Cheap cars? export?

**Sir.thomi** · 03-18-2010, 02:16 PM

Hey a friend of our family deals with cars. He got my dad a brand new e-class ('09) model (guess it was the 220 or 230 cdi, dont nail me on that...) (fully loaded) for about 42 000 US-Dollar.

Do you think it would be worth exporting them to the us?

greets thomi

**Phillip///** · 03-18-2010, 05:44 PM

Don't you pay loads of taxes on importing cars from the US? I mean the two times we bought a car from the US it's atleast 100k more depending on what the pricetag is (due to taxes, and import taxes)

**pip** · 03-18-2010, 05:50 PM

yeah i think your gonna eat your profit in getting them over here and regestered...

**Sir.thomi** · 03-18-2010, 06:17 PM

no its exporting to the us from germany...
not the other way around

**DialM** · 03-18-2010, 06:34 PM

Rain Man style?

**Sir.thomi** · 03-18-2010, 07:22 PM

what?

**van** · 03-18-2010, 11:26 PM

it usually isn't worthwhile trying to import a car into the US if it's already available for sale here. even less so if it's a diesel, because there'd be more regulations to deal with, and you might not be able to get it certified for use/registration in the US. at that point, you'll end up spending more than just buying a legal US-spec model in the first place. now, asia is another matter... would you be interested in exporting from germany to asia?

**Sir.thomi** · 03-19-2010, 06:57 AM

exporting in general...

**DialM** · 03-19-2010, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Sir.thomi

what?

Have you seen the movie "Rain Man?"

**Sir.thomi** · 03-20-2010, 05:31 PM

nope - guess i need to now

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