Actually, he can start it up and drive it around his own private property.
For example, he could use it to tow a plow around his garden.
That's my actual interpretation of the law.
I heard the car got shipped back, but it's somewhere.
Ross
Michael Lorrey wrote:
> I have doubts about urbanlegends accuracy. For example:
> T. Bill Gates has $750K Porsche 959 he can't use;no type compliance,no
> license!
>
> This is actually a true story, as anyone who read the Seattle PI in the
> early 90's can tell you. Bill bought this 959 which he shipped here, but
> couldn't get out of customs since it did not qualify under the emissions
> laws.
>
> The PI was regularly grilling him on his tendency to speed (and the
> police's tendency to not cite him), and made a big deal about one cop
> who ticketed him and was consequently fired. The 959 flap occured around
> this time frame.
>
> Doug Jones wrote:
> >
> > Spike Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if this is an urban legend? If true its too funny:
> > >
> > > >>The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil
> > > >>spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most
> > > >>expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid
> > > >>cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view,
> > > >>a killer whale ate them both.
> > >
> > > {8^D spike
> >
> > According to urbanlegends, this is false (and the original story was sea
> > otters, not seals).
> >
> > http://www.urbanlegends.com/afu.faq/listing.cgi?selection=animal
> >
> > --
> > Doug Jones, Rocket Engineer
> > XCOR Aerospace
-- Ross Andrew Finlayson Finlayson Consulting Ross at Tiki-Lounge: http://www.tiki-lounge.com/~raf/ "It's always one more." - Internet multi-player computer game player
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