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Hi, I'm currently stationed in Bahrain. I will be here for another year or so. I have found a car that is in good conditions and I would like to take it back to the states with me. I was told it has to be in US specs. Do you have any information about changing a car from UK to US specs.
Hi Orville,
Not specifically, because it's different from one car to another.
However, when I was stationed in Germany several years ago, many people there bought BMWs, Mercedes, etc. They then found out that to convert them to "U.S. Specs" would cost several thousands of dollars.
All the glass has to be replaced (with non-shattered glass), sides and doors have to be re-enforced, and -- in many cases -- the entire engine has to be replaced to comply with environmental standards.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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