"Stop using Homeland Security funds to seize imported vehicles, and change the DOT/EPA exemption to 15 years. The Department of Homeland Security spends a shockingly disproportionate amount of its budget not on security initiatives, but on customs seizures. In particular, importers of grey-market vehicles have been targeted by monies taxpayers have intended to be used to secure our country against terrorism and terrorist activity. We call upon the Executive Branch to immediately cease this wasteful activity, and furthermore to change the DOT/EPA exemption time on grey-market vehicles from 25 years to 15 years (to match the vehicle regulations of Canada), recognizing that the 25-year rule was enacted due to support from special interests such as Mercedes Benz North America."

The law currently states (in the US) you can import any grey market vehicle legally if it is 25 years or older (classic car rule). This is a petition to change it to any vehicle that is 15 years or older (same classic car rule as Canada).

Click on the link to sign the petition. There are over 480,000 members on HT and this petition needs another 23,000 names!

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...years/L50BZzwj

 

Sweet!! I signed!

 

Cross posting this on VWVortex. We all want some Lancia Integrales faster than the current pace.

 

Thats what people need to do! Keep posting this on other forums! There are plenty of VW, BMW, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Honda and other manufactured cars people want that we never got in the states.

 

I signed hopefully this gets me closer to owning a ek9

 

Signed.

 

Bump bump bump

 

Ttt

 

yep. I just signed.

 

im 2,193

 

just did my part and signed

 

#1981 : )

 

2,297 signed

 

#2,329... I'd like to get me a db8 so lets keep this moving she would look pretty sitting next to the ek9

 

I want your ek9

 

Im In !!!! signed up. need my DC2 ITR RHD

 

sign in 2360 dc2

 

someone needs to hangout around sema with this.

imo it's a great idea since:

1. it's stupid to spend gov money on seizing cars .01% of the population wants
2. importing them does no harm

 

2,466 baby Im in for a EK9.. Andrew your the man.

 

Lets keep the signatures coming!

 

Whats up man? I didn't make the petition I'm just trying to help it out! The US gov spends way too much time worrying about grey market vehicles.

 

I really don't get the appeal of RHD cars, especially when we sometimes got the exact same chassis here--but to each their own I suppose.

When I was young my neighbor imported one of those Benz's in the 80's. What a POS, but it was a cheap Benz.

Still though, I don't see the US caving on this issue. A 15-year old car isn't all that old anymore and I'm sure the insurance companies will have something to say about it, too.

 

like we don't offer full coverage? fair enough

these cars are all going to be bought in cash anyway

 

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