[Auto] WOW ---- New and used cars from US up to 30% cheaper - Read post #1

[tockty]

You don't have to pay GST if the vehicle is a gift from your spouse, parents, grandparents, children or grandchildren. You will need a sworn statement. Check this out:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/vehicle/used.htm

Tax exemption

You do not have to pay retail sales tax if:

* You are a qualifying Diplomat or Status Indian. You can complete a transfer by showing your identity card.
* You receive a vehicle as a gift from a close family member, such as:
o Spouse
o Parent or step-parent
o Grand-parent
o Son or step-son
o Daughter or step-daughter
o Grandson or granddaughter
o Step-grandson or Step-granddaughter
o Son-in-law
o Daughter-in-law
o Father-in-law
o Mother-in-law

Note: only one tax-free transfer per vehicle is allowed every 12 months within your close family.

For some transfers, such as gifts between family members and transfers for insurance purposes, you must have a statement sworn before a Commissioner of Oaths. Present this statement when registering your new vehicle at a Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office.

Thank you!

[jed]

Van Bortel quoted $25,500 (roughly) drive away price for a Forester Limited 9FI. Seems like a good price to me after shopping around for quite some time.

Has anybody from Toronto purchased from Van Bortel (Rochester, NY)? I suppose I could get a friend to go with me and drive my car back, but I'd sooner travel alone. Planes? Trains? Bus?

As far as peeps buying from Van Bortel, you really need to do a search on this thread...

[grons]

I have been scouring the dealerships in NY, New Hampshire and Vermont for an 09' Forester for the past four months without much in the way a deal. The APA price for an XT Limited is about $39k all-in. With the dollar down a bit, 6.1% duty and dealers not wanting to go much below MSRP there is not much of a difference, price wise. Well, maybe worth it but the $3,000 or so saved would be not worth the trouble...

Any thoughts from those who have successfully imported a Subaru?

Canadian Price with freight - $36390
US Price with freight - $28860 * duty*curr = $34427

Those are full MSRP - as we all know the US sells at invoice - so it would be about $2000 less.

So the above differential is now $4000.

How much did you negotiate off the Canadian price?

[AbilityZone]

CDN price $32,155 - invoice + markup + freight + referral fee
US price $25,506 - invoice + markup + freight
$1,555 + riv + currency exchange.

So about $4,000 savings, plus pst and gst on the $4k (around $520)

Hope my math is right!

[inspire]

Holy Crap, that is dirt cheap. Any Ideal how long to get the title?

No idea ... depends on when the dealer can mail out the paperwork to the DMV of the appropriate state. A week? Not sure how Monsieurmaggot know people who were able to evade state tax and receive the title from the dealership ...

[humster01]

Van Bortel quoted $25,500 (roughly) drive away price for a Forester Limited 9FI. Seems like a good price to me after shopping around for quite some time.

Has anybody from Toronto purchased from Van Bortel (Rochester, NY)? I suppose I could get a friend to go with me and drive my car back, but I'd sooner travel alone. Planes? Trains? Bus?

I just purchased same thing from Van Bortels 6 weeks ago and had wife drive me from Belleville ON to pick up Forester, she returned via 1000 Islands and I drove around lake via Lexington gateway for customs US and Canadian, stopped at RIV office on way back got paperwork, made it to CTC in Belleville that evening for RIV inspection, picked up up plates next morning less than 24 hours total. Saved between 5-7 thousand all depends, used Van Bortels build your own and dealt with Karl great experience. Couldn't find an easier way that wife driving our car back, cost wise, stayed overnite at Microtel in Victor NY, any other questions PM me

[Swarez99]

I've been going through this forum and havn't seen anyone buy a Honda from that states...has anyone had any experiance doing so or know people who have? I know I would have to give up my warrenty but still considering it since the price difference can be huge. (Looking at a 2008 Accord Coupe). If anyone has any experiance or advice for me that would be great.

thanks in advance!!!

[michelb]

I've been going through this forum and havn't seen anyone buy a Honda from that states...has anyone had any experiance doing so or know people who have? I know I would have to give up my warrenty but still considering it since the price difference can be huge. (Looking at a 2008 Accord Coupe). If anyone has any experiance or advice for me that would be great.

thanks in advance!!!

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Did you try searching the thread for Honda ?!? I did, it comes back with 350 hits.

As you said, you'll lose the warranty but a lot of people have still bought them. It's not the easiest car to import since it appears difficult to get the recall letter and you might have a hard time finding a dealer that will sell you a new one (If you are looking for new) but you should be able to get one with a bit of work or you could certainly just buy one through a broker.

[Swarez99]

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Did you try searching the thread for Honda ?!? I did, it comes back with 350 hits.

As you said, you'll lose the warranty but a lot of people have still bought them. It's not the easiest car to import since it appears difficult to get the recall letter and you might have a hard time finding a dealer that will sell you a new one (If you are looking for new) but you should be able to get one with a bit of work or you could certainly just buy one through a broker.

I actually can't search threads from my work comp...It doesn't work properly...but I can do it at home to get better results.

I can live with no warrenty, and either new or slightly used (<15000 miles) is OK with me if I can get a good deal.

[killbillvol1]

Thank you!

Would the vehicle then have to be registered in only the name of the receiving spouse, or can both be on the title?

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[Piers]

There is a lot of great information to sort through here but I was hoping to get clarification on the following:

I'm looking to purchase a roadster in January (thinking Z4 or Boxster) probably a couple of years old (lets say up to 6). If I'm in Vancouver what is the cheapest place for me to look?

Will purchasing from WA be beneficial? Anyone had any experience doing this on the coast?

[DrXenon]

Dollar is only worth 93.2 cents today. Boy, I hope it goes up again before I buy my car in the new year.

[HP_John]

There is a lot of great information to sort through here but I was hoping to get clarification on the following:

I'm looking to purchase a roadster in January (thinking Z4 or Boxster) probably a couple of years old (lets say up to 6). If I'm in Vancouver what is the cheapest place for me to look?

Will purchasing from WA be beneficial? Anyone had any experience doing this on the coast?

Z4 has no 6.1% duty I think, as I believe it's made in the US. Keep in mind that the Z4 is being redesigned very soon (09 calendar yr, 2010 model yr). You can get the Z4 really cheap relative to its MSRP, as BMW has huge incentives on them that drive down both new & used prices, while used Boxsters haven't depreciated too much relatively.

Cali prices tend to be much better than WA, as it's a much more competitive market. WA dealers are used to Cdns near the border willing to pay more than Americans, because they figure they're saving so much anyway. However, I believe you must pay Cali state taxes if you drive it back, so get it shipped to avoid this (weigh the shipping cost vs the savings of buying from Cali vs WA). For me, even with shipping, I saved by buying from Cali instead of NY, I'm in Toronto & got it shipped from Cali to NY state instead of buying from a NY dealer.

I don't know if you have to pay WA state taxes on imports.

[Coronas]

We are trying to buy a F350 from the US but the dealers are telling us that all the insentives offed in the US do not apply to Canadians.These insentives total almost 9k so it is a huge deal I was wondering if anyone had to deal with this and if there is a reasonable way around it.I am in Alberta and if anyone has good history with dealers close to our boarder I would luv to know about them