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• CWB proclaims the Car of the Year :

• The U.S. Import !!!

• Over 166,000 Smart  Canadians  Purchased “The Car of the Year” saving a total of  $1,660,000,000.

•  These Canadians are really enjoying the Holidays with their families, friends and the extra cash!  
• How much did you save? Add your comments! 

• Stay tuned  to www.carswithoutborders.com !!

We are thinking of modifiying the site and would like your suggestions. 

• There is a lot of good information on this site but sometimes it is tough to keep track.  Some people have recommended that we add on a Forum.  The Forum would require registration and cover topics as required.  One topic could be Warranties (monitored by members of the warranty team) , another recall letters, or we could classify topics as Transport Canada, Auto makers… etc..   what topics would you like covered, or should we just have one. 
• If we do have a forum, then we would let current comments expire after 3 days, and refer the visitor to the Forum.
• We guess the skys is the limit, so if you have some ideas please let us know below in the comment section or e-mail us at carswithoutborders@hotmail.com .

  Please find our reply to the request from Transportation Canada to participate in the Consultation.

cwb-comment-on-canadian-bumper-regulations.pdf   

Over the next couple of days add your comments or name to the end of the letter, we will be sending it out On December 28th at 3:00 P.M.

One final thought and maybe we should add it to our letter:

The cost of a Tire Pressure Monitoring system for my snow tires and wheels is around $250.00.  The U.S. Mandated the use of these systems in all new cars as of September 1st, 2007.

Three  issues:

• Does anyone mention this extra cost added to the U.S. cars when comparing prices in the U.S. and Canada?  
• This U.S. regulation appears to prevent blowouts and possibly  save lives. It also ensures that  cars operate more efficiently.  Cars with well maintained tires use  less gas and don’t wear out as fast! 
• Quebec just implemented legislation to mandate snow tires in the winter, they say it will save lives.

What do you folks think?

News from a member Santo Suares -

Check the NY Times Dec. 25, 07:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EFDA173AF93AA15752C0A96E958260

Check this article out.  They didn’t have to hire a consulting firm to tell them what they already knew!  They just had to read our web site!  Wonder where the APA and the CAA stand on this?  Are they going to wake up too!  

Wonder where this consulting firm got all its info… www.carswithoutborders.com

Wonder who commissioned the study?