What was inappropriate ? 51st state? That’s an actual quote from a president of the US, Second it was in jest. I saw nothing inappropriate about it unless someone is super
uptight.
I was a moderator on a car forum
For many years Am I missing something?

Give it a rest!!

Thought I’d provide a quick update. I pulled up at the border a week ago, exporting a vintage vehicle from the US into Canada. The US export paperwork was processed as usual, but I cannot deny that I was sweating bullets about what might happen on the Canadian side. The Canadian agent was friendly processing my paperwork and, when he was finished, he calmly stated that they were charging me a 25% tariff. I stated my case that this Chevrolet was built under the 1965 Auto Pact using a mix of Canadian and US parts. Apparently that didn’t seem to matter. All that matters is where the vehicle was assembled, and in this case my car was assembled in the US. Given that it was 1am, and I was the only one passing through so we had plenty of time to discuss and try to sort this out, I asked to see where vintage vehicles were specifically listed in the tariffs. Well, after ten minutes of multiple agents intensely scrolling through the tariffs, the agents gave up and let me proceed without a tariff. Whew!!

Good. That's a big relief.

Glad to see that cooler heads prevailed. Sounds like our Canadian friends have some of the same issues we have on the US side of the border; one being lower level employees who are not sure how the law should apply.

Note to self,only cross the US/Canadian Border after 12:01 AM..

This has to hurt classic car dealers in Canada that typically sell to American customers.

I wouldn't risk it if you don't know until you arrive at the boarder if you owe another 25%.

I was considering buying a car I owned before back, but with a 25% question, no way.

Glad things worked out for you!

I would be holding off on the "happy dance" for 3-4 weeks. They MAY re-assess your tax paid and send you invoice for such. (How many guys in Canada have had their income tax re-assessed?@!@!)
Going across late at night it may not come under the Higher Ups scrutiny till the next few days.

As my Mom used to say "don't count your chickens before they hatch"

Never mind the classic car dealers. Four and five years ago the outpouring of pick up trucks was unbelievable. It was hard to find a decent used PU in Ontario. The US dealers were buying right from Canadian dealers sight unseen.
I traded my last PU to a dealer here, he gave me the price on the spot after phoning his US counterpart well above what I was expecting