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Originally Posted by Capt. Jim
You may have a problem bringing CR vehicles into this country. Federal emmisions standards and DOT safety requirements come to mind. I'd chck out what they will allow before buying and driving all the way back.
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Should not be a problem as long as the vehicle is 25 years or older. Then the vehicle is exempt from NHTSA and EPA requirements.
I looked at a Troopy down there and contacted a broker to arrange the lawyer fees and shipping costs. I had a quote, but the seller received a better offer from a local.
One option could be to fly down to Costa Rica, do your shopping and bartering, drive the vehicles yourself to Puerto Limon and arrange to have them transported to Houston.
Then fly back.
Once the vehicles arrive in country, you can process them out of the Port of Entry and drive them home.
The broker I went with wanted $150 for their fee, $200 for bonded warehouse costs, $200 for Export permit, and $100 to load the vehicle.
This particular company shipped to L.A., so the ocean carrier costs was $1700, a little high because of the distance and Panama Canal costs. I found that more ocean carriers are avialable if you want a Houston port and the costs are much lower.
Just a thought. Like I said, I had about a month worth of research in shipping a troopy to the U.S. before the sell took a better offer.
Michael