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Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) :^) (I've always been a Foghorn Leghorn fan) |
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Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) "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 |
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Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) 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 |
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Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) |
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Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am) 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.
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Replying to: janz (Nov 11, 2002 11:41 am) 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.
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Replying to: masspector (Feb 21, 2003 12:10 pm) 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?
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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?
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Replying to: mizangel (Mar 15, 2006 3:18 pm) Terry. |
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I've got the same question as mizangel does, except I'm the one buying the vehicle from a private party in Ontario and will be bringing it back to NY state. It's a 1994 Grand Prix, so I'm not worried about warranty or any of that other stuff. Just curious about what the process is so I can drive it out of Canada and into NY... Does Ontario issue temporary tags and will Customs let me through with them? Or is it possible to get the title through the mail and register the vehicle in NY first?
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