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Smart Shopper Importing Canadian Vehicles to the U.S.
391 messages, Last post on Dec 07, 2008 at 6:29 AM
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My kid sister recently became a Canadian bride. A newly aquired in-law owns a dealership. I am in the new car market and know the Honda CRV's are substantially less up there. So I had her inquire. The short version of it is...barely worth it after duty tax, NYS sales tax etc. for the buyer and absolutely not something a dealer would risk. Seems any dealer who knowingly sells a new car destined for the U. S. will receive a heavy fine...up to 25K. Now I know. I knew it couldn't be easy as I grew up in Northern New York and I'd not heard of people going to Canada for cars. Beer and fire crackers yes....but not cars. |
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warning all Canadian Ford dealers to not sell directly or indirectly any vehicles, especially the 2002 Thunderbird destined for the U.S. "Dealerships identified with unauthorized export sales of the 2002 Thunderbird will, at a minimum, forfeit all future allocations of these vehicles." |
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Anyone had any experience in buying a new or used BMW in Canada. I am planning to buy a new or late model used 3 series conv. and have had trouble finding the right car in the right color in WA. Thanks! |
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| My how times have changed. I remember when everyone wanted to go to the US and import cars to Canada as cars, as most things, were cheaper. Everyone thought the FTA would be great as duties were to be gradually phased out. | |
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If you've bought a car in Canada and imported it into the US, please answer a few questions for me. I'm planning on purchasing a Pathfinder ($34000 CDN) and driving it home to Louisiana. My questions are: 1. When I buy the car in Canada, will they issue me some sort of temporary license plate (like US dealers do) so I can drive it home? 2. What duty rate did you pay at the border? Thanks in advance. |
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| I would do a little more investigating if I were you. I don't know about Nissan but if you tried to buy a Ford to take back to the US I'd have to send you packing. Once the car was registered in the US Ford would charge me back any profit I made plus penalize the dealership. Are you not able to find this vehicle in the US or do you expect to save a lot on the exchange rate or what? | |
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| I've ben told that Nissan IS different on this. People are saving several thousand (like $4 to 5 K) on the exchange rate, which is a significant incentive to buy a car with a km speedometer. | |
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...have emissions testing. Do the Canadian vehicles have US EPA stickers on them? If not, I could imagine there would be areas where this could be a major problem. TB |
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Good luck reselling it. I have some customers with a 98 Corolla that's a Canadian unit. No wholesaler wants it (Its in KMs.. title, odo..etc..) and I can't take it to the auction unless I run it TMU Bill |
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I own a motel in NY on the US CANADA border. The used car dealer across the street has MANY late model Canadian cars and trucks at very reasonable prices(around 42% or so exchange rate). Most if not all Canadian cars meet USA federal EPA emissions........Some have km spedos some have them changed out and there is a import cert. on the title and a sticker on door jamb from the importer also.....Geo |
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