US residents posting on GTRC trying to buy CDN cars..

[m_melen]

i crossed just south of Montreal, musta been Vermont. They didn't ask me a thing about the car, just looked at me funny when i had to lean way over to give 'em my passport. It's all luck. But don't cross from Windsor to Detroit, they sent me to secondary inspection every time, even when I didnt' have the Skyline. The border security there is actually being sued by the ACLU for discrimination and excessive asshole-being

[DarkCaporaL]

The border security there is actually being sued by the ACLU for discrimination and excessive asshole-being

I lolz at this. Trust me, I work in this field and nothing is going to come out of this. People crossing the border essentially have no rights and border security can do whatever they please. The American side is even worst than the Canadian side.

[RAD2LTR]

This is slightly off topic, however still sort of on topic. I'm looking at buying an '88 BMW E30 M3 from a guy in Vancouver. The car has the US sticker and a US VIN, however as far as I can tell it has always been a Canadian car. Its got metric gauges ect. Will I have to pay a duty on the car to bring it in, or since its leaving Canada, am I good to go? It currently has Ontario plates on it. Is there any paper work that I will have to file/fill out ect?

I wish I were trying to buy an R32, but its just not worth the hassle and effort. A 68K mile M3 however might be a different story.

Thanks,
Will

[Bugsly17]

Come buy my car. After that, I DGAF how you plan on getting it over the border.

[Robski]

This is slightly off topic, however still sort of on topic. I'm looking at buying an '88 BMW E30 M3 from a guy in Vancouver. The car has the US sticker and a US VIN, however as far as I can tell it has always been a Canadian car. Its got metric gauges ect. Will I have to pay a duty on the car to bring it in, or since its leaving Canada, am I good to go? It currently has Ontario plates on it. Is there any paper work that I will have to file/fill out ect?

I wish I were trying to buy an R32, but its just not worth the hassle and effort. A 68K mile M3 however might be a different story.

Thanks,
Will

You shouldn't have any problems but I ca'lt help you on the paper work side of things.

[S13Jordie]

Why would you buy a car in canada when ones in cali are 90384203984203984203984092384092384 times cleaner due to you guys not having winter

[Bugsly17]

Try finding a gtr.

[S13Jordie]

Try finding a gtr.

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he said BMW M3

[Bugsly17]

Oopsies

[Snake556]

^ Fail :P

[RAD2LTR]

In this case, the color and interior are right, and its only got 110K km on it. Looking at the pics, its one of the nicest examples I have seen. Since we "have no winter" most of the ones here are pretty well hammered. They either have 150k+ miles on them, or they have been left out to bake in the sun, often both.

I'd rather have a R32 GTR, but since those are more than hard to import to the states, and even if you happen to have a legal one, it could be seized by our government, I'll look for something less exotic.

Now, if anyone has a '71 Skyline GT-X 2 door GT-R clone, lets talk. It would be a long trip home, but that I could import.

Will

[kismetcapitan]

just how bad is the Windsor/Detroit bridge border? I'm wondering how bad I'd get hassled by the US-side with my R32 if I want to cruise around in Michigan...? And I'm assuming the return would be fine?

[R32rb25det]

My 32 came from canada, minus paperwork

[333]

Toby when did you move back to the states?

[kismetcapitan]

about a month ago. Car is still in Korea, and I don't want to sell it, and I don't think I can realistically keep it in storage for five years.