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Buying a car from Canada
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stretchit2
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Pete,
I bought my 61 3000 from Canada last year. First of all if you are ever going to register the car in this country you will have to go through customs and they will charge a fee, something like 3%. I would hire a car hauler,or at least a customs broker, because they know the hoops of getting it through customs.
I bought my car site unseen from a couple of thousand miles distance, so I also used an escrow service (www.escrow.com) and I think it cost me a $150 or $200. It was worth though, I deposited my money and he delivered the proper paperwork.
The weird thing was the ownership papers. Here in the formerly great state of California they issue a "Pink Slip," not so with the Canadians. The title is transferred through there socialized insurance company, they handled the whole transaction through the insurance company's paperwork, no pink slip.
Sounds harder than it is!
Good Luck,
Stretch
I bought my 61 3000 from Canada last year. First of all if you are ever going to register the car in this country you will have to go through customs and they will charge a fee, something like 3%. I would hire a car hauler,or at least a customs broker, because they know the hoops of getting it through customs.
I bought my car site unseen from a couple of thousand miles distance, so I also used an escrow service (www.escrow.com) and I think it cost me a $150 or $200. It was worth though, I deposited my money and he delivered the proper paperwork.
The weird thing was the ownership papers. Here in the formerly great state of California they issue a "Pink Slip," not so with the Canadians. The title is transferred through there socialized insurance company, they handled the whole transaction through the insurance company's paperwork, no pink slip.
Sounds harder than it is!
Good Luck,
Stretch
-- elrey
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Keoke said:
Sorry if I offended anyone, but I have lived here since 1954, and it ain't what if used to be. But I agree, it still is a great place to live.
Stretch
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elrey said:
Don't they hang people for treason? :lol:
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Bob Hughes said:
If it were only that simple.
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stretchit2 said:
If you weren't born here (California) you're still just a guest. In many cultures--including amongst the other native Californians I know--it's considered bad form to dis your hosts.
Right, wrong or indifferent, California still leads the world in, well, just about everything. BTW, when was the last time you had to get your Healey(s) smogged or inspected?
Bob (fourth-generation Californian--born 1953--and proud of it)
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Should have fill it with illegals to defray the cost.
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Born and raised.
Actually born in LA City Limits, and he's right, it ain't what it was. When I got out of the USN in 74, took one look and never moved back.
Actually born in LA City Limits, and he's right, it ain't what it was. When I got out of the USN in 74, took one look and never moved back.