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 ”This proposed amendment would offer more choice to Canadians who wish to import vehicles,” said Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. “At the same time, it would help to maintain the safety of Canadian roads.”

Cannon is quoted in the Globe and Mail April 10th.  We are all glad to hear this, but why wait till the end of spring. Pass the law on April 22nd, please.

We wonder if our constant e-mails and petitions had anything to do with this. 

2008-04-06letterand-petition.pdf

 Now let’s change the “self-certification” rule!

2008-04-10globebumpers.pdf  

Even more surprising is David Adams, “”The fewer the barriers you have in cross-border movement of vehicles, the greater the pressure will be to ensure that product offerings in Canada are competitive,” said David Adams, president of AIAMC, the trade group that represents most non-North American-based auto makers in Canada.”

This guy represents Honda, Toyota,BMW etc… wonder what he has to say about preventing US dealers from selling to Canadians!

  Please find the reply to our e-mail to the RIV on the recall letter.  We hope it clears up some of the issues for our members and supporters. 

2008-04-11recallletters.pdf 

   New list is available - we think we may have missed a list dated April 4th - that would have been posted by the RIV sometime on April 9 but changed again today.

Anyone has this list we would appreciate receiving it.  Please send it to info@carswithoutborders.com

The following are the differences between the March 18th and April 10th. 

Changes to the verbage of the recall letter.

Minor changes to the immobilizer wording.

Section 3 Changes to Ferrari, Maserati(includes 2009), Mitsubishi, Nissan, Volks.

Section 4 Many

Section 5 Motorhomes

Section 5 BMW, Volks Volvo

diff2008-03-18and2008-04-10.pdf

Please carefully read through this story recently published by Neil Macdonald - “Indebted America Keeps packing on the plastic”. 

Quote:

“Eight thousand American households are sliding into foreclosure every day. An estimated 1.2 million families now face losing their homes.”   Unquote.

Another Quote:

“Rheingold, who correctly predicted the subprime fiasco even before it began, has another prediction today: That Americans will start defaulting on credit card debt, too. And probably auto loans as well, which account for another $1 trillion or so of consumer debt.”   Unquote.

 The message is clear, if you are about to buy a car hold off for 6 months.  Wait to you see all the car lots bulked up with inventory.   We don’t think the US dealers will hesitate to sell  to Canadians, and well lower than MRSP. 

Check this post out we just received below.  We are also hearing many stories of Canadian dealers selling U.S. Market Audi’s and BMW and MB, that the RIV would consider inadmissible!

Yes! These are the same cars that you and I either can’t bring in to the country or are forced to spend thousands of dollars to modify  bumpers… etc..  

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