Jun 16
Another Success Story!
Quote : another success story: “ I just brought a 2008 Buick Enclave over the border last Friday with absolutely no issues.
Although I did have a couple of snags with the actual purchase of the vehicle, I found no problems with the border crossing at all.
I also found the RIV, CBSA, as well as the border staff at the Sumas/Huntingdon crossing to be very helpful and efficient.
Here is a brief timeline of my experience.
I had to have a relative buy car on my behalf because dealerships would not sell to canadians. Then had to wait four weeks to recieve the title. I got this on friday, May 30.
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Got a flight to Portland on the following Monday, June 2, and arrived at 2:30 pm.
Faxed the paperwork to the border (Sumas, Washington) on Tuesday morning about 9:30 am. Confirmed crossing time with them about one hour later and was advised I could cross on Friday june 6, after 9:00 am.
I did indeed cross that morning at about 10:30. Spent about 10 minutes on the American side. The customs agent simply looked at my title, and the last four digits of the VIN, then sent me on my way. The Canadian side was just as easy. It took me about 20 minutes to fill out my form one, and pay the taxes due. Staff here were quite helpful and efficient. I was on my way home!
Fifteen minutes later at Chilliwack, I managed to find a very helpful RCMP that was willing to pull me over and issue me a speeding ticket for doing 110 in a 100 km zone. I suspect it was because I had Oregon plates on the car, and he felt the need to tell me that we are metric in Canada.
I arrived home (Edmonton) on saturday afternoon, and I paid my RIV fees and recall letter online that night.
I received my form two on Tuesday by fax, and took the car into Canadian Tire on Wednesday, this took about 15 minutes (no appointment necessary). Took my form into the DMV to get my out of province inspection form. I tried to get an exemption but was refused because it was registered to a previous owner. Cost of this form is about $10.00.
Had the provincial inspection done this afternoon, cost was about $171.00 after taxes, but you can get this done cheaper elsewhere.
Total savings about $12000 after expenses. Was it worth it? You bet! Would I do it again? Yes!
June 16th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Is your warranty valid in Canada?
The GM warranty book for my U.S. vehicle said that the warranty was valid only if the vehicle was registered in the United States. However, after insisting on knowing the VIN number, mileage and my name and address, GM Customer Service told me that the warranty would be valid in Canada as the car was more than 6 months old and had more than 7,500 miles on it. Maybe you have to take the car back to the U.S. for warranty work until the later of the passage of 6 months and the 7,500 miles, then GM Canada will take care of the warranty.
Anybody knows what happens with the warranty.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
IMHO, who cares about warrenty with a savings like that. Seriously, how often does a brand new car need warreny work anyway… in the past, i don’t recall a time when i needed an expensive warrenty job.
With that kind of savings, I will pay for my own service thankyou.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
what model level, what price paid? It is easy to throw out savings wihtout details - no offense. glad it worked out for you but I wonder if the savings are compared to MSRP, not what you could have gotten one here for.