qorn

Hey all,

I'm a Vancouver resident who's having a hard time finding the right S2000 in the local market and am thinking about buying one in Washington or Oregon and importing it. Just wondering if any of you have been through the hassle, how much of a headache it was and how much it ended up costing you in GST, PST, Fees, Documentation, Duty.

If you buy a car in the US to be immediately exported to Canada do you have to pay US sales tax? I know you have to pay GST when you cross the border and then PST when you register with ICBC, but do you get hit twice?

I've heard some nightmarish stories about expensive mods and upgrades that were mandatory to meet Canadian safety standards. At least the digital dash can show both mph and km/h. Still, does anyone have any first hand knowledge about what needs to be done to bring the S2000 up to canadian code?

Please post if you're "in the know"

Cheers,
Dan

mikegarrison

I don't know the answer to your question, but Oregon has no sales tax anyway. I don't know if they have any kind of special "car tax" though.

Markus01

You'll have to add DRL's. That should be it.

http://alavigne.homeip.net/newHomePage/Mot...0/DRL/index.jsp


Have you seen this site?

http://www.mr2.com/TEXT/Import.html

I'm planning on importing a WA S2000 for my dad who lives in vancouver.