exporting an e30 US -> Europe

[Julien]

You probably think i am a complete douche bag for exporting my e30 to europe, but i have my reasons.. except for shippirng what other modifications will i have to do to ship the car to europe (france, belgium or germany) .. this would be for a year.. Any input would be awesome,




Thanks
Julien

[YAN-3]

hay man i should of done that too. u in the military? if so i sugest u do take your e30 with you and drop all sorts of good stuff into it and take here back as a sweet euro moded e30. parts and accs. are cheap here.

[M-technik-3]

cost about $600.00 for shipping sometimes less because we don't ship that much in that direction. W&W can give you good rates from time to time.

How are you going to have it registered??? DOD tags or ? if it's registered under the German system or anyone elses get ready to take of all the non complanice parts thet you don't have paperwork for aka TUV.

Ask Nico, BaverianBimmer, or ? sorry forgot your screen name. Has a M3 and Touring and is an ex-patriate Army gent who know lives and works on German economy.

[Julien]

Yeah, i've used W&W before, with forwarding costs it was roughly 8-900$. What kind of tags do you military guys use when you are abroad? Belgium doesn't have a TUV inspection but something fairly anal- I was wondering if i could use some "temp" tags for the year i was there so i wouldn't have to conform my car to any standards..


Thanks
Julien

[radback]

Why don't you bring an old american car (wanted in europe) then sell it there, then buy a nice euro E30 for cheap and return with it in US.
It would be the best deal for you...

[M-technik-3]

We use DOD tags that are issued by TUV. Inspection is differant.

[Julien]

Why don't you bring an old american car (wanted in europe) then sell it there, then buy a nice euro E30 for cheap and return with it in US.
It would be the best deal for you...

not enough dough.

[M-technik-3]

because he will still need to federalise the car coming back to the US.

[Julien]

I could just drive around with US tags for a year :twisted:

[Mot]

lol that might catch some looks. People will be like what the hell is North Carolina? :twisted:

[M-technik-3]

I think that is only possible for a month as I have my German tags still. They were legal a month after the wifes car left the port.