Last year, Honda was honoring its warranties across the border (and a lot of Americans were buying in Canada). Hence, baxdatass could do this quite cheaply in recent years. Now, however, you will pay roughly the same amount up front but will further have to pay for ALL repairs and work to your car INCLUDING TSBs and such. Nothing will be covered if you bring the car over. Nothing.

So, in short, buying an S2000 in Canada would not be cheaper. It's roughly the same price either way, plus you'd be losing the warranty if you bought in Canada. Thus, you'd eventually pay more overall...

To sum up, DON'T BUY FROM CANADA if you are living in the USA.

 

JonBoy,

So you are saying that it used to be cool with Honda and now it is not? When did their policy change?

 

JonBoy is correct because even when i was importing the last Honda that we bought in Canada, they were saying that that might be the last year that Honda is honoring the warranties, and that was 3 years ago! I persoanlly think it is better if you just look for an S2000 in a different part of the states if you are looking for a better deal.

 

That's got to be a bunch of crap.........

What if a Canadian family buys their Accord/CRV/Pilot/whatever in Canada and is on a road trip through Colorado and their transmission fries on them..... You can't tell me that they are going to have to ship the car back to Canada before it can be repaired...... A US dealership would have to honor it.

Given this scenario, what the heck does it matter if the car is owned by a Canadian family driving through the US, or if it's an American that lives here?

The cars are the same, with the exception that the Canadian models will have DRL's....

 

I think the difference is that the warranty would not be honored if it is a Canadian car registered in the US. In the case of the family driving across the border, the warrant y might still be covered. The whole purpose of Honda putting this hex on the warranty issue is to prevent people going across the border to buy cheaper cars. Car prices like real estate prices vary depending on where you live in the US thus Honda want those people living in California to pay the higher California prices. It's not necessarily that the cars are so different that they can only honor the warranty in one place.

 

From the honda.ca site:

"1999 to Current Model Year Warranty Coverage

The Honda Five Year/100,000 Km No Nonsense Warranty set a new industry standard when it was introduced. Today, it continues to be a benchmark in customer protection and owner satisfaction.

The warranty information you'll find in this section covers all new Honda automobiles manufactured by Honda Motor Company Ltd., sold by authorized Honda automobile dealers within Canada, and normally operated within Canada. "

You might want to check this link also:

http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/020806-3.htm

 

In Massachusetts (and probably other northeastern states that require CA emissions), it is impossible to legally register a Canadian new car. A dealer here famous for its bad business policies (128 Ford/Volvo/Mazda) was fined a couple of years ago for selling used Canadian Windstars (Windstars sold in Canada; they're all made there). To register a new car in MA, you must have a certificate of origin; Canadian COAs are unacceptable.

So, while you might actually be able to register a non-CA emissions car in CA with a lot of paperwork, you cannot in MA under any circumstances.

 

I'd love to get one of those Giore S2000's or the VGS from Japan!

An Accord TypeR while I'm there would'nt hurt either.

I'm with several other folks here, Grand Prix White with Blue is a great combo.

 

Lizzie Bordon knew that....

But you can't bring your car across in Massachusetts
And then get dressed and go out for a walk,
No, you bring your car across in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a far cry from New York.

Lizzie Bordon song lyrics