Many manufactures won't allow "NEW" car from US to Canada ...
I think you confused. You will need to go down south to buy the NEW car yourself and drive it back. Not calling US dealer and ship the car back to Canada.
The difficulty is not the law or conversion, those are all worth it for the price difference.
But the real difficulty or show-stopper is the warranty being void by the manufacturer.
Through the years, more and more manufacturer are trying to void warranty if the cars were brought across the border to protect Canadian dealers. Last time I checked, over 90% of the brands are not worth the trouble given the warranty issue. There are some exceptions, but rare.
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
There are more updated info somewhere I read, and more brands deny warranty.
You wouldn't want to tow your car back to Seattle for warranty work, would you?
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
I think you still misunderstood the point. For those brands, once you export the car away from US, the US warranty will be void too. So bring it back to the state for warranty work doesn't help.
I think you still misunderstood the point. For those brands, once you export the car away from US, ...
B2L2 發表於 2012-10-14 20:54
That's not the case for all brands.
Either way, it's not worth the trouble unless you got an email from the manufacture (not the dealer) saying that your car will be covered in Canada.
I did an extensive research about before I bought my car this year.
發表於 2012-10-12 16:17
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