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#370 of 391 We won't take a gray market trade by isellpotiac Nov 04, 2002 (7:42 am)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) Often see customers from sonjaab's area. First thing I do is start asking questions about the trade, where did you buy it? Where is the title? Let's run a Vin check! Stuff like that. Too much of a headache. When someone is shopping trade 60-100 miles from thier home it just screams trouble. Funny thing is, when confronted with the facts, these customers get pissed at me. Like I am the first one to share the bad news with them. I will always tell them to take it back to where they bought it from.
#371 of 391 by rbrenton88 Nov 04, 2002 (10:41 am)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) Was that Landru who got caught doing the rollbacks? I always suspected he was hiding something.
#372 of 391 You sir, by landru2 Nov 04, 2002 (11:54 am)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) I say you sir, have impuned my character! I challenge you to duel! Lease calculators at thirty paces?   :^) (I've always been a Foghorn Leghorn fan)
#373 of 391 SAD STORY by sonjaab Nov 08, 2002 (10:11 am)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) Overheard a conversation the other day "What do you mean you can't honor the warranty on my 2000 chevy ! Sold new in Canada ? Imported to the USA ? It was made in the US.......I bought it from a used car dealer..He didn't tell me that !" I listened to this person for a few minutes. Then went and spoke with her. I said GM cut off the warranty on Can. Imported cars a few months ago. Such as Honda , toy, and others did.... I suggested she contact a GM dealer in Gan. Ont Can. for warranty work ! Will keep ya' posted............geo
#374 of 391 i think by visionxp Nov 09, 2002 (2:38 pm)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) that people who actually go and buy cars from canada and then bring'em back here are pretty smart and dont allowfactories to take advantage of them because me, personally, cant think of any logical reason why the cars are priced higher here in the US(remember the cars are made in the US) than in Canada. however lower prices in canada are justified because wages are a lot lower and the canadian dolar is worth less than the USD. the other way around is not justified so if the american car makers want to discourage grey market imports they should stop charging more for the same car only because we(in the US) make more money.   "buying American cars from Canada? I thought the idea of buying american was to support OUR auto workers and economy, not Canada's? How much were these poseurs saving?"   thats the ideea here but it doesnt work that way:) first you support the companies that are ripping you off and the people that manage to go around that are not posers.   my $0.02
#375 of 391 visionxp, by landru2 Nov 09, 2002 (3:42 pm)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) Actually quite a few cars are built in Canada.
#376 of 391 Costs by janz Nov 11, 2002 (11:41 am)
Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) There was another thread called "Grey Area" that discussed pricing, etc. but and the facts remain, the US and Canada have different economies, different distribution channels, and different pricing and I am not going to go there.   HOWEVER, IMHO, for those who knowingly choose to buy Canadian, have at it. But I do not think it is logical for them to expect factory support by the US distributorship that they went around when they purchased in Canada. Those purchase dollars went to Canada, not the US or US vehicle distributors.   It is the unsuspecting owners, like the one mentioned above, that I feel for. Those who unwittingly end up with a nearly new vehicle that has no warranty coverage, may be subject to a safety recall but do not know because the truck was not brought into the country through appropriate channels, and could easily have an odometer tampered with because this process (or lack of) simply makes that too easy as well.   Also, a while back I read an article that Canadian auto dealers are against the exportation of vehicles, (US OR NOT) as well. This negatively affects their allocations, used vehicle market, and bottom lines. Replies to this message: masspector (Feb 21, 2003 12:10 pm) wrobel (Jul 12, 2005 10:04 pm) distortion (Feb 20, 2008 7:46 pm)
#377 of 391 royce by masspector Feb 21, 2003 (12:10 pm)
Replying to: janz (Nov 11, 2002 11:41 am) So if I buy a car that is made in Canada it should cost me 25% less? I don't think that is the way it works, at least at my local dealerships.   While I agree with the point you are making, if all car manufacturing was shipped overseas, that $20,000 car would still be $20,000. Cost savings in manufacturing is rarely passed on to the buyer without external forces for downward pricing pressure. Short this pressure the prices would stay the same or go up because everyone is paying that price already. Any cost savings would go to increasing profits. Replies to this message: wrobel (Jul 12, 2005 10:04 pm) distortion (Feb 20, 2008 7:46 pm)
#378 of 391 Re: royce [masspector] by wrobel Jul 12, 2005 (10:04 pm)
Replying to: masspector (Feb 21, 2003 12:10 pm) I tried to skim through all pages but it's a lot so if I missed, forgive me.   New here but wanted to ask this question. Has anyone imported older vehicles that were never made in the US? Canada has a 15yr law on importing cars from other countries such as Japan. So now Canada is getting an outpour of Skyline GTR's which have been highly desired for a long time in the US but could never be imported. Now that these are legally on the road in Canada, could they be imported to the US?   If this doesn't work. Is it possible to purchase the car in canada through a friend and keep the title in canada and insure it for myself here to drive in the US? Replies to this message: distortion (Feb 20, 2008 7:46 pm)
#379 of 391 Exporting a car to the US by mizangel Mar 15, 2006 (3:18 pm)
A friend of mine from the US wants to buy my car that I have for sale. I'm trying to figure out how to transfer the title of my Canadian car into his name as he is an American. Do I just use a regualar Canadian bill of sale document, or do I need to use a special one?   Also, if he comes up here to get it, how can he get it licenced so he can drive it back home to Indiana? Replies to this message: rroyce10 (Mar 15, 2006 5:44 pm)

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