Transport Canada at it again.

[dah_hunter]

http://www.ivoac.ca/pn/index.php?nam...ewtopic&t=1852

Another way to stop are cars from getting in the country..

[Oakville]

what a joke! give us a break

[CanadianGTR]

The soil thing has been around for a while, just the fact that they are now outright refusing the vehicle instead of allowing a clean-up is new. I wonder if there's an actual limit. Will road contamination on the wheel wells of a vehicle count? Or is it totally up to the discretion of the customs officer scrutinizing your vehicle.

I find that the cars come over pretty clean anyway, and realistically it doesn't much for an exporter to take a power-washer to the thing. I wouldn't be too concerned personally. However, it would be nice to know what exactly counts as an unacceptable amount of "foreign soil".

And honestly, from a biological stand-point it really does make sense. Anyone who drives around Toronto around the Metro/York border sees all of those signs about the Asian Long-Horned Beetle. Foreign insects/bacteria can (and have) caused a crap-load of damage to local ecosystems. So it may be a little over the top, but it at least has a solid basis for being implemented. If this is the worst that TC has to throw at us, then we should be thankful - a little bit of red tape is a hell of a lot better than them flat-out saying "no way, tough ****, deal with it."

Just my $0.02

[GTR-Dad]

My take is that it's just another wrench to throw in the spokes. Lot's of people don't want JDM cars in Canada and they find whatever deterent they can.

FMIC compliance is my latest favorite. What's with that? We're against cool intake charge in Canada. (I know I know - it's more about the bumper...)

Dan