Price Rape

[DiLan]

Canadian's are gettin raped, dollar has increased in value but prices haven't changed...
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/200...merdollar.html
For example:
Camry SE I4 MSRP in US: $21,140USD
Camry SE I4 MSRP in CAN: $28,050CAN
21,140.00 USD

=

22,723.51 CAD

United States Dollars Canada Dollars 1 USD = 1.07491 CAD 1 CAD = 0.930314 USD
Difference: $5326.49CAN

Ok so sure we may get a couple more features standard(i.e. rear spoiler)
and importing the thing across the border may be a bit(but they charge freight for that shit anyways)

Correct me if i'm wrong but Looks like rape to me

[TRD VVTi]

Who cares. Canada sucks.

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

^^ .....

[njerald]

Rah, Rah for Socialism...........

Originally Posted by njerald

Rah, Rah for Socialism...........

I agree...

And DiLan, no one is making you live in Canada...

[RICO8458]

just go the the dealership with bars of .999 fineness pure gold 100 oz. each and pay with that. the price will drop down as soon as they see it.

[DiLan]

ok.. I was just trying to point somethign out that kinda peeved me but seems like ppl here aren't that mature yet to give actual facts of why I MAY be wrong...
Doesn't warrant an argument
Thanks anyways Neighbours

[aSiAnRiCk]

I wonder what's the cost of let's say buying an SE in the US and drive it over to Canada and try to register it there?

Perhaps it's worth the effort to save the $ difference?

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

Originally Posted by aSiAnRiCk

I wonder what's the cost of let's say buying an SE in the US and drive it over to Canada and try to register it there?

Perhaps it's worth the effort to save the $ difference?

You would have to change out the gauges (we're KM/H) and some other things i'm sure

[Epsilon]

I wouldn't mind living in Canada.

[TRD VVTi]

Sorry, I was just joking. I'm in Minnesota right now, it's kinda like Canada (we don't get raped here though).

I see that it makes you upset. So, now I'm upset as well.

I hope that helps.

[DiLan]

Originally Posted by aSiAnRiCk

I wonder what's the cost of let's say buying an SE in the US and drive it over to Canada and try to register it there?

Perhaps it's worth the effort to save the $ difference?

I've checked this out, http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html
basically if we buy one and intend on exporting from US to Canada, we'd need to give customs 72hours notice minimum.
Make sureit is not on the restricted import list
it has DRLs
Metric Gauges
and at the border fill out a couple of forms pay 200 some odd for the RIV fee
and pay taxes on the price of the vehicle

All in all just the forms and changing the gauge would be an issue.
Never done it myself though so just speculating, woulda hafta do it once to know exactly what is involved.

most likely it would make a pretty big difference if everythign was planned out right.
if not planned out right it could end up costing more.

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

^ my friend has done it, and the taxes alone pushed the price up, so still cheaper buying here.

[DiLan]

Originally Posted by Punks_Not_Dead5

^ my friend has done it, and the taxes alone pushed the price up, so still cheaper buying here.

Wouldn't the taxes on our price be more than if we paid on the price in US?
like 14% on 28 grand vs 14% on 22grand
or are there hidden costs?

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

customs, taxes, forms all = $$$$$$$ It wouldn't be worth the aggrovation and stress. not for Camry anyway. If it were for a muscle car or some exotic maybe. but not for a car that you can purchase over here already.