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Talked to my car loan company and they won't allow me to cross border with my car. I could pay the balance but I wouldn't get the title in time. Unless I refinance with another bank but not sure if they would issue a new title (quicker) or ask the previous lander to send them the old one (no advantage)
Does anyone know if I could cross the border without importing it (not mentioning that I'm moving permanently to Canada especially since I'm still technically on a H1-B visa) and then come back to import it once I have the title? Thanks
A 2015 A3 in Montreal retails for less than $25k US. I got $23k US on a 2013 pathfinder I traded into our Nissan dealer for cash.
Now add in taxes, fees, modifications on top of that, it'll get you a nice chunk of Canadian money you can spend on a car with Canadian specs and save yourself a lot of headaches.
Location: Montreal -> CT -> MA -> Montreal -> Ottawa
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Now add in taxes, fees, modifications on top of that, it'll get you a nice chunk of Canadian money you can spend on a car with Canadian specs and save yourself a lot of headaches.
That's a really good point.
I exported/imported (I feel like the girl version of George Costanzo from Seinfeld now) my American-born car when I moved back to Canada from the U.S.
Just like when I brought my Canadian car to the U.S., every garage that I went/go to for standard maintenance told/tells me that my car is idling low/high, because they're not realizing that it was in KM (in the U.S.) or is in miles (in Canada). Even when I went to register the car here, the whole miles to kilometers conversion put them into a tizzy. They ended up registering it with the number of miles instead of doing the math.
I'm in the process of buying a new car. When I was talking with the dealer about the trade-in, I told him that it was an American-born Mazda, so it's in miles. He said that's going to knock money off the trade-in because he'll have to work harder to sell it to a Canadian buyer who is totally disinterested in having a car in miles instead of kilometers.
It's just a pain in the butt is what it is. In hindsight, I wouldn't have bothered.
A 2015 A3 in Montreal retails for less than $25k US. I got $23k US on a 2013 pathfinder I traded into our Nissan dealer for cash.
Now add in taxes, fees, modifications on top of that, it'll get you a nice chunk of Canadian money you can spend on a car with Canadian specs and save yourself a lot of headaches.
I get what you're saying but my math was different:
A 2015 A3 in Montreal with 58 000K goes for 35 000$ according to Canadian Black Book
value in the US: 17-21K let's say 20K.
Bought it new at 33K and still have 7K to pay on it.
So basically, if I sell it I would end up with 13K US or 16K CAN, which will never buy me a car for this quality and low mileage in Canada.
Keeping it, even if I pay 2K of customs on it seems like a better investment.
I exported/imported (I feel like the girl version of George Costanzo from Seinfeld now) my American-born car when I moved back to Canada from the U.S.
Just like when I brought my Canadian car to the U.S., every garage that I went/go to for standard maintenance told/tells me that my car is idling low/high, because they're not realizing that it was in KM (in the U.S.) or is in miles (in Canada). Even when I went to register the car here, the whole miles to kilometers conversion put them into a tizzy. They ended up registering it with the number of miles instead of doing the math.
I'm in the process of buying a new car. When I was talking with the dealer about the trade-in, I told him that it was an American-born Mazda, so it's in miles. He said that's going to knock money off the trade-in because he'll have to work harder to sell it to a Canadian buyer who is totally disinterested in having a car in miles instead of kilometers.
It's just a pain in the butt is what it is. In hindsight, I wouldn't have bothered.
What a mess indeed...My car as digital and analog values in both miles and km so I would not have to deal with that at least.
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What a mess indeed...My car as digital and analog values in both miles and km so I would not have to deal with that at least.
Oh, mine has both miles and KMs too, but the larger number (the outer part of the circle's display) is in miles, so that's what the mechanics look at and say that my idling is off.
Oh, mine has both miles and KMs too, but the larger number (the outer part of the circle's display) is in miles, so that's what the mechanics look at and say that my idling is off.
Location: Montreal -> CT -> MA -> Montreal -> Ottawa
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Time for a new mechanic!
Haha! It was in both countries, in multiple cities. They expect it to be in miles (or kilometers, depending on the country). They're not looking. As soon as they're told that it's the other, they're all "Ohhh! Okay."
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