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post #16 of 25
3/13/10 at 4:49pm
May I ask why you are asking for advice and then essentially telling people who comment that they are wrong? If your father is an importer then he should know this shit inside out; and a hell of a lot better than a bunch of style-forum members!
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post #17 of 25
3/13/10 at 6:37pm
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Finally, why don't I pay PST?

Why worry about it? You just don't. If you really want, you can ask the guy at the border if he will charge PST for you. As Fidel said, you won't get financing either.

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You say you'll save $10K by bringing it in, but talking to car dealers I've worked with, it generally costs around $4K end to end to bring the car into Canada for them.

This leaves you with potential savings of $6K... before you even deal with duties. I have no idea how much duties will be, but if you're paying something like 10% duties, it probably won't even be worth it to buy it from the US and you may as well just pick it up at a dealership in Canada and save yourself the headache.

Are you sure it wasn't $4k after duties and taxes? I don't know where else you would get that cost, unless you are talking about having someone ship it for you. I go down and drive it back as a road trip with my buddy taking me down in his Corvette - it is quite fun sometimes.

Duties on the car I brought in (wasn't assembled in NAFTA, but perhaps there were enough parts from here) were not 10%. Much less - although I forget what it is now.
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post #18 of 25
3/13/10 at 7:52pm
You will like the car until things start to break. I drove one for a while when I began driving at 16.
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post #19 of 25
3/13/10 at 8:25pm
Read this MEGATHREAD for Canucks.
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post #20 of 25
3/14/10 at 6:01pm
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Originally Posted by chrisjustinparr View Post
Why worry about it? You just don't. If you really want, you can ask the guy at the border if he will charge PST for you. As Fidel said, you won't get financing either.

The reason I asked was because it seems as if I have to pay PST when I register and license the car in Canada, no?

Anyways, here are my preliminary calculations if I were to buy the car in the U.S., ex-the typical licensing and registration fees in the low $100s. Tell me if this makes sense.

Audi S4: $46k CAD (no state sales tax as I will be exporting to Canada; I can also just drive to Delaware and buy there where there is no state sales tax at all)

Duty of 6.1% assessed on the vehicle price minus-$10k CAD allowance: $2196
5% GST assessed on vehicle price minus-$10k CAD allowance: $1800

A/C excise tax: $100

All-in price: $50,096 CAD

Whereas Audi S4 bought in Ontario = $53k +13% HST=$59,890
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post #21 of 25
3/14/10 at 11:43pm
Seems about right to me. That's what it was around for me. You get a warranty and all. The only thing I found was that the warranty guys give you attitude when you bring in a car from the U.S. This was at a Nissan dealership. From previous experience, a V.W. service will be even more of a hassle.
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post #22 of 25
3/15/10 at 12:45am
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Thanks -- very helpful to hear from someone who has gone through the process. As for financing, I think we'll try to arrange for a car loan from a Canadian bank and use that cash to pay in full for the car in the U.S....so hopefully we can also get a good price on the car for an all-cash offer. What province do you live in/did you register your car? Edit: Well, I've called a handful of Audi dealers in VT/NH/DE/PA/NY/NJ, and none will sell me a car that I intend to export. That settles that.
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post #23 of 25
3/15/10 at 5:26pm
Why would you tell them you're planning on exporting? Also, why do you need a loan if your father is buying it for you? Itoldyouso
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post #24 of 25
3/15/10 at 5:29pm
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Why would you tell them you're planning on exporting? Also, why do you need a loan if your father is buying it for you? Itoldyouso
I need to tell them I'm exporting so that I don't have to pay state sales tax and so that I can *legally* bring it over... And maybe my father doesn't want to pay $60k cash for a car? In any case, I think now we're just going to wait until May-June to buy in Canada and pay cash in full.
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post #25 of 25
3/16/10 at 2:31am
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Originally Posted by leftover_salmon View Post
Edit: Well, I've called a handful of Audi dealers in VT/NH/DE/PA/NY/NJ, and none will sell me a car that I intend to export. That settles that.
Not surprised, most car dealership have agreements with their bank and the manufacturer specifically state that they are not allowed to sell vehicles for export. Last time the loonie hit par, most dealers across the northern states got warnings from the manufacturers about this.
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