Border crossing blues at Niagara

[megar32]

Wanted to give you guys a heads up of if heading over the border. I spent 1.5 hours at the border to go to a cruise night in Buffalo.

Was it Lewiston, Erie or Niagara falls crossing?

[cozmosland]

i go across every saturday at 6 am, and i never have issues.

[gts4-1991]

yah me and my buddy , 2 19 year olds, took my gts4 accross, i have a loud exhaust aswell, this was about 7 months ago vancouver peace arch crossing, no issues at all, didnt even look at the car

[Chewy]

for christ's sake, it's "BORDER".

[MaxGTST]

Last year me and 2 friends went to the US in a skyline .. 3 19yo and they didn't do anything, hope this year will stay the same, I want to go to Formula D without any hassle.

[starboy869]

however one thing to remember if you get bitchy with a customs agent when they refuse you there's a good chance the rest of your day is going to suck. ie. jail

[Dilyri]

Nope, No criminal history, he barely had time to swipe the passport by the time he said that. They are cracking down on the cross boarder sales where canadians drive them over sell them for cash and find another way back into the country. Thats why they had me initial next to the line on the customs form that stated I know it is an offense to sell the car in the states. If I go again I will let you know if it happens again.

[DreadedFist]

Better put on your tinfoil helmet tonight, mate... they'll be watching you!

Hey man this **** is stylish.

[pmdawg]

It MAY have been more to it then just that, Tell me did the border agents attitude change as soon as he swiped your passport into the system or was it as soon as you pulled up? Any previous tickets/arrests/criminal history will also flag you to them regardless how old you are now. I went to WoodWard, cruised 13 miles enjoyed every moment of it and came back without any issues.

I'm not saying your a criminal, I'm just saying that there might've been more to your situation.

[dah_hunter]

Those Crazy US border guards..

[bobbo]

This is one more reason why I married a customs officer!!!

[DarkCaporaL]

^ Yup. The Americans can basically do anything they want and refuse you entry for no reason.

Sounds like they are doing a crackdown on cross border sales. They probably though you were going to the US to sell it.

Did they eventually let you pass or did they turn you around?

[starboy869]

A board guard can denied entry your ass for no reason. BTW Your rights are pretty much "what rights" when dealing with US customs agents.

[PureEuroM3]

When I went in last year I had not a single issue. 3 guys aged 20 or so in a GTS-T! You got the shaft man maybe they noticed the crackdown on Canadian owners driving across and selling them.

[RSi]

Border guards who don't understand the laws (or care about them) that they are supposed to be enforcing? I'm shocked and appaled!

No but seriously. They are border guards because of things like this. You can go on a cross USA road trip in your skyline and take months to do it. If a car is registered, plated and legal in another country, they have to let you in. This is why when you drive around in Texas or Arizona or even Southern California to a certain extent, you are going to see lots of cool Alfa Romeo's and Peugots that have Mexican plates.

Fortinutely, most border guards aren't total bafoons. sucks you had to run into the one guy who failed grade 7 (three times), though.

Better put on your tinfoil helmet tonight, mate... they'll be watching you!