Originally Posted by
yosithezet
First you may want to consider what is going to happen with regards to parts. From what I can tell this vehicle is not sold in Israel which means repairs will be costly and take a long time as you wait for parts to arrive from abroad.
Otherwise you may want to ask on a board with lots of anglo olim like tanglo or janglo or some nefesh b'nefesh board.
something tells me if someone is looking to send over a Sequoia when gas is $6+ a gal, and that SUV gets what 10 mpg if youre lucky on a hway. That they arent too interested in what it will cost to repair it
When I did a Yovo U She (personal import as a tourist myself yrs ago) I wanted to bring in the new Volvo 850 Turbo. Shipping it on the Volvo Overseas prog saved me over $6k from purchasing the same car in Israel, which I did but not the Turbo.
Simply cause casue they told me at the authorized Volvo shop they werent sending their guys over to Sweeden till appx a yr or so to learn about the Turbo, thusly if something goes wrong besides not having the parts , either Id need to fly in someone to fix it at my expense or ship the car to a country where they can fix it.
thats why I purchased the non-Turbo model, which was still a big problem since alot of the wiring etc was done differently then the 840 that was imported into Israel.
So I definitely agree with what you posted but for a different reason., and I know others who have brought in a vechile that isnt sold in Israel ran into problems and had to ship it out of the Country to get fixed, then sold it outside of Israel and brought in another vechile that was sold in Israel so that at least there was people who could fix it if need be