Actually, it's a mix of both, but PRE is mostly correct.
Different regulations allow for better performing engines but different
markets also drive different interiors, etc. And the unobtainable parts are
a real issue. It's not that they are not manufactured, it's that the local
Stealerships can't look up deliver some critical parts to you because they
are not in their system. I suspect that Rusty would have the same issue with
some parts.
Resale is a real issue, not because of quality but because banks have no way
of determining value. These days, everything is driven by VIN and a grey
market VIN won't map to a US model without US a model, your local bank
can't look the car up in the book. You'd think that this would not matter
with an older car but it does.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] gray market euro crap
more power, better economy, cool euro features.
You mean like ugly cloth seats, tinfoil bumpers, odd colors,
broomstick-in-a-bucket-of-rocks manual transmissions, unobtanium parts, and
no resale value?
Yes, they are just swell.
RLE
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