Naturally. No worries for vehicles over 25 years old.

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

How much do you think you can get for those 25 year old diesel G's here in the states? Would importing them to Holland where they can be driven tax free not be more lucrative and easier?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I can get them for enough to justify the entire shipping hassle and make some profit. The question is GOING through the hassle. Diesel Gelandewagens can be had for roughly the same price all over the European Union, and pay no sales tax if they are being exported.

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

^ wow, congrats on finding one of the worst photoshop jobs on the internet

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

My brain hurts. I might even say -- Ew.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Federal approval is one thing. State emission tests are another. I don't think 25 yr old imported vehicles in CO are exempt from the standard emission test requirements. For diesels it would just be an opacity test but the test for gasoline models is more complex.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

This a GOP site?

Yup. John Boehner's watching you now, son.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

In CT, vehicles over 25 years are (currently) exempt from testing. YMMV.

Exemptions

The following vehicles are exempt from Connecticut's emissions testing requirements:

• Vehicles newer than four years old

• Vehicles older than 25 years old

• Vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds

• Farm vehicles

• Motorcycles

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

That was the beauty of owning a diesel in CT. No inspection, no emissions. The only thing that they really cared about was the VIN. I still had to take my old diesel into a state garage just because they needed to make sure it wasn't stolen. Annoying!

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

I'm curious as to how the numbers play out on this. My gut tells me that the G's would have to be purchased at a really low price in Europe in order to make enough profit--maybe buying them 50 at a time or something from an army auction or something like that.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Not that I want to pay yet another fee to the state of CT, but it amazes me that we don't have periodic safety inspections. Unless you get ticketed for a vehicle safety-related infraction (which requires an inspection to prove that the repair has been made), you could ostensibly continue to drive a completely unsafe vehicle for years and years. I had a '90 Ford F350 Crew Cab that was previously titled in New Jersey and at the time I was required to go through inspection since it wasn't previously registered in CT. I failed inspection due to fender arch rust-through in the bed and the high beam indicator light did not work. If it was previously registered in CT it could have had holes in the frame, crumbling body mounts, leaky brakes and worn steering gear and they'd have issued a plate.

In Maine, there are some visible rot-buckets on the road but at least there's some comfort in knowing that at least the frame, body mounts, brakes and steering have been inspected at some point in the last 365 days.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)