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Old May 4, 2008 | 12:14 AM
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im looking into buying an escort cossie
the thing that makes it hard is, im in Canada
these cars are extremely rare here, damn near impossibel to find
was just wondering about importing one
never imported anythign before
any info or link or anythign would be tons of help
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Old May 4, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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each country has diffrent importing rules etc.. check with your department of transport and they should eb able to help you out.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 12:50 AM
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yeah im lookin into that right now
says the cars have to be at least 15 years old
so i think it just got narrowed down to a 1992 escos lol
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Old May 4, 2008 | 01:27 AM
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i think they have to be owned for 15years or owned in the UK for a year and then you can take it out as a personal import.
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and make sure you can get compliance.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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what's compliance?
sorry, im new to importing
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Old May 4, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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its like when the car has to be modified to be able to meet the canadian road saftey rules etc
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Old May 4, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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You thought it through? Like what it will be like to get parts etc? I mean simple stuff, that could put it off the road for weeks?
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Old May 8, 2008 | 03:28 AM
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why for weeks? i get parts quiet easy tbh.
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