Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
And while there purchase a mothballed oil tanker for 5 cents on the dollar to ship it back home. On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 1:52 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > YOu buy the car online, fly to Japan, drive it around seeing the sights, > park it in a long term lot, fly home. Six months later, go back to visit > and have your car waiting for you (with a dead battery). Perhaps rent it > out to other tourists, like an Air B for cars --- > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:28 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Yeah I remember reading that > > > > I followed the link of a guy who posted in a UK 211 FB group Who bought > > one for 500lb then it was apparently 600 to get it delivered so all in > for > > 1100. UK must have some other rules. I don’t know what shipping to here > > would be, maybe land it on the west coast and drive it back home! > > > > --FT > > Sent from iPhone > > > > > On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > It’s not left hand drive, but… > > > > > > > > > https://jalopnik.com/i-ordered-a-brand-new-chinese-900-ev-online-1842363027 > > > > > > You can get a good idea of what’s involved in getting a car stateside > > from reading this. > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:35 PM, G Mann via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. > > >> Car ... $500.00 > > >> Shipping $5000.00 > > >> Port fees ... > > >> Ocean shipping fees ... $ > > >> Loading $1,200.00 > > >> Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] > > >> Japan customs fees $ export > > >> US customs fees $ import + taxes. > > >> DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx > > >> Land shipping $ XXX [guess] > > >> The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... > Priceless > > >> It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give > > you > > >> a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. > > >> > > >>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Should I? > > >>> > > >>> https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> --FT > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ___ > > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >>> > > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >>> > > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >>> > > >>> > > >> ___ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
>And yet the Chinese can sell you some piece of crapola on AliExpress and ship it to you for a nickel. That is because shipping from China is subsidized by the USPS. Also known as our tax dollars. As was something else that came from China in the last 16 months or so. Lovely, isn't it? Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
YOu buy the car online, fly to Japan, drive it around seeing the sights, park it in a long term lot, fly home. Six months later, go back to visit and have your car waiting for you (with a dead battery). Perhaps rent it out to other tourists, like an Air B for cars --- On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:28 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah I remember reading that > > I followed the link of a guy who posted in a UK 211 FB group Who bought > one for 500lb then it was apparently 600 to get it delivered so all in for > 1100. UK must have some other rules. I don’t know what shipping to here > would be, maybe land it on the west coast and drive it back home! > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > > > On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > It’s not left hand drive, but… > > > > > https://jalopnik.com/i-ordered-a-brand-new-chinese-900-ev-online-1842363027 > > > > You can get a good idea of what’s involved in getting a car stateside > from reading this. > > > > -D > > > > > > > >> On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:35 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > >> > >> Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. > >> Car ... $500.00 > >> Shipping $5000.00 > >> Port fees ... > >> Ocean shipping fees ... $ > >> Loading $1,200.00 > >> Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] > >> Japan customs fees $ export > >> US customs fees $ import + taxes. > >> DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx > >> Land shipping $ XXX [guess] > >> The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... Priceless > >> It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give > you > >> a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. > >> > >>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Should I? > >>> > >>> https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> --FT > >>> > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
Yeah I remember reading that I followed the link of a guy who posted in a UK 211 FB group Who bought one for 500lb then it was apparently 600 to get it delivered so all in for 1100. UK must have some other rules. I don’t know what shipping to here would be, maybe land it on the west coast and drive it back home! --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > It’s not left hand drive, but… > > https://jalopnik.com/i-ordered-a-brand-new-chinese-900-ev-online-1842363027 > > You can get a good idea of what’s involved in getting a car stateside from > reading this. > > -D > > > >> On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:35 PM, G Mann via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. >> Car ... $500.00 >> Shipping $5000.00 >> Port fees ... >> Ocean shipping fees ... $ >> Loading $1,200.00 >> Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] >> Japan customs fees $ export >> US customs fees $ import + taxes. >> DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx >> Land shipping $ XXX [guess] >> The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... Priceless >> It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give you >> a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. >> >>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Should I? >>> >>> https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
And yet the Chinese can sell you some piece of crapola on AliExpress and ship it to you for a nickel. G Mann via Mercedes writes: > Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. > Car ... $500.00 > Shipping $5000.00 > Port fees ... > Ocean shipping fees ... $ > Loading $1,200.00 > Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] > Japan customs fees $ export > US customs fees $ import + taxes. > DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx > Land shipping $ XXX [guess] > The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... Priceless > It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give you > a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Should I? >> >> https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ >> >> -- >> --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
Our vicarious collective thrill: priceless On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:46 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It’s not left hand drive, but… > > https://jalopnik.com/i-ordered-a-brand-new-chinese-900-ev-online-1842363027 > > You can get a good idea of what’s involved in getting a car stateside from > reading this. > > -D > > > > > On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:35 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. > > Car ... $500.00 > > Shipping $5000.00 > > Port fees ... > > Ocean shipping fees ... $ > > Loading $1,200.00 > > Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] > > Japan customs fees $ export > > US customs fees $ import + taxes. > > DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx > > Land shipping $ XXX [guess] > > The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... Priceless > > It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give > you > > a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Should I? > >> > >> https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ > >> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
It’s not left hand drive, but… https://jalopnik.com/i-ordered-a-brand-new-chinese-900-ev-online-1842363027 You can get a good idea of what’s involved in getting a car stateside from reading this. -D > On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:35 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. > Car ... $500.00 > Shipping $5000.00 > Port fees ... > Ocean shipping fees ... $ > Loading $1,200.00 > Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] > Japan customs fees $ export > US customs fees $ import + taxes. > DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx > Land shipping $ XXX [guess] > The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... Priceless > It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give you > a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Should I? >> >> https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
Go for it. It will be an experience you will never forget. Car ... $500.00 Shipping $5000.00 Port fees ... Ocean shipping fees ... $ Loading $1,200.00 Unloading $1,400.00 [union labor stateside] Japan customs fees $ export US customs fees $ import + taxes. DOT compliance before import is approved .. $xxx Land shipping $ XXX [guess] The experience of buying a car unseen in a foreign country ... Priceless It will make you the man you always wondered if you could be, and give you a new appreciation of the parking lot panhandlers at WallMart.. On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 7:07 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Should I? > > https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Can I buy a left handle drive car in Japan?
Should I? https://respectmotors.com/en/auctions/1/Z4qZkHS1GT76TZ/ -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
