Catpiano

" NEW " ??

You mean buying "USED", right?

As my understanding ..  most the cars, need to be 6 month or older .. to import to Canada ..

You can ask your buddy to buy it for you, drive for a bit, then sell to you ..

Most cars, the cost different is small ... and for import car (not made in US/Canada) you need to pay 6.2% duty .. etc .. at the end, may be less then 5% or less then $5K diff .. so not worth la...

Catpiano

Many manufactures won't allow "NEW" car from US to Canada ...

If you buy a made in US/made in Canada car, the saving is big, since no duty, no speedo etc is needed to change ..

Few yr ago, my friend bought a RX350 from US (demo) back then .. $35K US (was 33K cad) vs $50K plus cad ..  that is big diff, and she drove the car back .... (nice road trip )  and the car is MADE in CANADA ...

When I bought the 535i to my wife last yr, (actually Dec of 2010) was $60K US vs 72K cad + tax and fee .. as the car is German built, with duty and if I SHIP it back ..  would be 67 or 68K .. and US dealers are not suppose to sell a new car to other country ....

Plus US cars have much lower resell in general ..

Again, if you have lots of spare time...  and u will drive it back etc ..  you may save youself some $$ .. but headache la..  need to "Convert"  Mile to Km .. F to C ...

Or if you want some colour that is not popular in Canada (ie: White or red exterior, or Tan interior) that is a different story ...

Catpiano

I think you confused. You will need to go down south to buy the NEW car yourself  and drive it ba ...
吳孟達 發表於 2012-10-12 16:17

    Again .. they are not "SUPPOSE" to sell you ..   I mea import car dealers ..

Catpiano

Um ...  I notice the other way around ..  warranty are they same ...  but the cost diff is smaller and smaller ..

Or should say "cost to own" .....   

Only some ultra higher end brand, such as Ferrari .. Lambo ....  bigger different ..  even Porsche ... Bentley ... Aston .. the diff isn't that big ...   then down to BMW ..BENZ ... even quite some different, but either lose the free service .. or need to pay big money for bumpers etc ...


But again ...  it is not all about saving ...  but selection ...and the process as well .. how many times we bought something from US ... seems like a lots of saving .. but at the end ...  only very small different, but then lost the after sale service etc ...     

Something I just bought from ebay .. after UPS ( sigh .. ) and higher then usual bidding price ( I want to win! ) .. at the end .. may be no different ..  so ...  I just "comfort" myself ...  that item is sold out in Canada ... lol

Catpiano

Yes ar .. so ..  as the link .. most the major brands ..  

Kind of odd that most low end brands ..  Chrysler ..Nissan ..Acura .. Kia etc ..  no warranty ... when they are mostly MADE IN CANADA .. ( or US .. ) ...

If live in Vancouver, it is ok to bring the car back to Seattle ..   even I don't live in Vancouver .. I go Seattle ~3 times a yr la..  :O

Anyway, let's help OP to buy a car local la..  ^_^