This smart is up for sale in Arizona on ebay for anyone interested
![Image]()
Smart : eBay Motors (item 320517299696 end time Apr-21-10 10:02:14 PDT)
Diesel smart Car titled in USA!
smart142
21 - 40 of 172 Posts
Joined
·
5,936 Posts
It's not technically legal, but I've NEVER heard of anyone getting prosecuted -- that's why there are 70-80 of them in the country... where there is a will there is a way.:wink:
All anyone (including Uncle Sam) needs to do is get access to the Federally-run National Vehicle Database and all of this information is easily obtainable. That's what CarFax and others (like the one I am using) access. So monitoring this or any other enthusiast site is not going to be high on their priority list, if they are trying to enforce importation rules.
Joined
·
5,936 Posts
no doubt they got bigger fish to fry...:wink:
Joined
·
5,936 Posts
they were 1) probably excited at the prospect of selling an EV and 2) may not have fully appreciated the implication of trying to get the diesel smart registered (especially in CA).
They monitor this stuff alright, but this kind of talk doesn't trip any word triggers... so it just sits in a database somewhere rather than being brought to anyone's attention. Even if it were brought to someone's attention, they'd almost certainly discard it on the thinking that they've got better things to be doing.Let's talk about it more on the Internet - the government never monitors these sites...
They're just collecting so much data they can't process it all.
Joined
·
5,175 Posts
Joined
·
5,936 Posts
there is definitely a premium for having it already in the states -- that same car in Canadia would be MUCH cheaper!:wink:
Very interesting, I got that one from the National Vehicle Database a few days ago and it was shown as being in Peterborough Ontario, last registered there as of 2011....so a lot has happened in the past few months if it's been flipped from there to NY and now to OH.
Joined
·
30,944 Posts
That car has over 100K miles on it - 11 grand is way too high.
So, I have revised the US total downward because 5 of the cars that had been listed as being in the USA were only there for a temporary exhibition in New York City, and were later returned to Québec for sale. The total stands at 26 cars, with another 3800 to check up on. I will report the final US total when I have it, but I think now that it's well under 50.
Joined
·
5,936 Posts
keep that under your hat!
Can you break that down by the State they are in? The town I live in has 3 that came from Canada.
Don't have any in Montana. There are about 3000 cars that were already in the database that were not checked against the National Vehicle Database, so there could be more than the 36 titled in the USA. If you have the data on the three Montana cars, please pass it on by PM.
I should also point out that only US titled cars are there. There are a few cars with US owners running around with Canadian tags....
Arizona - 1
California - 1
Colorado - 2
Connecticut - 2
Florida - 4
Georgia - 1
Illinois - 1
Michigan - 1
Minnesota - 1
Mississippi - 4
North Carolina - 2
New York - 1
Ohio - 4
Oklahoma - 1
Oregon - 1
Pennsylvania - 2
South Carolina - 1
Tennissee - 1
Texas - 3
Virginia - 3
Washington - 1
I should also point out that only US titled cars are there. There are a few cars with US owners running around with Canadian tags....
Arizona - 1
California - 1
Colorado - 2
Connecticut - 2
Florida - 4
Georgia - 1
Illinois - 1
Michigan - 1
Minnesota - 1
Mississippi - 4
North Carolina - 2
New York - 1
Ohio - 4
Oklahoma - 1
Oregon - 1
Pennsylvania - 2
South Carolina - 1
Tennissee - 1
Texas - 3
Virginia - 3
Washington - 1
Joined
·
5,936 Posts
really, can we keep the a LOT more quiet?
21 - 40 of 172 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
