Actually, the other half is never satisfied. They want more and more, paid for by us.
Posted on 07/18/2014 10:22:10 AM PDT by PoloSec
They should have run those LRs down into Arkansas, went to the DMV and got a clean new Arkansas title, no matter how many excess titles were floating around for the same vehicles in other states.
$50.00! New, clean ARKANSAS title! No questions asked!
***My wife had an LR2 for about three years,***
Anything like the ANTICHRIST in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY?
Dijja buy a Honda?
In 2002 when I visited Russia I was introduced to a vehicle dealer who said he could “re-VIN” a UAZ (a Russian made imitation Jeep) which I was interested in purchasing and taking back to the U.S.
The deal I was offered was: $3,500 (US) purchase price for a brand new 2001 model, plus $1,200 to ship it to the U.S., plus another $1,000 to have the VIN “officially” changed so that the vehicle would become a 1976 model, and therefore 25 years old and exempt from emissions and safety standards.
I ended up passing on the deal because:
1) I was worried about getting caught and having my vehicle seized.
2) the UAZ does not have a particularly good reputation for reliability and there are VERY few UAZ dealers (somewhere around zero) in the United States.
3) I did not 100% trust the folks I was dealing with in Russia.
Yes, but did the tail-light leak oil?
I had an old Triumph motorcycle once that developed a crack in the crankcase breather/overflow tube where it ran along the rear fender. The leak was in such a location that when oil mist leaked out through the crack it entered the tail light assembly.
At some point prior to me discovering the crack, the tail light bulb burned out (not an unusual occurrence on those paint-shakers). When I unscrewed the lens and removed it to replace the bulb about 4 ounces of oil leaked out.
First off I know I will sleep much better knowing these criminal illegally immigrant cars are off the road.
Second. It is good that there is nothing else happening with illegal importation, say like Illegal immigrants pouring across the border, that there are enough federal officers to find 40 vehicles all around the nation.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/04/28/west-coast-defender-land-rover/8047505/
Sounds like my '72 Corvette. I was about 4 miles up the road after leaving the dealer and noticed that the oil pressure gauge was fluctuating and oil was flowing down the console towards my feet. Someone at the factory forgot to tighten everything down. Nothing like bringing a car in for service with less than 10 miles on it.
Yep. And the really sad thing is that half of the country is perfectly OK with it as long as they get their free sh*t from the other half.
Well, they apparently have been illegally imported. The same argument applies. Also, the article states that VIN numbers have been filed and re stamped. So compliance with laws is a legal requirement. Again the same argument applies. The laws should be equally applied to all.
Funniest post of the day!
Actually, the other half is never satisfied. They want more and more, paid for by us.
The states themselves usually make owners test their car for emissions. This whole thing stinks of some kind of shake down.Why have Congress pay for stuff when you can seize money without them?
The commonality seems to be with one particular dealership in NC. Wilmington, I believe.
From my link above:
“...Bottom line here on this....if you had your truck TOUCHED by this fellow in NC you are more than likely on the list managed by CBP. Their only way to track you and your truck is via VIN# from his records.
Other than that the only way it can be done is via state maintained DMV records(i.e. search all 1975-1989 Land Rovers) - but this is another herculean feat for interagency cooperation - not that it can’t be done....just difficult and time consuming.
So, bottom line - they are running down every truck touched by this person in NC that they have the records and history on...I said it when the original seizure occurred, and it was brought up numerous times since.
Yes it is a tragedy - and once again - that person should be blacklisted, and held accountable....”
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These are legitimate vehicles, but not approved for US safety and pollution standards. The US versions are much wimpier. Since US law has an exemption for vehicles over 25 years old, SHAZAM, there’s a flood of 1989 and older Rovers for sale that are newer models from outside the US being passed off as older ones.
Not really a big deal, and there’s no real crime involved.
Well, they (wisely) have engines built by Ford, but I don't know of any stock Explorer with 500hp.
Nobody who's driven one, especially off-road, would confuse it for a Ford.
Ran across this story from a year ago (I’m a big RR fan):
http://blog.caranddriver.com/exclusive-feds-declare-war-on-black-market-land-rover-defenders/
Except that if the vehicle is stolen, there are potentially two victims (the ‘new’ owner and the person from whom the vehicle was stolen. In that case, returning it to its original owner is the just thing to do.
However, if the only crime was by a car dealer “illegally importing” the vehicle then there is a good chance the person who bought it is the only victim, so seizing the vehicle is perhaps not the most just solution to the problem.
They are not illegally imported: They are “Undocumented Vehicles”.
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