[richaera]

Hi guys, am new in this forum so hope this goes out as intended.
First of all, I have just successfully imported an 06 Porsche Boxster from the US. I had read all sorts of horror stories concerning the recall letter and thought I had probably made a mistake in purchasing this vehicle.

First I went on the RIV site and found this info :

RIV will accept any of the following recall clearance information:

A printout from an American or Canadian dealership’s vehicle service database.
This document must be produced by an authorized dealer and not a reseller. You can confirm whether or not a dealership is authorized by visiting the manufacturer’s web site or by calling their head office and providing them with the dealership’s location. The printout must also contain the 17-digit vehicle identification number (VIN), year, make and model, and indicate that there are no outstanding recalls. RIV routinely forwards a copy of these printouts to the manufacturer for authentication.

Hence I went to a US dealer, had the DRLs activated and asked the service rep for the Recall Letter. He told me "no problem", said all I needed was the Job Management Report, signed it and gave me his business card so I could add it to the Report. They charged me $52 for the activation and $0 for the letter. I then brought all the paperwork (including the bill for the DRL) to the border, where they faxed all the info to RIV.
I just called RIV this morning (08/20/2010) and they confirmed that "form 2" was already in the mail.
I then called the local Porsche dealer after confirmation from RIV and sure enough they told me I had to bring the vehicle in for inspection, cost $500. I firmly believe that some info on this thread may be planted specifically to discourage people from purchasing a Porsche in the US.
Hope this clears the air around this subject. I would strongly recommend that anyone wishing to buy in the US please make sure you can get the proper paperwork from a US dealer before buying the vehicle.