<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by sclui56:
W1N,

The whole issue of using an owner in a state different than the selling dealer is to avoid paying sales tax in the state where the dealer is located at the time of sale. However, the buyer is subject to sales & use tax of his/her home state when the vehicle is registered there, which may be a lot less than the seller's state.

In your case, this is a moot point as the vehicle will not be titled in the U.S., all you are after is getting the MSO so that the transport company can legally ship it.

Now I really don't know of all the in's & out's in terms of the time frame in which your friend(s) must act from the time the MSO is issued till the time the vehicle needs to be titled in the state of domicile, and every state has its own little twists in motor vehicle regs.

Think about this for a moment, if you want to have a NEW vehicle, modified to your specs, and be in a position to ship it home, even if you have to pay sales tax, the worst is that it will add another $5K to the acquisition cost But this would be the safest since you'll be able to inspect & test the vehicle after it's been tuned, just one less surprise.

While this is only STATE tax rates (not including local & other municipal taxes), this should give you a flavor in choosing your friend wisely:

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales.html </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Seems like I did, my good friend lives in Colorado (Sales tax 2.9%) I do too have lived there and actually have used and lived in that same address. I actually have an social security number as well, or atleast I use to have...

And as you said the sales tax isn't going to make me go to the used if I have an opportunity to aquire a new H2.

Thanks again for your great help!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AHels:
You're right. The Hummer's, be it a H1, H2 or even an H3 are not currently approved in Europe. Simply because GM haven't went through the trouble to get them approved as of yet - looks to change as they were talking about actually importing them themselves (GM Austria I believe?).

That being said, there are lots of Hummers on the European roads and they are all approved by EU legislation. The thing is, they need to go through the SVA test (may be called something different in Finland) for the full vehicle check-up, unless, you can provide them with a certificate of a previously approved vehicle of the same make, model and year - in which case they do a limited test only.
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Kroymans Corporation will be offical importing party for entire Europe after summer 2006.

Actually there is a dealer in Czeck Republic that is selling Lingenfelter 500hp H2 as new vehicles so there might be a chance that they have had it tested before it went on sale. However, legal manners vary quite a bit from country to country