[Supras] Help for import to the US

[Chad Fernandez]

Bob wrote:
> The bond was like $250....

The car was only valued at $500?...... you said twice the value.

>  and since you currently own the car all you would
> have to do in Michigan is claim you lost the title, have a cop inspect it to
> see that it is a complete car and that the vin doesn't have a stolen flag on
> it and your done.
>   

The police don't do the inspection anymore.  I went through this last 
fall with a motorcycle.  Too many people were downloading the form off 
the SoS web site and filling it out themselves.  Now the SoS does a vin 
search.  I submitted a written statement of how I got the bike, and 
since the bike wasn't stolen, they issued me a title.  I was told that 
as long as "someone" gave the bike to me, it was okay.  If I would have 
found it on the side of the road, it would have to be considered 
abandoned and it would then have to be turned over to the state, to 
auction.  I wish I could remember what the form I filled out with was 
called....... I had to talk to the right person at the right SoS to get 
through this.  A person at a smaller SoS office, basically told me that 
there was no way I could get a title, and that the bike could only be 
considered abandoned, which wasn't true.  I suppose that was partially 
my fault, since I was the first to use the word abandoned, which 
unfortunetly carried specific legal meaning to the State of Michigan, 
that I didn't want.  I don't know if that'll help with the whole getting 
a Supra to the US from Canada, Though.

I wonder if Canadian vins are any different than US Vins.
> Bob
> Near Hollywood Florida 
> (where all the Speedo Wearing Canadians winter)

Ahhhhhh!!!!! I didn't need that mental image!  I thought you were from 
Flint?

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA