OT: ATTN: Jason Cameesa/ importing a rallye golf

[llutman at yahoo.com (Lisa Lutman)]

There's a great one for sale right now at Kinetic in
BC. It's stock and in really nice condition. 

Lisa

 --- Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com> wrote: > If
you think that importing an absurdly rare car
> into the US and then
> using it as anything remotely similar to a
> daily-driver is somehow going
> to be cheaper or easier than buying an Evo, you
> might want to do the
> math.
> 
> And if you live in an area with snow/salt, don't
> forget to add in the
> medical bills you'll incur when the rest of us VW
> enthusiasts find out
> your ruining this car by driving it in the salt!
> 
> The initial cost of the car is certainly a good bit
> less than a $28k
> Evo, but nearly all of the body panels, all of the
> drivetrain, and about
> half the interior are RARE. MEGA RARE. As in,
> "simply not available in
> this hemisphere." And you're damn lucky if you find
> any parts you need
> in the other one. Heck, even the parts that are
> shared with the Corrado
> G60 are getting harder and more expensive to find
> (check my sig if you
> don't think I should know).
> 
> Don't get me wrong. Rallye Golf's are DAMN COOL. I'd
> just about trade my
> Subaru for one if I had something else to make sure
> I got to work and
> back. Just make sure you know what you're getting
> yourself into.
> 
> Oh, and don't get an Evo. Fun car and all, but you'd
> have to deal with
> Mitsu dealers and Mitsu quality. GET A SUBARU!!! Or
> at least an R32.
> Sorry...can't help if I'm a little biased. <grin>
> 
> BTW, it is way too easy to get hooked on the
> turbo-all-wheel-drive
> thing. So much fun! And if you get a Rallye, I'd be
> happy to trade keys
> for a few hours!
> 
> (Just thought of this: If you want a unique AWD car
> with real
> performance potential...one that is rare but not
> completely
> un-maintainable, get a Mazda 323 GTX. Only something
> like 1600 in the US
> originally. Fantastic car...just be gentile on the
> tranny)
> 
> Neal
> '77 Scirocco G60
> '04 WRX STi
> '98 Sierra 1500
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 14:00,
> scirocco-l-request@scirocco.org wrote:
> 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 25
> > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:03:51 -0500
> > From: "Jason Arms" <redbug64@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: OT:  ATTN: Jason Cameesa/ importing a
> rallye golf
> > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Message-ID:
> <Sea2-F38BlaJGsdoVPH00001896@hotmail.com>
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> > 
> >   Jason, i probably spelled your name wrong,
> sorry.  could you contact me at 
> > xscirocco16vx@yahoo.com off the list, id like to
> talk to you personally 
> > about your experience with the matter in the
> subject.
> > 
> > To everyone else.. i know its not a scirocco, and
> NO, im not gonna sell all 
> > of my scirocco's.. at least not the mk1.  I want
> to but somthing that i can 
> > build some power into that is NOT front wheel
> drive.  I (stupidly) have been 
> > looking at Mitsubishi EVO's.  2 problems with
> them, they are jap, and they 
> > are really expesive!  Im leaning more twards a
> rallye golf now.  Can anyone 
> > give me some insight about what it takes to import
> one either from europe, 
> > or canada into the united states (legalities,
> cost, general pain in the 
> > assness).  Also, if anyone knows where i might
> find some for sale, im always 
> > open to help. :)  thanks.
> 
> 
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Lisa
Vancouver, BC

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