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Canadians are buying the crap out of Autos

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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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I just found a Lexus for my uncle - he came all the way to Texas to get it. He saved between $7K and $9K on the car, AFTER taxes and import fees. We're starting to ship cars up ourselves, now, to meet demand.

The border station he went through said they're getting, on average, 120 cars per day coming up into Canada. That's just ONE border station!
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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i saved $20K on my M3 after all was said and done.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:18 AM
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damn

it was funny too, all of the customers asked if there was a way to switch the odometer to km's from miles, and there isn't. just on the speedo
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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and i saved $13K on my 2004 S2000 in 2003. maybe more....can't really remember anymore.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by CrazyCracker82,Nov 12 2007, 12:18 PM
damn

it was funny too, all of the customers asked if there was a way to switch the odometer to km's from miles, and there isn't. just on the speedo
You can switch between kilometers and miles for all of the functions. The odometer and the speedometer both change when you hit the button. At least, they both change on my 2004 AP2.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Snoop1224,Nov 12 2007, 12:26 AM
The weak dollar is to blame.


My dad was telling me that he is having a hard time shipping food overseas (his line of business) and that shipments are booked from now until well into January because so many people overseas are making use of the weak dollar.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by JonBoy,Nov 12 2007, 01:29 PM
You can switch between kilometers and miles for all of the functions. The odometer and the speedometer both change when you hit the button. At least, they both change on my 2004 AP2.
on the s2000's they can, but not on toyotas
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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also, i just got an email from another canuck on a new XB
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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I didn't have time to read the whole thread, but can someone tell me how to get in contact with the Canadians? Ebay or something? My roomate has a ton of crap in his car here in the US, so if Canadians are buying the crap out of cars from the US, he's got some money coming
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 03:03 PM
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About 5 years ago, I was planning to buy a 350Z from Canada because it was cheaper (the dollar was still stronger back then too). I even had a connection in Canada too, but I opted not to go through with it. It would've saved me about $5K though.
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