cross border shopping for vehicles

04-silver · August 2, 2006

well the canuck dollar is better, not so at dealers hasn't change the prices any, go figure.

40000 in the USA equals 45000 CDN, which is 10000 less then I can talk the b-gg-ers down to up here in snowsville.........lol.

Knowing I just can't buy and fly in a day, anyone know the rules and regulations about cross border shopping for vehicles, like duty, having to stay in the USA for X amount of days etc.

Hey anyone need a border to cut grass, clean windows and take out the garbage for a month......

Fully loaded 06 LBZ Ally crew sb 4x4 60 to 63000...........jeezes, #$$^%^ ^*&(&^ **&^%$%

John

SoCalChris · August 2, 2006

I'm not sure how it works in Canada, but if an American were to buy a vehicle in Canada, then bring it over, it would be considered a gray-market vehicle. That lowers the resale, makes financing very difficult (If not impossible), and can cause a headache if you live in an area that requires smog checks (I'm looking at you, California).

Several years ago I bought a 1979 Mercedes 6.9 that was imported from France. If it wasn't a fairly rare collector car, I wouldn't even consider bothering with a gray market car.

Like I said though, that's if an American were to import a car. Canadian law is probably different.

pwall · August 2, 2006

well the canuck dollar is better, not so at dealers hasn't change the prices any, go figure.

40000 in the USA equals 45000 CDN, which is 10000 less then I can talk the b-gg-ers down to up here in snowsville.........lol.

Knowing I just can't buy and fly in a day, anyone know the rules and regulations about cross border shopping for vehicles, like duty, having to stay in the USA for X amount of days etc.

Hey anyone need a border to cut grass, clean windows and take out the garbage for a month......

Fully loaded 06 LBZ Ally crew sb 4x4 60 to 63000...........jeezes, #$$^%^ ^*&(&^ **&^%$%

John

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Some items to consider as well. When you go to license the vechicle, will they charge you GST on the 'book' value of the vechicle ?

Also, check with your local dealership to see if the manufacturers warrently will be in effect. I've heard reports where you may not have a warrenty as it's not being used in the country it was sold.