importing from canada to us

[oneandzero]

$38,000 Canadian against a cash price. Can a dealer show you more if they don't discount the new truck sure... but that's what it's wholesale value should be as long as it's not weird or has a bad history. If you're worried about how much your trade in allowance is, then do it against retail and it'll be a good $10K higher on a no finance deal.

Thanks

[Ridersfan]

Thanks

Sell it yourself in your nearest US craigslist market. It should bring that in US dollars for the end user buyer in the US... check it on comparable listings to wherever is nearest to you in the US or check a KBB value near you in the US. I'm sure the US users here will give you some input also... but we're kinda hi-jacking the original topic here.

[rreale]

where can i find a low mileage sierra 1500 sle or better in canada. i am in upstate new york. dealers near the border have very little stock

[CANDenali]

Wow, I thought my dealer was trying to snow me just to get me in a 2016. Hmmm I might just check in with him again I think the Loonie dropped a point or two today.

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[decee]

where can i find a low mileage sierra 1500 sle or better in canada. i am in upstate new york. dealers near the border have very little stock

Where they use Craigslist in the US, we use Kijiji

 

http://www.kijiji.ca/b-cars-trucks/gta-greater-toronto-area/1500-sierra-sle/k0c174l1700272

 

http://wwwb.autotrader.ca/

[Ridersfan]

Kijiji is so much easier and friendlier to search specifics than craigslist... I don't know why the Americans wouldn't use it... it's a shame. I think kijiji pulled out in the US now.

[H2oski]

GM does not void any cross border warranty, warranty will be valid regardless of where it originated from.

 

However, it is required to be at least 6 months from in service date AND have 12,000 kilometers/7,500 miles on it or GM will under no circumstances issue the letter of safety and emissions compliance. And, any dealer that received incentives will be charged back those incentives along with having their allocations curtailed. In other words, if I as a Canadian dealer, sell you as an American buyer a new truck... I get any rebates charged back to me, and they make it difficult for me to get more new trucks for inventory.

 

So, no dealer in their right mind wants to sell a new vehicle across a border... it's just too costly.

 

My own personal trucks go south at the exact point of 6 months or 12,000kms quite consistently when the exchange rate is favorable. Last one had an American buyer speak for it even before it was ready, the day it was ready... it was gone!

 

The labeling compliance mentioned earlier isn't a big problem, my shop just installs the US version of the airbag indicator light and provides a work order to show that it was changed to meet US standards and that's all that's been required. Keep in mind that Canadians don't have a "title" like you American folks do... so you have a bit of song and dance to do at your own title office with an original registration from Canada before you can title your truck.

 

I have dealt with the import/export of a couple hundred trucks through my dealership between when the exchange rate was high vs when it was low.

[H2oski]

I have a2014 GMC Sierra and I'm selling it to a usa resident when I go to parts to find out about the air bag indicator compliance there are 3 different ones listed which one is right ? Or what does the right one look like ? Any help is really appreciated

[Ridersfan]

I have a2014 GMC Sierra and I'm selling it to a usa resident when I go to parts to find out about the air bag indicator compliance there are 3 different ones listed which one is right ? Or what does the right one look like ? Any help is really appreciated

You need the one that says airbag on/airbag off... not the one with pictures. Let a dealership choose it, it really doesn't matter... what does matter is having a dealership work order that states "update airbag indicator to meet US standards" even if they choose the wrong one, it really doesn't matter... what matters is having a dealership work order to show US customs that the work was properly done. Don't do it yourself, get a dealership to do it. If you cheap out and buy it yourself and install it yourself, you have no proof for US customs that it's done, just your word... and that can bite you in the ass. The customs and immigration people don't know by going out to look at it, and they don't care to make anyone's life easier... they want their life easier.

[gmckenzie]

Look in Alberta. Should be lots of used trucks there with the layoffs from the drop in oil prices. Quick look at Calgary Craigslist shows 15 GMC trucks between 2014 and 2016.