While tripping merrily through the mail, Olav Geisser was overheard
 OG> That's bad! :-((( I never heard about such pressure from the
 OG> governement   before. Our customs we have to pay on american cars
 OG> (which is 30%) is   nothing against that!!! Maybe in other US-States
 OG> it's easier? Or what   about any tricks? A US-Soldier who drove a 2CV
 OG> in Europe and brings it   home? Or a german worker in the US who brings
 OG> his car with him.   Theoretically it is legal to drive a car in the US,
 OG> wich has a geman tag   if a german person is the owner. And what about
 OG> fixing the value of the   car at a very low level? Does that work? E.g.
 OG> get a bill from your vendor   that says you bought the car for 100,-
 OG> bucks? ;-) 
It's a Federal thing, Customs in collusion with the EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency.)  Anybody bringing a car "home" with them will face
the same thing.  The only exceptions I know of are cars brought into the 
country temporarily for racing or show, cars destined for museums which will
never be "plated" and driven, or cars purchased NEW, through an American
Dealer, but with arrangements made for the car to be picked up at the
foreign (usually european) factory.  There are some exemptions for 
collector"
cars too, I'm not sure of that anymore, so it may be easier for something
from the 1960's or older.
There are other ways to do it, but they ARE "illegal" and outside the scope
of this echo :-)
Don
... He then left in a Huff (A small German sportscar).
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