> >1997 PEUGEOT 405, 97(R)Peugot 406 Coupe 2 Litre. Vary rare model, with
> >3-6 month dealer waiting list. Ariane blue, lots of extras, extended
> >warranty. Stunning looker and driver.
>
> "R" registration means the car is from Britain, where for some really
> really dumb reason they put the year of the car on the obnoxious licence
> plates they have here. In this case, R means the car was registered
> from between Aug 1, 1997 until July 31, 1998.
>
> If this is a car in the US, I wonder who is going to perform the
> warranty work on the car?
The car is in UK. I talked to the owner. He's moving to California.
> The price, 18,000 pounds, is quite reasonable. You'd be hard pressed to
> find any 406 coupe here for that cheap.
True. I saw some figures and it is in high demand in the UK.
It sounds like a real good deal. That is, if you are in the UK...
But what about those private import laws? Brett Melancon
has a Bertone X-1/9 that was brought to the states on the
Queen Elisabeth 2 some years ago by a person moving from
the UK to the US. The restriction is that you cant sell a car you
import that way right away. You have to keep it one year.
Now what if you registered the car instead of using the
UK reg? Then selling it back while it is US registered
would be quite easy...
Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
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