When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Yes, it is the date of manufacturing that is the critical date, not the model year. For example, my 928 GTS 93' was manufactured in February 1992.
In your case, I wonder whether or not it would be possible and practical to bring the car to the US under the one-year provision and then "re-import" within that one-year period once the car is 25 years old.
Apologies for a slight sidetrack, but pics from your first post show a light grey interior .... have you changed the interior or re-coloured?
Link to post in 928 colours thread .. https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...ml#post8507252
Yes, it is the date of manufacturing that is the critical date, not the model year. For example, my 928 GTS 93' was manufactured in February 1992.
In your case, I wonder whether or not it would be possible and practical to bring the car to the US under the one-year provision and then "re-import" within that one-year period once the car is 25 years old.
Porsche starts with the new model year production after the summer vacation break in Germany. My GTS was produced in January 1992 and is a 92 MY.
Around September 1992 would be the time for the new 93 MY.
You are aware that we use the following date format: DD/MM/YY?
Porsche starts with the new model year production after the summer vacation break in Germany. My GTS was produced in January 1992 and is a 92 MY.
Around September 1992 would be the time for the new 93 MY.
I stand corrected, my GTS is model year 1992 (N-Programm) not 1993. Made a mental slip since in the US the first GTS is model year 1993.
Sounds as though if you have a 92 model like mine it may well have been made in 91 and thus 25 years old sometime this year.
That being the case maybe I should offer my dear friend a swap!
As a matter of interest how does one determine the official date of manufacture- is it a question of contacting Porsche for the info or is there a publicly accessible data base of such info?
Forget Mexico: car must be 5yrs old or less and made in NAFTA country.
The 25 yrs old rule will allow registration, operation on public road. Otherwise no go unless you pay bond to import then re-export and not drivable on public road.
Contact Euromcars.com as he import/ export cars worldwide.
Sounds as though if you have a 92 model like mine it may well have been made in 91 and thus 25 years old sometime this year.
That being the case maybe I should offer my dear friend a swap!
As a matter of interest how does one determine the official date of manufacture- is it a question of contacting Porsche for the info or is there a publicly accessible data base of such info?
Rgds
Fred
Non-North American market cars you have to ask Porsche.. easy enough to do. I had to do it for one of the 928's I imported which sailed close to the boundary of an important age-related cut-off for regulations.
US market cars have a convenient DOT sticker on the door jamb which tells them the month.. Porsche can give you the date it left the factory.
James Morrison's '92 went through the whole end-to-end process, so it is possible to do but you should ask him what's involved to see if you really want to do all that.
Would bringing the car into Canada help prior to entering the States?
Fly up and drive back, makings of a memorable trip!
No but it lands the car legally next door... theory being: Import the car & register in Canada, under the 15 year rule - which is fairly easy. But you need a name and address, then get the plates, insurance etc.
At that point the car can be driven anywhere as a Canadian plated car, for a short while at least. That short while could be a few years? Then in 2018 yet another process to import into the USA.
My brother did this in reverse with a grey market Ferrari. They used a foreign student to register the car, in Canada. They lost the USA title and the student left the country so it was a mess. The car had to go back to the USA or be wrecked. Not sure what happened next I have to call him.
A few years ago, there was a big story on a guy in Oregon who was importing Range Rover Defenders. The story was about how he sold these cars to people, and how US Customs came after the cars, and crushed them. It was about 50 vehicles, and they crushed all of them. So our .gov will not play nice on this issue. The folks who lost the cars also lost all the money they paid for the cars.
Bottom line, do it right, or store the car overseas... Not ideal for you I am afraid. But your three year window in the US may be about right. Sorry for our stupidity. We don't use the metric system after all....
Sorry for my delayed response to you all but i have been travelling without access for a couple of days.
I dont know how to quote and reply to each of your points seperately so let me just say a huge thank you to all that took time to answer and also post useful links and information.
It appears that my best option is to find the build date (car's first registration was Nov 1993) from Porsche and probably store it somewhere until it becomes 25 years old and then bring it over under the 25 year rule.
I really didnt want to have to do that as it has taken the last few years and many trials and tribulations to get the car to where it is today, a daily driver if needed or a pleasure cruiser for whenever the urge takes me and leaving it standing for a couple of years or so may not be the best thing for the car.
Shocki makes pertinant points with regard to his car as he is in the military and they have there own rules which dont apply to the rest of us unfortunately.
It has also been pointed out that the "Mexico" option is also out based on age of the vehicle and I think that unless I have a residence in Canada then the same would apply although i would love to drive the care down from Canada to Texas, that would be some trip . I have searched the family tree and unfortunately there are no relatives in Canada that i could use........
That leaves me with only one possibility which is to bring it under the "one year rule" as personal ex-pat property and re-export after that and in the meantime try and find a new friend in Canada until the car becomes 25
Once again thanks to all of you for the advice and time taken and sorry that i dont know how to quote each message and reply individually.
Dave from Oz mentioned the interior being a light grey (it was actually a cream colour) when I first posted it up a few years ago (huge memory sir!!) and he is quite correct. Unfortunately, what i thought was just dirty and unloved was actually very nasty indeed and in the end went with a complete interior and exterior redo.
Porsche could not tell me what the original interior colour was as it was built ''to sample" so i went with Black with a few dark blue accents which seems to suit the car and i like it even if its not totally original.
Everything else on the car is stock apart from a few bits and pieces here and there which are easily reversible.
A couple of you have also asked for some pictures so I have put a few in for your viewing pleasure hopefully. Hope i havent broke any rules with the number of pictures.
I think it was Randy that mentioned "sunroof delete", this is probably the only non reversible thing that I did do to the car as after three different motors, countless in and outs and new seals it still wouldnt work right so I got rid of it. Not factory but again, I like it.
How it looked when i first got it. Falling ap[art basically.
01-07-2016, 03:04 PM
. I have searched the family tree and unfortunately there are no relatives in Canada that i could use........
