Importing a car from Europe ... prior experience? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Jeremy5848 · #1 12-31-2007, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bus63kombi

...I having been looking into importing a Trabant into the country so I have been learning the laws...

If you get a Trabi, remember to always keep it indoors so the cardboard doesn't mildew!

But seriously, there are 25-year-old Trabis? I thought they decomposed after five or ten.

This is one of those great projects that "someone else" should do. I look forward to seeing your pictures. I don't think you'll have a problem with a 25+ year old car as long as you use a reputable importer known to your DMV people.

BTW, there's a nice 601 "de luxe" Trabi, a 1988 model, ex-VW Museum, in eBay-Deutschland now, 2500 Euros, see

this link.

Jeremy

jshadows · #2 12-31-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848

If you get a Trabi, remember to always keep it indoors so the cardboard doesn't mildew!

But seriously, there are 25-year-old Trabis? I thought they decomposed after five or ten.

This is one of those great projects that "someone else" should do. I look forward to seeing your pictures. I don't think you'll have a problem with a 25+ year old car as long as you use a reputable importer known to your DMV people.

BTW, there's a nice 601 "de luxe" Trabi, a 1988 model, ex-VW Museum, in eBay-Deutschland now, 2500 Euros, see

this link.

Jeremy

HA! i drove a Trabi in Berlin once and nearly pissed myself laughing. They are very kitch but I personally would never purchase one. They do last if you take care of them, but it's a whole new world with a 2-cycle gasoline (lawnmower) motor in there.

I suppose if I were to get one though it would HAVE to be the wagon model.

Hatterasguy · #3 12-31-2007, 02:02 PM

Trabant? Aren't those the miserable little things that Clarkson and his gang rip on all the time as the worst cars the communists ever pawned off on people?

Old Soviet stuff is junk, be it a T72 or a car.

Compared to that my VW is an S600!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrIH8oE1hzA

#4 12-31-2007, 02:45 PM

East German.

Hatterasguy · #5 12-31-2007, 02:46 PM

A lawnmower has more balls!

lietuviai · #6 12-31-2007, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction

East German.

That's an engine???

lietuviai · #7 12-31-2007, 05:15 PM

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2007/September/Day-27/i19118.htm

#8 01-01-2008, 10:28 AM

Hi All!

Thanks all the leads.

Although the Borat-mobile might be good for {laughs | target practice | mowing} I'm hunting for a a TDI Caravelle/Transporter...

Happy '08!