[DeTomaso] Another one hops the pond

[Jørn C. Olsen]

Norway has very high taxes on cars so they are genreraly very expensive her, 
but on cars ower 30 years old we have a spesial rule with zero taxes only 
VAT.
And the norwegian kroner is very high against the USD these days!  The oil 
is still pumping up from the North Sea and that helps too.

As an example, a new Volvo XC70 Cross Country cost about 115.000USD in 
Norway.

J.C

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "www.ProvaMo.com" <Pantera007 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Douglas Kelm'" <dakelm at qwest.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Another one hops the pond


>4 or 5 (or more) of the last cars sold that were on my website went to
> Europe.  Most of those cars went to Norway and Sweden.
> Another factoid: 2nd to the USA, Norway and Sweden are tied for the most
> visitors to my website.
>
> There must be something in the water (snow) - grin.
>
> Congrats to the new owner!
>
> Shame on DK.
>
> Chuck Melton
> www.provamo.com
>
>
>
> As we speak, #2886 (former NorCal and recently MN Yellow Pre-L) is on a
> boat headed for Sweden. Although I have mixed feeling about letting it go, 
> I
> take some comfort that it will be in good hands with it's enthusiastic new
> owner, Hakan Lindberg, who lives in Vasteras. I believe that the 
> combination
> of  the subprime induced economic downturn and the weak dollar vs. most
> other currencies means that a lot of our collector cars, and specifcally
> Panteras, are/will be headed overseas in the near future. In three months 
> of
> admittedly rather haphazard advertising, I only had four serious inquiries
> about my car and two were from Scandinavia.
>
> In a feeble attempt to assuage the pain of my loss, I crossed over to the
> dark side, joining Laurie (and undoubtedly a few others here) in ownership
> of a . . .  oh the shame of it all. . . dare I even utter the word. . . C5
> Corvette. There! I've said it. Go on, mock  me, ridicule me, insult my
> manhood. I'm fully prepared for the verbal abuse that will no doubt come
> from friends and foe alike.
>
> For those of you who have attained the exhaulted status of having me on 
> your
> Christmas list, I hereby make your task considerably easier by providing 
> you
> with this year's wish list:
>
> 1) Fake Rolex watch. Don't bother with the real thing - I wouldn't
> appreciate it anyway.
>
> 2) Gold neck chain, with or without a ruby studded crossed flag emblem
> hanging from it.
>
> 3) Brown tassled loafers. Size 11. Gucci knockoffs will suffice.
>
> 4) Gift certificate for chest hair implants plus the name of a good tailor
> who can remove the top button from all my shirts.
>
> 5) Nice pearl handled stick to beat off all the big haired, middle aged,
> gold digging divorcees, who I've been led to believe will be kicking down 
> my
> door.
>
> 6) Anything else tacky that you can think of!
>
> Shamefully yours,
>
> Doug Kelm
>
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