registered.
Might also need MPH on the speedo, so swap instrument clusters from your
other car for the afternoon while you get it inspected.

There has got to be a way to do this efficiently and cost effectively.  That
car is just too sweet to leave its fate to chance.

-Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: Steffen Becker <little_Goblin@gmx.de>
To: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
Cc: <Dirk@Scirocco2.de>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <scirocco@powerlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Scirocco on Ebay


> Hi,
> I`m from Germany and itīs right what Dirk have written. You can get any
car
> for a little bit money. For examble a vw golf for  US$ 0.50 a passat or
> scirocco also. The cars are without a KAT (catalytic converter) and that
is the
> problem here in Germany. For cars without KAT you must pay many money and
that
> why nobody want this cars.
> The problem for the americans is that you can buy the car but shipping to
> the states is very expansive and it give any problems, for example: the
EURO
> bumper are not allowed in the USA. The custom say the car donīt dive in
the USA
> with the EURO bumpers.
>
> Steffen from Germany
>
> Scirocco 16V
> Golf A2 GTI
> Jetta A3 TDI
> Jetta A3 GT
>
>
>
> > Where I live it's not a problem.  People are known for having cars on
> > blocks
> > in their yeards for years.  M only current problem is that I live in an
> > apartment and don't have a yard.  Working on that problem though.
> >
> > William Snyder
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>
> > To: "Dirk Schneider" <Dirk@Scirocco2.de>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 10:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: Scirocco on Ebay
> >
> >
> > > That really sucks.  We need a cheap way to get them over here.
> > > Unless you live in the city nobody cares about unregistered
> > > cars in your yard.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 04:04 PM 11/18/01 +0100, Dirk Schneider wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >not really unbelievable.
> > > >
> > > >"viele Teile schon ausgebaut"
> > > >means that
> > > >"a lot of parts have been removed already"
> > > >
> > > >"kein Kat "
> > > >the Scirocco has no catalytic converter, this means $350 tax/year
alone
> > > >for that.
> > > >
> > > >This car is an 8v with 90HP carbureted engine, not a 16V as the
bodykit
> > > >may suggest..
> > > >
> > > >you often find cheap cars like that in german (eBay )
> > > >
> > > >The catch about it is, that you have to pay a high amount to get
> > > >rid of the car on the yard later.
> > > >And it's a law here that you can't have a car longer than a certain
> > period
> > > >of time
> > > >without plates, so you will either have to insure the car ( which is
> > very
> > > >much for a Sciroccco here )
> > > >or scrap the car.
> > > >This is shitty rule is called "Verwertungsnachweis" in german.
> > > >
> > > >It's cheap to BUY a Scirocco here BUT very expensive in tax / to
drive
> > it
> > > >/ to insure it
> > > >and even to get rid of it again...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >That's the reason why so little people bid on those cars here,
> > > >and you will see why I have got my Scirocco White Cat on eBay for $50
> > two
> > > >weeks ago.
> > > >http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1653548939
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >friendly Greetings !
> > > >Dirk
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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