Hi Guys,

I'll be moving back to T.O. from US next month and thinking of bringing my G with me.

Does anyone have experience with importing cars from US? Any suggestion on the best port of entry? Thinking about bringing in the car from Buffalo.

Any tip or info is much appreciated!

Thanks!

C.A.

 

when i got mine brand new from spokane ( i live in canada) i had to pay $2500 to bring it across the border.

although i dont know if you were a us citizen or watnot etc etc maybe call the border at which you are crossing

 

2500? That's it? wow

Are you a US a citizen? I'm not!

I figure my taxes would be about 5-6 grand CAD $! I have 14K miles on the G so the market value is quite high!

Any tips?

 

yea im a canadian citizen, id call the border where u are going to cross. When i brought the car across i had to pay $2500 becuase the G is made in Japan. Also maybe call the dealership where u purchased the car, is it a lease or did u buy it?!

 

I purchased the car!

Here are the taxes I would need to pay at the border:

6.1% duty (since it was made in Japan)
5% GST
$100 AC tax

And when I register the car in ON., I need to pay 8% PST!

 

wow u goter cased man, how much does that come too? i live in saskatchewan and i had to pay PST on the car aswell, also you will need to safety it in which they will require you to put in daytime running head lights

 

yeah that's what I wanted to ask. did you put the daytime running lights in Canada? I heard it's cheap to get from Canadian Tire.

Did you have to change the instrument gauges too?

 

^^^ yes, yes, and no.

 

I'm not sure what the exact amount would be since they will get the market value of the car from KBB or somewhere, convert it to CAD $ (based on the exchange rate) and then calculate the taxes based on that!

 

daytimers are cheap and no u dont have to change instrument gauge, everything will change to km C etc cept your odometer and gauge cluster obviously!

 

oh and yes Canadian tire is the cheapest

 

You can use this to estimate:

Canadian Black Book

 

heff, I'm just curious, didn't you pay any GST when you brought the car over?

 

Thanks psyh! Is that what they use at the border as well?

 

yes i paid GST also, at the border it came to approx $3000